Photo 2
Photo 2 is either a one or two semester course. By the end of the course the student should have a firm command of basic technical processes in Black and White photography, have experienced the diversity of the applications of contemporary photography, and to develop insights into their own personal pictorial concerns.
This process of discovery, in terms of materials and image concepts, is facilitated through a series of technical and visual experiences, growing in difficulty.
Periodic display of student work will be a requirement.
First days in photo 2:
Review the Basic 3 elements of making a photographic image.
1. Aperture, 2. Shutter, 3. Light sensitive material.
Review film processing procedures.
Review Dark Room printing and contrast control.
First projects:
Using elements learned in photo 1 make a 5 x 7 black & white image that is well composed, properly developed and printed with proper contrast.
ABSTRACT DESIGN /Composition Project:
Look for a interesting composition with interesting line, and texture, place image in one of the four corners of your viewfinder.
Make 2 -5 x 7 prints with good composition and contrast and at the same time make 2 -5 x 7 prints with the negative inverted ( or emulsion side up in the enlarger ).
Splice images together to create an Abstract design. Mount on matte board for presentation.
Fine Art Photography:
The tool of photography has been used by many artists over the years in many ways other than what we might consider as "strait" photography . As demonstrated in class ( slide show ) many artists in the past and today use photography as a tool to start the creative process and then move on to many varied disciplines of art such as painting, sculpture, textiles, and on and on.
Check out artists such as Man Ray, David Hockney, Robert Heinecken, Jerry Uelsmann, Andy Warhol,
Project:
Make a sampler of 9 prints mounted on a matte board using these tools:
Solarized, sandwiched negatives, multiple exposures, painted, collage, toned, negative, photogramed, splattered.
Project:
From your experience in the dark room and or studio and study of other artists work, write a proposal for a major project that would have elements of manipulating or using photography in a non traditional way to create your work of art. Once approved you will have two weeks to complete this assignment.
Project:
Using a camera with manual settings take two exposures of a scene one using minimum aprature and one using maximum aperture as discussed in class. Do not forget to change shutter speed accordingly.
Using a camera with manual settings take two exposures of an scene or activity one using a slow shutter speed and one using a high shutter speed as discussed in class. Do not forget to use a tripod or other steadying device at slow shutter speeds and change apertures as needed.
Using a camera with manual settings take several images using the "B" or"T" setting on your camera as discussed in class to make time exposure images. Do not forget to bracket your exposures by changing the aperture and or exposure times. Do not forget to use a tripod or other device to hold the camera with no chance of movement during the exposure.
Project:
Still Life Environmental Portraiture Street Photography
Land scape Sports Abstract Photo Journalism
Fine Art Medical Formal Portraiture Arial
Select one of the above types of photography and make 4 finished prints ready for display.
Project:
Select a mentor and make an Environmental Portrait of them. Make an exhibit quality print and wright a short essay about the person or inspiration that led you to choose that person for your photograph.
The photograph and essay will be mounted side by side on matte board for display.