Saddleback Cllege PHOT 50xb: Intermediate Digital Phtgraphy Revised Syllabus 2/08/18 Ticket # 20155 Units: 0 Instructr: Prfessr Laura Hffman Email address: lhffman@saddleback.edu Class Meetings fr term: Wednesdays, 1/17 5/23/18, N class during Spring recess: 3/18/18-3/24/18, r 5/16/18 Class Hurs/Availability: 2:30 5:20pm Divisin Office: Emeritus Institute; (949) 582-4835 Lcatin f Class: Cllege & Career Campus, Rm 5 31522 El Camin Real, San Juan Capistran 92675 Materials & Textbk(s) required: Petersn, Bryan: Understanding Expsure, Ampht Bks... 2016 Recmmended: Petersn, Bryan: Learning t See Creatively, Ampht Bks 2015 Gatcum, Chris. The Beginner's Phtgraphy Guide, Drling Kindersley (DK) Limited, 2016. Camera with full charge, memry cards, camera s manual; can be printed r a.pdf versin Tripd, wired shutter release r remte shutter Online access: Must have access t a cmputer t view lectures & infrmatin n the class website as well as uplad images fr weekly class assignments. ****Check yur Saddleback-issued e-mail regularly fr updates. Class web site: https://www.takeaclasswithlaura.cm/int-pht-20155-w.html Cpy and paste the abve URL int yur navigatin bar if the link des nt take yu directly t the website. Uplad images: https://xinacat.smugmug.cm/uplad/mfmf8x/guest14 Nte: yu are a guest uplader t the curse s wn phtgraphy gallery, hsted by Smugmug. Catalg Descriptin Reviews technical aspects f using a digital camera, image cmpsitin, dwnlading, string, rganizing and editing images using sftware prgrams. Als includes prtraits, night phtgraphy, flashand-fill technlgies, digital media enhancement, and the use f filters. Students will als learn the basic principles f judging and evaluating phtgraphs. Out f Class Academic Expectatins Must submit phtgraphy assignments t ur class gallery n Smugmug (an n-line phtgraphy gallery site designed fr phtgraphers) fr review. Yu will uplad images t this web site as my guest. All metadata must be enabled (EXIF data). Guest uplad t this URL: https://xinacat.smugmug.cm/uplad/mfmf8x/guest14 View images here: https://xinacat.smugmug.cm/2018-saddleback/emeritus-pht-guest-14/ Or simply navigate t ur website s page and use the Uplad Prjects Here links n: https://www.takeaclasswithlaura.cm/int-pht-20155-w.html Have access t Facebk, where we will share the latest and greatest phtgraphy infrmatin with each ther! https://www.facebk.cm/grups/38612742174/ This is a private Facebk Grup and knwledge base devted t Saddleback phtgraphy lifelng learners. 1
Back up all wrk n flash drive (supplied) r external hard drives. Curse Requirements & Grading Criteria: Yu will get the mst ut f this curse with regular attendance and active participatin, which includes uplading each assignment t the class gallery and taking part in class discussins and cnstructive critiques. Please e-mail me if yu have t miss class (travel, dctr appintments, illness) in the first few weeks s I will nt drp yu frm the class. Thank yu in advance fr cmmunicating with me. Prerequisites: Highly recmmend students first take Pht 50xa Beginning Phtgraphy class befre taking this Intermediate Digital Phtgraphy class. Curse Outline: Weekly Tpics and Readings Belw are the tentative dates and themes fr each week f class. Please cmplete the readings fr each week befre ur meetings fr that week. ***Always bring yur camera (cmpletely charged) and manual t class unless indicated. Week/ Date Tpics/ Readings/Activities Due Dates/Deadlines Week 1 1/17/18 Week 2 1/24/18 Week 3 1/31/18 Week 4 2/07/18 Week 5 2/14/18 Week 6 2/21/18 Intrductin t class, determine level f expertise. Camera cntrl review: the rle f ISO, Aperture & shutter cntrls. Summer & Fall Cver challenge Read chapter 1: Defining Expsure in text Pp. 1-27 Time f day case study Read chapter n Light: Pp. 86-91; see Pp. 89-90 Managing lng expsures Intrduce: Fun with ptics prject Review results frm Time f Day case study prject; cnstructive critique Fun with ptics: prisms, special effect filters and crystal balls - cntinued Review results: Fun with Optics prject Filters Review results: Fun with Optics prject Bring tripd and hands-ff shutter releases t class. Disussin: Phtgraphy in the rain. Backlighting. Bring Plarizer filters t class Review Make it Rain case study Backlighting, expsure time Read page 83 within Shutter Speed chapter Review Rain prject. Macr techniques 2 Dwnlad curse syllabus and bring t class. Order textbks. Bring camera fully charged. Time f Day Case Study Prject due Uplad up t 5 images, labeled with time f day t class gallery n Smugmug. Time f Day Case Study Prject: review cntinued. Fun with Optics - spheres Prject is due Fun with Optics - prisms Prject is due Make it Rain Case Study Prject is due Cmplete suggested readings. Field trip signed waivers due.
Week 7 2/28/18 Week 8 3/07/18 Week 9 3/14/18 Week 10 3/21/18 Week 11 3/28/18 Week 12 4/4/18 Week 13 4/11/18 Week 14 4/18/18 Week 15 4/25/18 Week 16 5/02/18 Lw light phtgraphy, tripds, wired vs. remte shutters Bring tripd and hands-ff shutter releases t class. Flash techniques; painting with light Intrductin t Pht Editing Filters: Plarizers, ND; filters in Phtshp Gd vs. evil high dynamic range (HDR) phtgraphy Zne system explained. BW Pht; Intrduce the Prblem f the Skies and hw t slve them. Sky libraries Field trip: Changing lighting at Laguna Beach, Heisler Park Paint with Light! Glden hur, Blue Time, Fun with Optics phtgraphy 375 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach, CA 92651-2332 4:30 7:30 MEET at Gazeb behind Heisler Park by 4:15pm. Sunset time is 6:58pm. N class; campus is clsed: Spring break fr Saddleback Cllege Review results frm lcatin phtgraphy sht Review Glden hur, Blue Time, lw light phtgraphy techniques Summer Cver Challenge is due Intrduce Clse up Prtrait prject N class; campus is clsed: spring break fr Cap USD Adbe Phtshp dem Pht mntage techniques Pint f View (POV) prject: Seeing the wrld differently frm unique vantage pints Review results frm Image Editing Challenge Pht mntage techniques: Surrealism Prject Prblem f the sky: slved! Histry f phtgraphy presentatin Prepare fr field trip. Field trip #2: Huse f Phtgraphic Arts, 2:30 27182 Ortega Hwy San Juan Capistran. Macr in the Rain prject due Cmplete suggested readings: chapter n light and flash in text; Pp. 142-167 Filter Case Study due. Cmplete suggested readings; Pp. 132-135 Field trip!! Uplad 3 best images frm field trip. Include 1 paint-with-light and label images. Summer cver is due Clse up Prtrait prject is due. Bring in sky library and landscapes bring n supplied flash drive. POV Prject due: Review Uplad Editing Challenge Befre and After Due label images: Befre After Cntinue review f POV, Befre and After Field trip!! 3
Week 17 5/09/18 Retuching dem n prtraits Image editing techniques, cntinued 5/16/18 Campus is clsed Week 18 Review results frm final prject and discuss hw we 5/23/18 have grwn as phtgraphers Cmpsit prject is due. Bring in prtrait phtgraphy yu wish t retuch Bring n supplied flash drive. Final prject is due. Field Trips: We will enjy tw field trips. Each student must sign the schl district s Vluntary Activity Cnsent, Assumptin f Risk, Release f Liability and Hld Harmless Agreement frm in rder t participate in field trips three weeks prir t field trip dates. The frm will be e-mailed t each student and will be available n ur web site, take a class with laura **Due t liability reasns and Saddleback Cllege plicy, nly students currently enrlled in the class can participate in field trips. ** Reminders: 1. Order bks ASAP recmmend Amazn.cm 2. Order ptic ASAP; crystal ball r check ut a supplied laner prism 3. 2/28/18: Bring yur tripd t class. 4. Cmplete assignments: Uplad nly 1 image fr each assignment in Smugmug by due dates, unless specified. Captin with title; naming cnventin belw. Enable metadata (which tells us yur aperture, shutter speed and ISO chices, as well as a wealth f ther infrmatin). (Bring back up images n flash drive every week). Here is hw we are sharing images: T uplad yur assignment, click n: https://xinacat.smugmug.cm/uplad/mfmf8x/guest14 T see yur images, click n: https://xinacat.smugmug.cm/2018-saddleback/emeritus-pht-guest-14/ This is a special guest gallery created fr this class, called Emeritus Pht Guest 14. Labeling Images: Label yur images BEFORE yu uplad t class website. Yu will uplad yur best image and label it fr every assignment. Drag and drp yur image fr each assignment (r brwse). BE AWARE: Yu are a guest uplading t my gallery, therefre nce yur image is upladed, yu cannt edit yur image r delete image. (E-mail me if yu want t re-uplad/delete any images) Labeling cnventin: LASTName_FirstName_Assignment. A few examples: (1 st assignment) HffmanLaura_.jpg HffmanLaura_6:30am HffmanLaura_7:00am HffmanLaura_12:00nn HffmanLaura_4:30pm HffmanLaura 5:00pm (ther assignments) HffmanLaura_Macr HffmanLaura_Optic Gal: t be clear abut whm the maker f the image is, and what the prject challenge is abut. Nte: Syllabus is subject t change, based n class needs. 4
Please be advised that the syllabus culd be revised as needed, as ur class prgresses. Student Resurces: http://www.steves-digicams.cm/camera-reviews/ Or Ggle: Steves Digicams reviews Find yur camera frm any f the drp dwn menus n the left side. Fr example, if yu have a Cann, click n Cann, then select yur camera frm the link. Click thrugh and find a thrugh review and detailed tur thrugh yur wn camera. https://www.dpreview.cm/ This is an excellent resurce fr finding ut reviews and news abut camera equipment yu are interested in. Request t jin the Facebk resurce page fr lifelng learners / phtgraphy enthusiasts: https://www.facebk.cm/grups/38612742174/ Jin in the cnversatin and check ut psted resurces selected fr ur class. REMINDERS ü Bring backup n flash drive in case ur netwrk is dwn. ü Always bring yur charged camera t class & yur manual. ü Cmplete assignments: Uplad nly 1 image (unless mre images are specified) fr each assignment in Smugmug by due dates. Captin with title; see naming cnventin. Always enable metadata (which tells us yur aperture, shutter speed and ISO chices, as well as a wealth f ther infrmatin). Materials fee: $10.00. If yu are adding the class, fee must be paid by check r mney rder (n cash). Make check ut t Saddleback Cllege. If adding this class n-line with yur APC, yu may use yur credit card. Student Cnduct and Attendance In accrdance with Saddleback Cllege plicies, students may be drpped frm a curse if they miss eight r mre instructinal hurs during the term. Saddleback Cllege students are respnsible fr regulating their wn cnduct and fr respecting the rights and privileges f thers in accrdance with the Cde f Cnduct set by the district Bard f Trustees (AR 5401) (SB Student Handbk). During class, yu have my full attentin, respect and effrt. Please give the same t yur fellw classmates and t me by keeping a quiet classrm, saving all side-cnversatins fr break, time befre class and after class. All phnes and ther distracting electrnic devices must be silenced. D nt take r make phne calls during class time, as this is intrusive and disruptive t the learning envirnment. During critiques and lecture, pening and clsing f the classrm dr disrupts the class and impairs the viewing f images keep t an abslute minimum. N Recrding Withut Cnsent Plicy: Other than Disabled Students Prgrams and Services accmmdatins, the use f any electrnic listening r recrding device in any classrm is prhibited withut the explicit prir cnsent f the instructr (CA Ed Cde Sec. 78907). It is als a crime t recrd any private cmmunicatin, such as a classrm lecture, withut the cnsent f all parties t the cnversatin (Cal. Penal Cde 632). 5