Betsy Bretharte

Photo Class Calendar

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Photo 1 Semester 2

Now that students have learned the foundations of photography we will continue to shore up those foundations as we move into exploring expression, subject matter, and metaphor.

Project : Working with light and shadow

one roll of processed film due Jan 13
prints due for critique on Jan 27
Artists: Peter Keetman and Paul Strand

Project: Manipulated Negatives

using techniques discussed in class, alter 3 negatives and make a minimum or 3 prints, 5x7 or larger.

1 negative sandwich print

1scratched/taped/altered neg print

1 solorized print

project dueFeb 22 start of class

Feb 24-March 2: Art explosian card making

Due March 2: 3 cards ready for sale

Quarter 4

March 5-16:

PROJECT: Art of the sequence

Artists:

Duane Michaels

Edweard Muybridge

Film for the project is due after spring break, March 26

March 26-April 9: Process and print sequence assignment (minimum of 5 images)

April 9: Critique

April 11: Intro to self Portraiture.

Artists:

Cindy Sherman

James luna

Tehching Hsieh

Film for the project is due April 25

Project due May 9

Final Project: One perfect print emulating one artist studied this year. 8x10

Due May 16

Darkroom cleanup May 18

Review for final exam: May 18 and 21

Final exam week May 21-25

Happy Summer!!!

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Photo 2/3/4 Semester 2

This quarter students will be be doing intensive shooting with both digital and film cameras with an aim of finding and narrowing subject matter and style.

Jan 2-6: Discussions on creating content.

Jan 9-13: Finish student Teach Ins. Digital uploads and Flicker account set-ups

Project: Photographing the everyday: Distilling the whole

Students will photograph their everyday lives or ideas for 5 weeks using any kind of digital camera. They will also shoot weekly with their film cameras.
Every monday will be spent looking at and discussing the weekly collection of photographs of each student.
Students must arrive to class with all of their images uploaded to the "Evidence" group on Flicker, ready to project for the class. 50 pt credit will not be given for unprepared students.
Students are required to give weekly written comments on the "Evidence" group page.
First image projections from flicker accounts Jan 16

Students will be shooting, processing, and printing regularly from film.

Jan 16: Projection 1

Jan 18: Film processing

Jan 20: Darkroom work

Jan 23: Projection 2

Jan 25: Film processing

Jan 27: Darkroom work

Jan 30: Projection 3

Feb 1: Film processing

Feb 3: Darkroom work

Feb 6: Projection 4

Due Feb 6 : 3 Evidence prints

Feb 8: Film processing

Feb 10: Darkroom work

Feb 6: Projection 5

Feb 8-17: Distillation of Everyday project digital imagery and book creation

Feb 20-24: Distillation of Everyday project darkroom imagery. Matting and framing of 5 prints

Project: Accordian Image Books

Feb27-March 16: Printing on orthochromatic film. constructing and sequencing books

Due March 16: Images and pages constructed

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Photo 2/3/4 4th quarter:

March 26-30: finish accordian books. Due March 30

April 2-20: Cyanotype and VanDyke printing. Project due April 20

April 25-May 16: Final projects. Due May 16

ADVANCED STUDENTS: May work on same projects as Photo2. Otherwise, class time to be used on portfolio creation.

Quarter work due at end of quarter.