Course Syllabus

Course Information
ARTS 3372-001 Color Photography, Spring 2011, Friday 1:30pm – 4:15pm

Professor Contact Information

Misty Keasler, HYPERLINK "mailto:mxk108320@utdallas.edu"
mxk108320@utdallas.edu, Office hours by appointment. Please schedule one week in
advance.

Course Pre-requisites, Co-requisites, and/or Other Restrictions

Prior completion of a 2000 level studio arts course is required. (ARTS 1301 does not
satisfy this requirement.)

Course Description
This studio art course provides instruction in digital photography including camera
operation, image capture, lighting techniques, and digital workflow. Investigation of
the photographic process and an examination of the various levels on which
meaning is constructed, including selection of subject matter, concern for
aesthetics, and socio-cultural context. Emphasis will be placed upon building a
visual library of images as a means of learning to see the world differently and
understanding of how to look at images with a critical eye. We will look at light
and color both in images and in the world to produce a heightened sensitivity
to both light and color and a strong foundation in color theory.

Student Learning Objectives/Outcomes

Students will learn to use the camera and prints as a tool for communicating larger
ideas. This process will lend itself to being able to communicating their own creative
work and that of peers through verbal and written critique.
In studying the larger art world and the place of photography within said world, students
will learn the array of communication available in photography and develop a final
project created with camera.

Required Textbooks and Materials

REQUIRED TEXT: Charlotte Cotton, The Photograph as Contemporary Art

MATERIALS:
Digital SLR Camera that can write RAW files
Card Reader
External Harddrive (USB or Firewire is okay)
Memory Cards

DSLR cameras are sold at the following vendors:

Calumet Photo HYPERLINK "http://www.calumetphoto.com" http://
www.calumetphoto.com
KEH (from new and used equipment) HYPERLINK "http://www.keh.com/" http://
www.keh.com/
B&H Photo HYPERLINK "http://bhphotovideo.com" http://bhphotovideo.com
Adorama HYPERLINK "http://adorama.com" http://adorama.com

Camera Equipment and Supplies

Competitive Camera
2025 Irving Blvd
Dallas, TX
214-744-5511

Suggested Course Materials

David Levi Strauss, Between the Eyes
Edited by Diarmuid Costello and Dominic Willsdon, The Life and Death of Images
Susan Sontag, On Photography

Photography Class Resources

HYPERLINK "http://utdallas.edu/~waligore/utdphoto" http://

utdallas.edu/~waligore/utdphoto

USER ID: photo2010

PASSWORD: shutter

Lab Tech
Professor Zinzi is the lab tech. His office hours are as follows:
Tuesdays 9-6 (Equip. Checkout 2-5)
Thursdays 9-6 (Equip. Checkout 2-5)
Fridays 9-12 (Equip. Checkout 10-12)

His email is cfz031000@utdallas.edu

Assignments & Academic Calendar

1/14 – Introduction to the course. Discussion of lenses, aperture, shutter, depth of field
Resolution, Image Size, File Types
Expectations of weekly photography findings.

1/21 – Camera basics, RAW vs. jpg shooting

Instruction for submission of work and uploading files.
Contemporary Photography Slideshow.
Assignment #1 – Aperture, Shutter Speed
Final Project Introduction – due 9/11

1/28 – Assignment #1 Critique

Assignment #2 – Define Space
Workflow in Lightroom, Camera RAW, PhotoMechanic
Read Chapters 1&2 Cotton

2/4 – Proposal Submission

Assignment #2 Critique
Assignment #3 – Contemporary Color Photographer, prepare 5 min presentation

2/11 – Assignment #3 presentations

Lighting Demo
Gregory Crewdson and Bruce Charlesworth
Assignment #4 – Lighting for Content and Direction

2/18 – Color Management, Correction and Output

Adjustment Layers/Curves
Layer Masks w/adjustment layers
Print Output for Large Print Demo; Preparing Files
READ Chapters 3&4 Cotton

2/25 – Test Strip for Large Print Due in Class

3/4 – Assignment 4 Crit

3/11 – Large Prints Due in Class – mini-crit

Proposal Submission
Read Cotton Chapters 5-7

3/18 – SPRING BREAK

3/25 – Assignment #4 Critique

Test Strips due in class
Matting demonstration
Lab time, Photoshop tools

4/1 – Critical Essays due

Presentations

4/8 – Review of Work in Progress (working critiques of projects)

4/15 – Review of Work in Progress (working critiques of projects)

4/22 – – Final Critique – Attendance Required – Group A

Minimum 10 Prints
4/29 – Final Critique – Attendance Required – Group B
Minimum 10 Prints

Finals Week – 5/6 – Final Critique – Attendance Required – Group C

Minimum 10 Prints

Grading Policy
Assignments - 50%
Quiz – 10%
Final Project – 40%

The largest part of your grade is your final. This will be a series of 10 prints that fit in a
cohesive body of work. The required Cotton reading on artists and contemporary work is
meant to make you begin thinking about a series of work during this class. The readings
are not optional for the course and many of the quizzes will be based upon the readings.
I’d encourage you to begin thinking of a project early in the semester. Budget your time
wisely.

You are required to bring an image on digital media to class with you every week. It
must either be a published image or an image shot by a professional photographer (i.e.
not by someone you know). The purpose of this exercise is to build your visual library.

Course & Instructor Policies

Assignments turned in late will be downgraded one letter – after one week assignments
will not be accepted. Being punctual is very important and any student who misses more
than 3 classes will fail the course.

These descriptions and timelines are subject to change at the discretion of

the Professor.

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