02/25/12 - darkroom printing/contrast filters/scanning contact sheets/using a china marker

02/25/12                  

- work in class in darkroom on assignment #1 + #2

- contrast filter handout + in class explanation

- how to scan your contact sheets

- using your china marker effectively as a recording tool
-Download handout from today's class here (this is the same information that is posted on this site)

For next week:

-QUIZ: Darkroom procedures and safety

-READ: Handout “A Guide To Evaluating Photographs” download handout here

-PRINT: Group A - Have 7-10 well printed prints ready for the critique next week

-PRINT: Group B – Work on printing 7-10 prints for class on March 10^th

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Procedure for marking (with a china marker) and scanning (using a scanner and computer) contact sheets to turn in to your instructor. (available during class only)

1)          Print a contact sheet in the darkroom so that most frames are readable.  If need be, expose different rows for different times so that you can see what is going on in your negative.

2)          Use a China Marker/grease pencil (white or possibly red) to mark your contact sheet indicating which images are meant to be your visual response to each part of the assignment.  (If you do not have 5 images for each this is OK, just make sure you mark what it was you thought you shot to fulfill that part of the project, even if they are too dark/light/blurry, etc.)

3)         Use my computer during class time to scan your contact sheet

4)         Place your contact sheet face down with  one corner lining up with the purple arrow

5)         Hit the PDF button on the front of the scanner.  This will scan your contact sheet

6)         When the image is scanned, the scanner software will open.  Here you can label your contact sheet with your name and which assignment(s) it relates to.

02/18/12 - Making Contact Sheets/Enlarging from Negatives

02/18/12

- Enlarging from negatives
- How to make contact sheets
- PDF handout from class with instructions for the above - download here
- Work in class in darkroom

For next week:

- SHOOT (if you still need to) - assignment #1 and assignment #2
- have DEVELOPED+ READY TO PRINT - assignment #1 and assignment #2
- PRINT: Have contact sheets from all assignments printed and ready to view

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02/11/12-Film Processing/Photograms/Assignment#2

02/11/12 

• Film developing - download handout here (class split into group A and group B)
• in class photogram printing (link to info page with slideshow here, download handout here)
• contact sheet printing (if there is time)

For next week:

-SHOOT: assignment#2 (download handout here - includes photogram info)
-RESHOOT: assignment #1 if need be
-READ: "Seeing like a Camera" (download handout here)

-DEVELOP: assignment#2 (IF POSSIBLE - have film developed BEFORE class next week, or bring to class)
-BRING: B&W paper to use in the darkroom, we will make contact sheets and enlarge images

-BRING: photograms made in class

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ASSIGNMENT #2: Composition continued……….

Use the handouts and information we went over in class to guide you while shooting these images.  Bring shot film that has already been developed to class next week.

·        Use the Rule of Thirds and other compositional devices that we learned in class to fulfill this assignment.  Use the information we talked about in class and read over this web page for more info about the Rule of Thirds. (scroll down for some tips)

Images 1-5:              Put the main subject off to one side or one corner of the frame.  Can you balance the image so that it does not feel lopsided?

Images 6-10:            Put the horizon line at the very top or very bottom of a photograph

Images 11-15:          Have “nothing” in the center of the frame.  Keep the views interest directed towards the edges

Images 16-20:          Make a portrait of someone without his or her head in the picture.  Try to have the image express something of the subject’s personality.

Images 20-25:          Photograph something in its entirety; a person, a shop-front, an animal, an overstuffed chair – whatever gets your attention.  Move in a little closer.  How will you use the frame to cut into the object?  Do you crop the object evenly all around?  More on one side than the other?  Move in even closer.  Closer. Photojournalist Robert Capa said “If your pictures aren’t good enough, you aren’t close enough”. 

Images 26-30:          Shoot the same subject from a distance of 20 feet, 10 feet, 7 feet, 5 feet, and 3 feet while your camera is set to the 50mm.  Do not use zoom, physically move your body closer or farther away from the subject.

Images 31-36:          Free – fill the end of the roll up with some interestingly composed pictures

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santiago harker - http://www.santiagoharker.com/web_harker.html

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For some ideas about what a "portrait without a head/face" might be, take a look at these links:

• http://www.nunodecampos.com/imagesframeset.html (scroll down once you are on the site)
• http://web.stagram.com/tag/nohead/

Read over this web page for more info about the Rule of Thirds and moving the horizon line to the top or the bottom of your image

Nuno de Campos

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Shallow Depth of Field - camera focused on the front
(large aperture = small number = shallow DOF)

Shallow Depth of Field - camera focused on the back
(large aperture = small number = shallow DOF)

More Depth of Field - camera focused on the front
(small aperture = big number = more of a scene in focus)

02/04/12 - How to use your camera/aperture/shutter speed/composition

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02/04 –  How to use your camera demo, shutter speed/aperture, film types and usage, in class shooting demo, photogram lecture, Shooting assignment #1 given

               For next week:

               -SHOOT: Images for assignment #1- camera controls

              -READ: Handout explaining Aperture/Shutter Speed/Exposure/Composition

-BRING: B&W Darkroom printing paper, 35mm film Developing Tank, Negative sleeves

-BRING: Items to use to make photograms

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HOW TO USE YOUR CAMERA handout: download PDF here

• how to load and rewind film
• What is a Shutter Speed, and how to control it
• What is an Aperture, and how to control it
• how to focus your camera

SHOOTING STRATEGIES handout: download PDF here

• Please read this carefully as parts of the shooting assignment are based on the compositional principles described within.

SHOOTING ASSIGNMENT #1: download handout here

SLIDESHOW: Preconceiving the effects of Shutter Speed and Aperture settings: Click here

01/28/11 - intro to class/pinhole

Link to page with Pinhole Camera information and slideshow

For next week bring:

• A 35mm camera with manual override
• Some 35mm B&W 400 speed film

From:

SQUAREMEALS: A pinhole diary of eating out
all image (c) 2003-2011 Nancy A. Breslin