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Just a reminder that your 10 to 15 printed and matted photographs are all due May 5th. That is a little over a week from now. 

These open studio days before May 5th are to help you have time to print and matt your work as well as get help and feedback from me. As you saw on the demo, the printing and matting take considerable time!

Thursday's Class, 3/12/15

Class will be cancelled on Thursday March 12. I will be attending the SPE (Society for Photographic Education) Conference. Enjoy an early start to your spring break!

Project 4: Self-Assigned

For this assignment you will create a photographic project of your own choosing on a single theme. You will be working on this assignment throughout the remainder of the semester. This should be a thoughtful investigation/exploration of something important to you or that you are interested in.  Your photographic project will include 10 - 15 final images and will be printed and matted as a portfolio.

  

DUE March 24: project proposal

1. This proposal should be about a paragraph long and no longer than one page

2. You should address:    

a.  the subject matter/topic you are interested in exploring

b.  why you are interested in the topic

c.  ideas of how you plan to visualize/investigate these ideas photographically

3. Print two copies of this proposal to turn in during your individual meeting.

DUE April 7: mid-way review

1. Individual meetings to review 5 digital files you have made for your project

                  2. Post these 5 images to your blog

DUE April 16: First Matted Print

1. One photography towards you final needs to be printed and matted for review

DUE May 5: Final Critique:

1.   Bring all 10-15 matted photographs to calls for critique (we will critique the physical photographs not the digital files)

2.   Bring in all 10-15 images as digital files (for my review after the critique of matted prints)

                  2.   Post your final project to your blog

Photography Exhibition (Date is TBA) : 

1. Your printed/matted photographs will be on display to public alongside all of  the IDM and upper division photography classes.

Project #3 Multiples Assignment and Project #2 Night/Long Exposure update

Due to the snow day - I am moving the due date of the critique for Project #2.
Project #2 (Night/Long Exposure) and Project #3 (Multiples) will both be due on March 10th. We will critique them both that day.

Project #3:

For this assignment you will be required to create 3 composite photographs in the style of Kelli Connell, Anthony Goicolea or Peter Funch.

You will construct a story/emotion/idea using the same person to play all the roles. You may use yourself as the actor or someone else.

Your 3 composite photographs will need to be a composite of at least 2 images. At a minimum you will need 6 photographs to create your 3 final images.

  

For the critique:

You will post your 3 photographs to your blog and bring in your 3 photographs to project in class for critique.

Project #2: Long Exposures/Night Photography

Project #2: Long Exposure (long shutter speeds) / Night Photography

Due: February 26

For this assignment you will be required to create 6 photographs that experiment with shooting at night or with long exposures.

Consider how you can use movement and light to create ephemeral presences in your photographs, or document the surreal ways in which both natural and artificial light illuminate our night landscape.

A tripod will be helpful for this assignment but not necessary. If you want to work with a tripod they are available for check out.

  

This may be a great assignment to experiment with the “bulb” setting on your camera. If you do not have a “bulb” option on your camera but are interested in working with that you can always check out one of the digital rebels.

Artists to look at for inspiration: Francesca Woodman,Todd Hido, Beau Comeaux,  Hiroshi Sugimoto, Michael Wesley, Tokihiro Sato

For the critique:       

You will post your 6 photographs to your blog and bring in your 6 photographs to project in class for critique.

Margaret Meehan

I'm glad our class could attend Margaret Meehan's lecture on Tuesday. I thought it was terrific! A few of you asked for her website and blog. Here are the links:

Her website: http://margaretmeehan.net/
Blog: http://upliketoast.blogspot.com/

Blog Reviews

Blog Review Posts: Below is a list of due dates and websites to find articles. By each due date (due at the end of the day) you must have read a current article from the website and created a post. 

Each Post should contain:

1.     Blog Name

2.     Link to the article

3.     A few sentences about the article. Please address the following:

• Was there something compelling about the title of the article or the images that made you select that article?
• What was the article about
• Were you interested, excited, disinterested, and/or curious by what you read? If so, why?

4.     Optional: A Picture from the Article – You must give credit to who created the photograph/image

If you have some extra time, you may work in advance. However, you may only do the current and the following week blog posts so that you are continually looking at work throughout the semester.

2/5       Flak Photo - http://flakphoto.com/

2/12     Lenscratch -  http://www.lenscratch.com/

2/19     Glasstire - http://glasstire.com/

2/26     NY Times Art & Design -  http://www.nytimes.com/pages/arts/design/index.html

3/5       Aperture Magazine Blog - http://www.aperture.org/blog/

3/12     Urbanautica - http://www.urbanautica.com/

3/26     Triangle Triangle – www.triangletriangle.com
4/2       Booooooom - http://www.booooooom.com/blog/photo/  (their Photo section)

Margaret Meehan Lecture

Tomorrow we will begin class at the Visiting Artist Lecture.

Please meet at Wathena Fine Arts Lecture Hall (room 131) at 6pm to hear Margaret Meehan speak about her work.

Class Blogs

If you don't see you name below, please forward me your class blog.

Check out your classmates blogs:

Zach: http://blackpegasusfeathers.blogspot.com/
Nick: http://niknixonsays.blogspot.com/
Alexus: alexus2015.blogspot.com
Valerie: http://idmforvrm.blogspot.com/
Tiffany: http://tiffsdigitalmediaintro2015.blogspot.com
Chris: http://idmspring2015tamuc.blogspot.com/
Katy: kbranch0918.blogspot.com
Chad: http://chadmforsheepho111spring2015.blogspot.com
Payton: http://piercedigitalmedia.blogspot.com/ 
Kara: http://karasaba.blogspot.com/
Jennise: http://jenniseidm.blogspot.com/
Josh: http://joshua-abrams-idm.blogspot.com/

Scavenger Hunt

Scavenger Hunt / Reminders

Post your favorite photograph from the scavenger hunt to your blog!
Also, bring those scavenger hunt files in on a flash drive or hard drive to class on Thursday, Jan 29th.

Reminders:
As mentioned in the syllabus, class is cancelled on Tuesday.
Remember to start Project 1:Everyday by January 28th!

Project 1: Everyday

Project 1: Everyday Assignment

DUE February 12

For this assignment you will be required to shoot everyday. When making your daily photographs, consider photographing something that you weren’t expecting to see, something you enjoy seeing everyday, the places, people and things around you.

Think about how photography can elevate the ordinary or how the camera can be used like a visual diary. Shoot several photographs throughout the day and select your favorite at the end of each day to post to your blog and turn in for critique. You will do this 15 consecutive days. Be thoughtful about your photographs.  Shoot with intention.  To complete this assignment on time you need to begin by January 28, 2015

For inspiration, look at artists: William Eggleston, Stephen Shore, Joel Sternfeld, Alec Soth, Byron Wolf, Whitney Hubbs, and Tracey Baran.

For the critique:   1. Bring in all 15 files saved as jpegs and named:

           LASTNAME_01.jpg, LASTNAME_02.jpg, etc

           You will turn these files into me and project them in class for critique

       2.  Upload these images to your blog daily

       3.  Screen Shot of your folder structure