Class Schedule

Week 1

Monday (7/14)

5:30–11pm

• Overview
• Photo terminology
• Using the camera
• Making seamless textures with Photoshop

• Assignment: textures
• Exercise: seamless texture

Chapters 1–2

Week 2

Monday (7/21)

• Composing through the viewfinder
• F-stop, aperture, depth of field.
• Print ads

• Assignment: depth of fIeld
• Begin project: print ad.
• Bring in product for next class.

Chapters 3–4

Week 3

Monday (7/28)

• Motion
• Creative direction
• Lighting

• Assignment: motion
• Exercise: clipping paths
• Project: print ad (shoot images & edit in Photoshop)

Chapter 8

Week 4

Monday (8/4)

• Perspective
• Importing images into a page layout program
• Ad layout

• Assignment: perspective
• Project: print ad (layout in In Design)

Chapter 7

Week 5

Monday (8/11)

• Project 1 due; critique
• Landscapes

• Assignment: landscape
• Begin project: movie poster (concepts)

Chapter 6

Week 6

Monday (8/18)

• Portraits
• Portrait photo shoot for movie poster.

• Assignment: portraits
• Project: movie poster (shoot & layout).

Chapter 5

Week 7

Monday (8/25)

• Macro photography
• Editorial photography

• Assignment: macro photography
• Exercise: retouching
• Work on movie poster.

Chapter 9

Week 8

Monday (9/1)

Labor Day - no classes held

• (work on outstanding projects)

Week 9

Monday (9/8)

• Architectural photography
• Begin editiorial project

• Assignment: architectural
• Work on movie poster.

Week 10

Monday (9/15)

• Project 2 due; critique
• Abstraction
• Work on editiorial project

• Assignment: abstraction
• Create assignment 'gallery'

Week 11

Monday (9/22)

• Final critique