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This schedule WILL change as the semester progresses. Revisions: This syllabus is merely a guide. It will change during the semester. Dates, deadlines, assignments, point values, and any or all policies may be changed or modified by the instructor. Changes will be announced in class or via the website. There may be unannounced quizzes during the semester.
Fall 2014 Schedule
Week 1
August 27Â Wednesday
IN CLASS:
Introductions & Course Overview
ASSIGNMENTS:
The Viewfinder  Due Sunday by 11pm
Ed.Ted intro to the D7000  Due before class Friday
READINGS:
For Friday: Everything You Need to Shoot Like a Pro:Â Pages 8-41 (Intro & Light)
Bring talking points to class – at least one question about what you didn’t understand
LINKS:
NYT Year in Photos 2013
Reuters year in photos
(a personal)Â year in photos
A Year in 366 seconds
August 29Â Friday
IN CLASS:
The Camera- part 1
ASSIGNMENTS:
Good & Bad Photos
PHOTO OF THE WEEKÂ (POW)
READINGS:
For Wednesday Everything You Need to Shoot Like a Pro: Pages 41-84 (Light)
LINKS:
WKUPJ
BOP – 2012 Feature Photos
National Geographic @ 125
Random Excellence
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Week 2
September 3Â Â Wednesday
IN CLASS:
Camera – part II (we’ll go outside if we can)
BRING BACK CARDBOARD VIEWFINDERS!
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
For Friday: Everything You Need to Shoot Like a Pro: Pages 84-91 (The Lens) Kobre, 468 – 481, Photoshop
For Wednesday Kobre, chapters four & five pages 65-95
LINKS:
The lens is standard, the photos anything but
 http://photo.comm.psu.edu camera simulator
September 5Â Â Friday
IN CLASS:
Camera – part III
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
LINKS:
REMINDER  your first Picture of the Week is due Sunday
September 10Â Wednesday
IN CLASS:
POW
Photoshop and Photo Mechanics Basics
lynda.com
Photoshop/Photo Mechanic exercise due at end of class (using Looking Assignment images)
ASSIGNMENTS:
Eyewitness Due Thursday at 6pm
READINGS:
Read “What Photographers Should Know About Daylight… “  bring questions/talking points to class (10 pts)
LINKS:
September 12 Â Friday
IN CLASS:
Critique Looking Assignment
Guardian Photos
Photoshop/Camera Lab
All questions regarding the cameras and Photoshop and PhotoMechanic answered free of charge. YOU ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH BOTH THE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE BY THIS POINT. ASK IF YOU’RE NOT.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Unusual Ice Cream
TED ED ASSIGNMENT on DOF F-Stop, Shutter Speed
READINGS:
LINKS:
Eyewitness Photos
| Â Morning | |
| NAME | URL |
| Â Max Massey,Carley Mossbrook | Â Ferguson |
| Viola Du | Swimming |
| Â Bria Williams | Â Gaza |
|  Callie Rojewski |  Kashgar |
| Â Carley Mossbrook | Â London Storm |
| Â Jarod Meyer | Â Surfer |
| Â Kendall Russell | Â painters |
| Â Giovanna Roselli | Â Walmart |
| Â Cate Hansberry | Â Reed Dance |
| Afternoon | |
| NAME | URL |
|  Ruoyi Li,Jessica MacCallum, Victoria Lamina, Alexis Shelton, Clayton Over |  Ferguson |
| Â Jessica Goldstein, Robbie Young | Â Lightning |
| Â Kaitlin Palocsko | Â Olympics |
| Â Michael Hassick | Â Diving |
| Â Ariel Radow | Â World Cup |
| Â Kellie Yekel, Eric Webb | Â Gaza |
| Â Tom Barber | Â Surfer |
Week 4
September 17 Wednesday
IN CLASS:
POW
Depth of Field, Motion Exercise -Â We will go outside, so dress for the weather
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
Kobre, 150-153, captions
LINKS:
| DEPTH OF FIELD | |
| Â Chris Moyer | the reader |
| Â Kendall Russell | Â grief |
| Ruoyi Li, Michael Hassick | Big Soak |
| Xuerongrong Cao, Kaitlyn Palocsko | I have no idea, snake in the garden |
| Â Eric Webb | Â turtle |
| Â Robbie Young | Â Foggy Durand |
| Â Victoria Lamina | Yawn |
| Â Ariel Radow | Â Mr. Sandman |
| Â Jessica MacCallum | Â Grief |
September 19 Friday
IN CLASS:
Captions
Edit Unusual Ice Cream Assignment in class
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
LINKS:
Week 5
September 24 Â Wednesday
IN CLASS:
POW
Critique  Unusual Ice Cream
ASSIGNMENTS:
Feature Event
Language of the Image
READINGS:
Kobre, Chapter 9, 179-200
LINKS:
September 26 Â Friday
IN CLASS:
Feature Photos
The Quality of Light
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
Photo Manipulation throughout History
LINKS:
Well, That Could be a Problem
Round Midnight
Moments
Week 6
October 1 Wednesday
IN CLASS:
POW
Electronic Flash: Bounce and Fill
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
Kobre, Chapter one, p. 2-25
LINKS:
Through Our Eyes 1 Through Our Eyes 2 In the Eye of the Storm
October 3 Friday
IN CLASS:
Critique Features Event
Portraiture
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
Kobre, chapter 3, 49-64
LINKS:
October 8 Wednesday
IN CLASS:
POW
Studio Lighting  **Meet in Willard 316**
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
LINKS:
Guerrilla Portraiture
Arms Crossed
Dancers Among Us
October 10 Friday
IN CLASS:
Pitch DITLO Ideas
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
- Carry your rights with you
- A lawyer’s take on the rights of photographers
- USAToday columnist weighs in
- One more list of your rights as a photographer
- Freedom to photograph Federal Buildings, finally
- Your Rights as a photographer
- What to Do When Police Tell You to Stop Taking Photos, Video
- Kobre, Chapter six, 97-123, Sports, for Wednesday October 22
- How to Shoot Football for Wednesday October 22
- Kobre, Chapter 11, 228-267,
- Photo Story, for Wednesday October 22
LINKS:
Week 8
October 15 Wednesday
IN CLASS:
POW
Critique Portrait 1
Sports
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
Stand-up Guys (short but great post) Kobre, chapter 7, 125-153
LINKS:
Beyond Sochi
Picture You, Picture Me
Spring Training
October 17 Friday
NO CLASS
October 22 Wednesday
IN CLASS:
POW
Critique DITLO
Midterm Review
ASSIGNMENTS:
- Proposal due 11/4Â by 8pm* 50 points
- First shoot due 11/21Â 100 points
- Story due 12/10Â 300 points
- Final corrections on story due 12/15
READINGS:
LINKS:
October 24 Friday
IN CLASS:
Mid-Term Exam: Information taken from text chapters previously assigned, classroom discussions, handouts, lab
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
Kobre, Chapter 17, 415-453
LINKS:
Week 10
October 29 Wednesday
IN CLASS:
Critique Portraits II & III
POW
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
Kobre Chapters two and three
LINKS:
Santa
Caring for Noah
Ballet Shoes
minamata
Gleason’s Gym
The Daily Life of a Grandma and Her Odd-Eyed Cat
October 31 Â Friday
IN CLASS:
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
LINKS:
Week 11
November 5 Wednesday
IN CLASS:
POW
Critique Halloween
Due: Photo story project ideas Presentation of ideas to class (2-3 minutes)
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
Kobre, Chapter 13, 307-333, video
LINKS:
November 7 Friday
IN CLASS:
Image Deconstructed
Rights & Responsibilities NPPA code
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
LINKS:
- Election 2012
- Supreme Court NPR
- Front Pages
- Photo Editing
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November 12 Â Wednesday
IN CLASS:
POW
Critique Sports Assignment
Intro to WordPress and websites
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
LINKS:
November 14 Friday
IN CLASS:
Intro to Video(Camera and shooting)
Video & Premiere Sequences
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
LINKS:
Week 13
November 19 Â Wednesday
IN CLASS:
POW
IN-Class Assignment: Interview and ‘B’ roll of your subject Take about 20 minutes to find and do a brief video interview with a ‘person on the street’. A random person you DON’T know  walking around outside.
- Ask them two questions:
- 1. Ask them about the weather this year, and today
- 2. If school were cancelled today, and they could do ANYTHING they wanted, what would they do?
- The goal is to get an interesting response that can stand alone – phrase the question so they answer it in a complete thought. If your first subject is not very good, find someone else.
- REMEMBER – the camera needs to be VERY close to get good audio. Watch out for wind, or really loud backgrounds.
- Make sure you are IN FOCUS, PROPERLY EXPOSED, WELL COMPOSED
- THEN, shoot several video ‘portraits’. We need visuals of them NOT talking to cover up the bad video(but good audio) of them talking. Shoot them standing still just looking at the camera – maybe loose, head to toe, then medium, then tight, or shoot their hands, or from the side and the front. Each shot should last 10 seconds. So in the end you have a solid 30 seconds of visuals.
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
LINKS:
November 21 Friday
IN CLASS:
Critique Story first shoot
Video Practice
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
LINKS:Â
Week 14
November 26 Wednesday
NO CLASS HAPPY THANKSGIVING
November 28 Friday
NO CLASS HAPPY THANKSGIVING
December 3 Wednesday
IN CLASS:
Adobe Premiere Work on video
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
LINKS:
** I WILL BE IN THE LAB THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4TH, TO HELP WITH VIDEO, PROJECTS, WEBSITES, ETC. 7:15 – ??? **
December 5 Friday
IN CLASS:
Critique Video assignment
Digital Portfolios
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
LINKS:
- One photographer in Boston
- Boston Big Picture
- Boston – front pages
Week 16
** I will be in the Lab Tuesday Evening to help with final editing and websites. 7:30-11pm **
December 10 Wednesday
IN CLASS:
POW
Critique Photo Story assignment
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
LINKS:
December 12 Friday
IN CLASS:
 Final Portfolio presentations in class
| Â Jessica MacCallum | Â jessicamacc.wordpress.com |
| Â Alexis Shelton | Â alexisshelton.wix.com/lexchan |
| Â Eric Webb | Â photosbyeric.wordpress.com |
| Kaitlyn Palocsko | Â http://krpalocsko.wordpress. |
| Jessica Goldstein | https://jgold1294. |
| Â Ruoyi Li | http://ruoyili.wordpress.com/ |
| Â Victoria Lamina | http://vlamina.wordpress.com/ |
| Â Mike Hassick | http://mikehassick.wordpress. |
| Â Kellie Yekel | Â http://kellieyekel.wordpress. |
| Â Clayton Over | claytonoverdotcom.wordpress. |
| Tom Barber | Â http://tombarber269.wordpress. |
| Adelle Cao | Â http://adelle1119.wix. |
| Lauren Coleman | |
| Ariel Radow | http://sites.psu.edu/ |
| Robbie Young | Â http://robbieyoungpsu. |
| Â Brendan Auman | Â http:// |
| Â Xinyu Du | Â https://xinyu-du.squarespace.com/ |
| Â Cate Hansberry | Â https://catehansberry. |
| Â Max Massey | Â http:// |
| Â Chris Moyer | Â https://chrismoyer828.wordpress.com/ |
| Â Callie Rojewski | Â http://callierojewski.wix.com/ |
| Â Bria Williams | Â http://briakwilliams.wix.com/ |
| Â Carley Mossbrook | Â https://carleyrmossbrook. |
| Â Alexandra Zortman | Â alexandrazortmanphotography.wordpress.com |