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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 2017 Schedule
Week 1
August 22 Tuesday
IN CLASS:
Watch video, complete the assignments below. See you Thursday!
ASSIGNMENTS:
Pick up camera at Media Tech (Bring your PSU ID to Media Tech in the Wagner building and sign out a Nikon D7100 for the semester)
Ed.Ted intro to the D7200
Selfie Intro
Syllabus & Intro Quiz (if the link doesn’t work, go to Canvas and find it under Quizzes for this class)
READINGS:
 National Geographic Complete Photography: Pages 25-53 (Technology and the Art)
National Geographic Complete Photography:Â Pages 55-79 (Camera Basics)
Email me by Sunday, August 27 @ 11:59pm – at least three questions about what you didn’t understand from first two readings (10 pts)
LINKS:
(a personal)Â year in photos
NYT Best of 2016
Huffington Post Best of
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August 24 Thursday
IN CLASS:
ASSIGNMENTS:
The Viewfinder Â
Good & Bad Photos
PHOTO OF THE WEEKÂ (POW)
READINGS:
LINKS:
WKUPJ
BOP – 2012 Feature Photos
National Geographic @ 125
Random Excellence
Week 2
August 29 Â Tuesday
IN CLASS: Â
Viewfinder -Â BRING BACK CARDBOARD VIEWFINDERS!
The Camera Part 1
ASSIGNMENTS:
Additional Ed.Ted tutorials on the D7200
READINGS:
LINKS:
August 31 Â Thursday
IN CLASS:
The Readings
Good & Bad
Review POW
Camera – part II
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
For SUNDAY 9/3 by 11:59pm  Kobre chapters four & five pages 85-122  10pts
Email me three things you learned about finding a feature photo that you didn’t know before
Email me your definition of a portrait and  three specific suggestions for making a portrait
LINKS:
 http://photo.comm.psu.edu
camera simulator
Home Clips
REMINDER  your first Picture of the Week is due Sunday
Week 3
September 5 Tuesday
IN CLASS:
POW
Photoshop/Camera Lab
ASSIGNMENTS:
Seeing The HUB
Guardian Eyewitness
READINGS:
LINKS:
National Geo Favorites
Women of West Point
September 7 Â Thursday
IN CLASS: Â
Bring your camera to class
Look at Looking
Treasure Hunt 1 (In Class)
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
F-Stop, Shutter Speed – For Tuesday bring a question to class – something you don’t understand or agree with.
Kobre, 178-183, captions
LINKS:
Week 4
September 12 Tuesday
IN CLASS:
Captions
DOF
ASSIGNMENTS
READINGS:
LINKS:
September 14 Thursday
IN CLASS:
Guardian Photos
Edit HUB Assignment in class
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
For Tuesday  National Geographic Complete Photography: Pages 81-111 (Composition)
LINKS:
Week 5
September 19 Â Tuesday
IN CLASS:
Critique  HUB
Feature Photos
The Quality of Light
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
Kobre, Chapter 9 “Lighting”
LINKS:
September 21 Â Thursday
IN CLASS: Â
Portraiture
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
Photo Manipulation throughout History
For Tuesday  National Geographic Complete Photography: Pages 113-139 (Light)
LINKS:
Guerrilla Portraiture
Arms Crossed
Dancers Among Us
Well, That Could be a Problem
Round Midnight
Moments
Week 6
September 26 Tuesday
IN CLASS:
Electronic Flash: Bounce and Fill
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
Kobre, Chapter One
LINKS:
Japanese Internment
Kissing
Through Our Eyes 1
Through Our Eyes 2
In the Eye of the Storm
Flash Tips from National Geographic
The Strobist
September 28 Thursday
IN CLASS:
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
Kobre, chapter 3
LINKS:
October 3Â Tuesday
IN CLASS:
Critique Features Event
Pitch DITLO ideas
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
LINKS:
October 5 Thursday
IN CLASS:
Critique Portrait 1
Midterm Review
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
- A lawyer’s take on the rights of photographers
- 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 Tuesday
- How to Shoot Football for Tuesday
- Kobre, Chapter 11, 228-267,
- Photo Story, for Tuesday
LINKS:
Week 8
October 10 Tuesday
** EXTRA CREDIT Lynsey Addario, Pulitzer-winning photojournalist, Monday, Oct. 16, 7:30 p.m., Schwab Auditorium**
IN CLASS
Mid-Term Exam: Information taken from text chapters previously assigned, classroom discussions, handouts, lab
ASSIGNMENTS:
- Proposal due 10/22 by 11:59 pm 50 points
- First critique due 11/8 by 11:59 pm 100 points
- Story due 12/4 300 points
- Final corrections on story due 12/11
LINKS:
Life for the Palestinians
Picture You, Picture Me
October 12 Thursday
IN CLASS:
DITLO – NO CLASS Â – you’re out shooting your Day in the Life assignments
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
Stand-up Guys (short but great post) Kobre, chapter 7, 125-153
LINKS:
October 17 Tuesday
** EXTRA CREDIT Lynsey Addario, Pulitzer-winning photojournalist, Monday, Oct. 16, 7:30 p.m., Schwab Auditorium**
IN CLASS:
Lynsey Addario visits
Critique Day In The Life
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
Look at and read for Thursday(Pictures at top, text at bottom). Email me a question or comment by Wednesday at 11:59pm (10pts)
Shooting the game
LINKS:
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October 19 Thursday
IN CLASS:
Critique Day In The Life
Covering Sports
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
Kobre, Chapter 17, 415-453
LINKS:
October 24 Tuesday
IN CLASS:
Critique Portraits II & III
Pitch Photo Story Ideas
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 26 Â Thursday
IN CLASS:
Lighting in Willard 316
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
LINKS:
Week 11
October 31 Tuesday
IN CLASS:
Image Deconstructed
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
Kobre, Chapter 13 ‘video’
LINKS:
November 2 Thursday
IN CLASS:
November 7 Â Tuesday
IN CLASS:
POW
Critique Halloween
Intro to WordPress and websites
ASSIGNMENTS:
Video – A person and their sound
Digital Portfolio
Ed.Ted shooting video
READINGS:
LINKS:
- West Point marriage by Jill KnightÂ
- Taking Time
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2eXtCuVyFM
November 9 Thursday
IN CLASS:
Critique Story first shoot
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
LINKS:
Week 13
November 14 Â Tuesday
IN CLASS:
Intro to Video(Camera and shooting)
Video & Premiere Sequences
POW
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
LINKS:
November 16 Thursday
IN CLASS:
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:
- If school were canceled today and you could anything you wanted, what would you do?
- If the world were going to end tomorrow what would you do today?
- 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’ – wide, medium, and tight. 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:
Week 14
November 21 Tuesday
NO CLASS THANKSGIVING BREAK !!Â
November 23 Thursday
NO CLASS THANKSGIVING BREAK !!Â
NOTE: I’ll be in the lab Wednesday evening, 7pm-11pm, to help with video editing and any other questions
November 28 Tuesday
IN CLASS:
Digital Portfolios
Adobe Premiere Work on video
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
LINKS:
November 30 Thursday
IN CLASS:
Critique Video assignment
Digital Portfolios
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
LINKS:
- One photographer in Boston
- Boston Big Picture
- Boston – front pages
Week 16
I’ll be in the lab Wednesday evening to help with any editing or posting questions/problems
December 5 Tuesday
IN CLASS:
Critique Photo Story assignment
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
LINKS:
December 7 Thursday
IN CLASS:
 POW
Final Portfolio presentations in class