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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.
Spring 2019 Schedule
Week 1
January 8 Tuesday
IN CLASS:
Introductions & Course Overview
ASSIGNMENTS:
The Viewfinder Â
Pickup cameras from Media Tech
Ed.Ted intro to exposure
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 Tuesday, January 15 @ 11:59 pm – at least three questions about what you didn’t understand from first two readings (10 pts)
LINKS:
January 10 Thursday
IN CLASS:
Work with Cameras
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
LINKS:
Vox Best of 2018 by women & non-binary photographers
Week 2
January 15 Â Tuesday
IN CLASS: Â
Using Box
Viewfinder -Â BRING BACK CARDBOARD VIEWFINDERS!
The Camera Part 1
ASSIGNMENTS:
Additional Ed.Ted tutorials on the D7200
Ed.Ted Composition
READINGS:
LINKS:
January 17Â Thursday
IN CLASS:
The Readings
Camera – part II
ASSIGNMENTS:
Looking
Guest Speaker Stephanie Strasburg – email me a question you’ll have for Stephanie by Monday 1/21 @ 11:59 pm 10pts
READINGS:
For Thursday  Kobre chapters four & five
Email me by Tuesday, January 22 @ 11:59 pm – at least three questions about what you didn’t understand or have questions about from these readings (10 pts)
LINKS:
 http://photo.comm.psu.edu
camera simulator
National Geographic Best
REMINDER  your first Picture of the Week is due Sunday
Week 3
Extra Credit – Stephanie Strasburg talk Tuesday 7 pm in the Foster Auditorium
January 22 Tuesday
IN CLASS:
Guest Speaker Stephanie Strasburg  MEET IN CARNEGIE 24
ASSIGNMENTS:
Seeing The HUB
Guardian Eyewitness
READINGS:
LINKS:
January 24 Â Thursday
IN CLASS: (snow day)
Camera review – histogram, AF, etc.
POW
Photoshop/Camera Lab
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
F-Stop, Shutter Speed – For Tuesday bring a question to class – something you don’t understand or agree with.
Kobre, 150-153, captions
LINKS:
Week 4
January 29 Tuesday
IN CLASS:Â
Photoshop/Camera Lab (bring Ways of Looking images)
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
F-Stop, Shutter Speed – For Tuesday bring a question to class – something you don’t understand or agree with.
Kobre, 179-183, captions
LINKS:
January 31 Thursday
IN CLASS: (Snow Day)
Critique Ways of Looking
Guardian Eyewitness Photos
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
For Tuesday  National Geographic Complete Photography: Pages 81-111 (Composition)
LINKS:
Week 5
February 5 Â Tuesday
IN CLASS:
Critique Ways of Looking
Captions
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
Kobre, Chapter 9, 179-200
LINKS:
February 7Â Thursday
IN CLASS: Â
Guardian Eyewitness Photos
Light
Edit HUB
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
Photo Manipulation throughout History
For Tuesday  National Geographic Complete Photography: Pages 113-139 (Light)
LINKS:
Well, That Could be a Problem
Round Midnight
Moments
Week 6
February 12 Tuesday
** Extra Credit: Monday, February 18th @ 7:30 in Willard 258 by sports photographer Fred Vuich www.fredvuich.com
IN CLASS:Â Snow Day
Critique HUB
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 one, p. 2-25
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
February 14 Thursday
IN CLASS:
Critique HUB
Shooting the assignment
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
Kobre, chapter 3, 49-64
LINKS:
Time’s Best Portraits – 2014
Where The Wild Things Are
** Extra Credit: Monday, February 18th @ 7:30 in Willard 258 by sports photographer Fred Vuich www.fredvuich.com
February 19 Tuesday
IN CLASS:
Critique Features Event
Pitch DITLO ideas
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
LINKS:
Guerrilla Portraiture
Arms Crossed
Dancers Among Us
February 21 Thursday
IN CLASS:
Critique Portrait 1
Midterm Review
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
- 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
February 26 Tuesday
IN CLASS
Mid-Term Exam: Information taken from text chapters previously assigned, classroom discussions, handouts, lab
ASSIGNMENTS:
- Proposal due 3/17 by midnight* 50 points
- First critique due 3/27 100 points
- Story due 4/22 300 points
- Final corrections on story due 4/29
LINKS:
Life for the Palestinians
Picture You, Picture Me
February 28 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:
March 5 Tuesday
SPRING BREAK NO CLASS!!
March 7 Thursday
SPRING BREAK NO CLASS!!
March 12 Tuesday
EXTRA CREDIT NEXT WEEK: Matt Ford will talk about storytelling – he’s great. Monday, March 18th @ 7:00 in the Foster Auditorium
IN CLASS:
Go over Midterms
Critique Day In The Life
Sports
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
Look at and read for Thursday(Pictures at top, text at bottom). Email me a question or comment by Thursday night, 6pm  (10pts)
Shooting the game
LINKS:
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March 14 Â Thursday
IN CLASS:
Critique Portraits II & III
Using other lenses
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
Kobre, Chapter 17, 415-453
LINKS:
Week 11
March 19 Tuesday
EXTRA CREDIT: Matt Ford will talk about storytelling – he’s great. Monday, March 18th @ 7:00 in the Foster Auditorium
IN CLASS:
Pitch Photo Story Ideas
Sports
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
March 21 Thursday
IN CLASS:
Electronic Flash
Rights and Responsibilities
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
LINKS:
March 26 Â Tuesday
IN CLASS:
Image Deconstructed
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
Kobre, Chapter 13, 307-333, video
LINKS:
March 28 Thursday
IN CLASS:
Critique Story first shoot
Rights & Responsibilities NPPA code
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
LINKS:
Week 13
April 2Â Tuesday
EXTRA CREDIT :: Danese Kenon, Director of Video & Photography for the Philadelphia Inquirer @ 7pm April 2Â in Henderson Building Room 117
IN CLASS:
POW
Critique Sports Assignment
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
April 4 Thursday
IN CLASS:
VIDEO
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
LINKS:
- Rhythm & Pacing
- Short Doc Workshop
- Mountain Workshop
- Vertical Video Syndrome
- Soundscapes
- Peter Pan
- Moments
Week 14
April 9 Tuesday
IN CLASS:
Intro to Video(Camera and shooting)
Video & Premiere Sequences
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’
We will use each other. Take turns interviewing a classmate.
- Ask them two questions:
- If school was 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.
- 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 6-10 seconds. So, in the end, you have a solid 30 seconds of visuals.
POW
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
LINKS:
April 11 Thursday
IN CLASS:
Video Editing
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
LINKS:
I’ll be in the lab Wednesday starting at 8 pm for anyone who wants help
April 16 Tuesday
IN CLASS:
Digital Portfolios
Adobe Premiere Work on video
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
LINKS:
April 18 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 Tuesday at 7:30 pm to help with any editing or posting questions/problems
April 23 Tuesday
IN CLASS:
Critique Photo Story assignment
ASSIGNMENTS:
READINGS:
LINKS:
April 25 Thursday
IN CLASS:
 POW
Final Portfolio presentations in class
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