Meeting Info: Check your City Tech email for the class meeting invitation.

Expect to meet or be available to meet for the full class period from 6 pm to 9:20pm. The class will generally start with a review of homework. Please show respect to your classmates by being on time. Next, I will introduce the class topic. There will then be time to work either individually or in groups to create photos related to the class topic. The whole class will return to the class meeting to review the work just done.

Week 1, Tuesday, Sept 1

  • Topic: Introductions, Course Syllabus, Digital Landscape Tour, Review

Week 2, Tuesday, Sept 8

  • Topic: Composition
  • Due: HW 1

Week 3, Tuesday, Sept 15

  • Topic: Movement- Freezing and blurring motion. The subject moves, you move, the camera moves. Panning, zooming.
  • Due: HW 2

Week 4, Tuesday, Sept 22

  • Topic: Perspective and depth of field, Something near and something far
  • Due: HW 3

Tuesday, Sept 29 No Class

Week 5, Tuesday, Oct 6

  • Topic: Lighting: Quality and Direction
  • HW 4

Week 6, Tuesday, Oct 13

  • Topic: Digital Darkroom
  • Due: Midterm Shoot 1

Week 7, Tuesday, Oct 20

  • Quiz 1
  • Due: Midterm: Presentations

Week 8, Tuesday, Oct 27

  • Topic: Food Photography

Week 9, Tuesday, Nov 3

  • Topic: Food Photography: Telling a Story
  • Due: HW 5

Week 10, Tuesday, Nov 10

  • Topic: Food photography and Direct Reflection
  • Due: HW 6

Week 11, Tuesday, Nov 17

  • Topic: Portraits-One Light
  • Due: HW 7

Week 12, Tuesday, Nov 24

  • Topic: Portraits Two-Lights
  • Due: HW 8

Week 13, Tuesday, Dec 1

  • Topic: TBD
  • Due: Final Project Shoot 1

Week 14, Tuesday, Dec 8

  • Topic: Digital Darkroom: Local Corrections, Quiz 2
  • Final Project Shoot 2

Week 15, Tuesday, Dec 15

  • Final Project Shoot 3 and Presentations
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