Please check the City Tech Academic Calendar for class cancelations and changes to the schedule.

https://www.citytech.cuny.edu/registrar/docs/fall_2022_meeting_grid.pdf

Week 1 Tuesday 8/30

  • Topic: Course Intro/Intro lecture on light and image and exposure
  • Lab: Using dslrs
  • Homework: Homework 1 Textures, shapes and framing
  • Discussion 1
  • Due Dates: Homework1 and discussion1 due 9/5

Week 2 Tuesday 9/6

  • Topic: Composition-Framing, angle of view, Frame within a frame, Fill the Frame, Rule of Thirds
  • Lab: Photograph simple object using lecture
  • Homework: homework 2 Framing/working the subject
  • Discussion 2
  • Due Dates:Homework 2 and discussion 2 due 9/12

Week 3 Tuesday 9/13

  • Topic: Composition- Leading Lines, Diagonals, Figure to Ground, Patterns and Repetition, Symmetry
  • Lab: Looking for compositional elements
  • Homework3: Urban landscape
  • Discussion 3 : Cartier Bresson – The decisive moment
  • Due Dates: Homework 3 and discussion 3 due 9/19

Week 4. Tuesday 9/20

  • Topic: Shutter Speed and Motion Control
  • Lab: Freezing and Blurring motion in studio
  • Homework4:  Freezing and Blurring motion
  • Discussion 4: Visual responses to other students work
  • Due Dates: Homework 4 and discussion 4 due 10/10

Week 5. Tuesday 10/11

  • Topic: Light and Dark
  • Lab: Light and shadows/exposure
  • Discussion 5: Visual responses to other students work
  • Homework 5 :Using shadows as pictorial elements
  • Due Dates: HW 5 and Discussion 5 due 10/17

Week 6 Tuesday 10/18

  • Topic: Depth of field/ Discuss midterm project
  • Lab:  Near and Far
  • Homework 6: Shooting for midterm project
  • Due Dates: HW6 due 10/24

Week 7 Tuesday 10/25

  • Topic: Digital Darkroom: Global Corrections
  • Lab:  Make global corrections using Lightroom
  • Homework6: Midterm project shoot
  • Due Dates: Midterm project due 11/1

Week 8 Tuesday 11/1

  • Topic: Midterm presentations
  • Homework8:  Figure in environment
  • Due Dates: Due 11/7

Week 9 Tuesday 11/8

  • Topic: Lighting Direction
  • Lab: Light direction and quality
  • Homework9: Light in the cityscape
  • Due Dates: Due 11/14

Week 10 Tuesday 11/15

  • Topic: Studio Still life
  • Lab: Group still life on chosen theme
  • Homework: Still life as self portrait
  • Due Dates: Due 11/21

Week 11 Tuesday 11/22

  • Topic: Portrait Basics
  • Lab: One light Portrait styles
  • Homework11: self portraits using window lights
  • Due Dates: Due 11/28

Week 12 Tuesday 11/29

  • Topic: Portrait lighting
  • Lab: Portraits with two and three lights
  • Homework12: Final project shoot
  • Due Dates: 12/5

Week 13 Tuesday 12/6

  • Topic: Painting with light
  • Lab: Add assignments, activities
  • Homework 13: Final project shoot
  • Due Dates: Due 12/12

Week 14 Tuesday 12/13

  • Topic: Digital Darkroom: Local Corrections
  • Lab: Add assignments, activities
  • Homework14: Final project shoot
  • Due Dates: Final Presentation 12/20

Week 15 Tuesday 12/20

  • Topic: Final Presentations