Photographing People

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Topic Schedule

Assignment Requirements

Assignment Schedule Summary

Tentative Outline Topic Schedule

September 9: I, II, III
September 16: III, IV
September 23: IV, V, Due: Elements
September 30: V, VI , Due: First journal submission
October 7: VI
October 14: VI
October 21: VIII-A
October 28: VIII-B, Due: Composition
November 4: VIII-C, VIII-D
November 18: IX-A, Due: Lighting (display)
December 2: IX-B. IX-C
December 6: Field Trip
December 9: X, Due: Portrait (display), Final journal submission
December 16: XI, XII, Due: Candid (display)

Assignment Requirements

NOTE: Grade percentages refer to the percentage of the photographic portion of your grade, e.g. each assignment is worth 16.7 percent of your photographic grade; the photographic portion may be worth 90 percent of your total grade.

Five assignments that reflect major concepts presented during the course (i.e. elements, composition, posing, lighting, candid photography.)

Each assignment will consist of:

Ten prints

each at least 3 1/2 X 3 1/2 inches (most photofinishers deliver 3 1/2 X 5 or 4 X 6 inch prints), mounted or unmounted,
black-and-white or color,
developed by the student or by another source,

OR ten slides

in standard 2 X 2 inch mounts.

A sixth assignment is a journal with at least two entries per week which describes, explains, or reveals some aspect of photographing people which you have experienced or found interesting. This could include your response to class work, photographs you have seen, articles on photography (of people) in newspapers, magazine, television, etc., as well as any particular thoughts developed as a result of my direction. The paper will be graded on insight, fact, and loosely on spelling and grammar. Do not simply rehash the class topic for the week. You may include a critique of the course as an addendum to the main journal, not as one of the major entries. Each entry should be one to two paragraphs.

Each of these assignments is worth 15% of your final grade.

Participation (10% of your total grade) is based on how much you contribute to class activities, in particular assignment discussions, assistants for demonstrations, classroom give-and-take.

Assignment Schedule Summary

September 23—composition/elements
September 30—First journal submisson
October 28—composition/self-portrait
November 18—lighting
December 9--portrait, journal
December 16--candid

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