Course Schedule

PGY 2101 (Section 1641) - Visual Literacy, Fall 2016

3 Credits

Section B (Studio)

TA: Sue Montoya

s.montoya001@ufl.edu

F | Period 5 - 6 (11:45 AM - 1:40 PM)

Classroom: ARCH 120

GRADING                                                                                    

Lecture = 50%

Lab       = 50%

               100%

-Class Participation 20%

-Blogging Assignments 10%

-Critiques (Projects 1-3) 45%

-Final Portfolio 25%

ATTENDANCE

Participation in class is necessary to achieve the course objectives. Students are expected to arrive on time and be prepared to participate in all activities. Please mute cell phones prior to class.

Attendance is taken at the beginning of class. Students are considered tardy if they arrive after roll is taken. Students are permitted two absences without penalty; additional absences will reduce the final grade by one letter grade per occurrence. Three “tardies” will equal one absence.

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE (*schedule is subject to change at discretion of instructor)

August 26^th

-Review syllabus and studio rules.

-Health and Safety Overview
-Explain class blog.
-Basic camera functions and shooting: aperture, shutter speed, ISO, focus, shooting modes (M, Ap, Sp, Auto) JPEG vs. RAW, bracketing.

Assignment: Shoot 200 images of anything and familiarize yourself with the Class Blog. [EXTENDED TO September 9th]

September 2nd

Class Cancelled

Assignment: 
-Shoot 200 images of anything, post contact sheets of this week’s and last week’s images on Class Blog as well as your 10 best images.

September 9th

-Preparing contact sheets, processing images to post on blog.

-Art Criticism (How to give constructive criticism in an art studio setting)
-Basic Photoshop techniques: RAW Processing, Black and White conversion methods, Color Space, Color Mode, Soft Proofing

-Basic Photoshop techniques: Non-Destructive Workflow, Adjustment Layers, Masking, Spotting, and Rendering Intent

-Camera Operation: Depth of Field, Focus, Emphasis on lens difference

Assignment: 
-Utilizing the range of depth of field possibilities, experiment and shoot 200 images of anything.
-Post contact sheets and your 10 best images on Class Blog. Please include at least one example of shallow, mid, and deep depth of field.
-Make 4 comments on your peers work on the Class Blog.

September 16^th

-PRINTING DEMO:

-Camera Operation: Motion: Stop Motion, Blurred Motion, Panning

-Understanding the aperture/shutter relationship

Assignment: 
-Utilizing motion techniques discussed during class, experiment and shoot 200 images of anything.
-Post contact sheets and your 10 best images on Class Blog. Please include at least one example of stop motion, blurred motion and panning
-Make 4 comments on your peers work in the Class Blog.

-Prepare 8-10 of your best images to be critiqued on 9/23.

September 23^th

-Crit #1 – Projected Presentation

Assignment: 
-Shoot 200 images working on project 2. Post contact sheets and your 10 best images on Class Blog.
-Make 8 comments on your peer’s works on the Class Blog.

September 30^th

-CLASS DEMO: Compositional Elements

-Discuss basic composition techniques and various photographic ideas (Isolating the subject, horizontal vs vertical, symmetry, subject in center, rule of thirds, power of line [horizon placement, using line to create depth], patterns and textures, quality of light [shoot at 4 different times of the day], shutter speed and aperture control).

Assignment: 
-Shoot 200 images working on project 2. Post contact sheets and your 10 best images on Class Blog. Please include images exposed at morning, afternoon, evening and night

- Make 8 comments on your peer’s works on the Class Blog

October 7^th

-CLASS DEMO: Advanced Editing: Sharpening, Perspective Correction
-CLASS CANCELLED DUE TO STORM

Assignment (Postponed for 10/14):
-Shoot 200 images working on your final project. Post contact sheets and your 10 best images on the Class Blog.
- Make 8 comments on your peer’s works on the Class Blog

October 14^th

-No Class - Homecoming

Assignment: 
-Shoot 400 images working on your 2nd project. Post contact sheets and your 10 best images on Class Blog.
- Make 8 comments on your peer’s works on the Class Blog

-Photographer Review:  Check out a photography monograph from Architecture and Fine Arts Library. Write a one-page review. **Due online on October 28th.

October 21^st
-Crit #2. Meeting in FAD 329. Please arrive 10 minutes before class to set up your images. We will begin critique at 11:45am. 

Assignment: 

-Shoot 200 images working on your final project. Post contact sheets and your 10 best images on Class Blog.
- Make 8 comments on your peer’s works on the Class Blog

October 28^th

-Photobook Paper Due Submit through E-Mail 

-Shoot 200 images working on your final project. Post contact sheets and your 10 best images on Class Blog.
- Make 8 comments on your peer’s works on the Class Blog

November 4^th

-Individual Meetings/Work Day

Assignment: 
-Shoot 200 images working on your final project. Post contact sheets and your 10 best images on Class Blog. 

- Make 8 comments on your peer’s works on the Class Blog

-Prepare 8-10 of your best new images to to show during individual meeting on 11/18.

November 11^th

No Class – Veterans Day

Assignment: 
-Shoot 200 images working on your final project. Post contact sheets and your 10 best images on Class Blog.
-Make 12 comments (3 each for Description, Interpretation, Theorizing, and Judgment) on 3 of your peer’s works on Class Blog.

November 18^th

-Bring 5 edited images that will be a part of your portfolio from Week 11 & 12
 -Bring 500 word statement outlining the concept of your final portfolio (Postponed for Tuesday 11/22)

-Printing & Editing Work Day

Assignment: 

-Finalize your portfolio of 20 images and formulate a plan/sequence of images for final portfolio. Post these images on the Class Blog.  Images must be on Class Blog no later than Wednesday prior to critique.  Make 8 comments on your peer’s works on the Class Blog.

November 25^th

No class – Thanksgiving Holiday-

Assignment: 

-Work on final portfolio

November 28th-December 1st
-Schedule Indivial Meetings to Review Final Portfolio

Assignment: 

-Work on final portfolio

Dec 9^TH FINAL PORTFOLIO DUE!!!

Final portfolio of 20 prints DUE