Advanced
Digital
Imaging
(PMA
406)


Fall
2009,
T,
Th
9:00
–
11:50

PMAD
Center
Computer
Lab

Edward
Stapel

Phone:
887‐7444

Email:
edward.stapel@chestercollege.edu

Office:
PMAD
Offices,
2nd
Floor

Office
Hours:
Tues.
and
Thurs.,
1:00
–
2:30
and
by
appointment



This
course
will
further
explore
the
possibilities
of
film
and
digital
imaging,
expanding

upon
knowledge
and
skills
learned
in
introductory
photography
and
digital
imaging

courses,
specifically
as
it
applies
to
print
photography.

Various
techniques
will
be

discussed
covering
both
fine
art
and
commercial
applications
including:
working
with

film
for
digital
output,
scanning
negatives
and
prints,
digital
capture
(including
working

with
RAW
files),
digital
file
management,
and
print
output.




Students
will
be
required
to
keep
a
journal
to
document
ideas.
Students
will
be
required

to
compile
a
technical
notebook
in
the
form
of
a
portfolio
book
documenting
the

technical
assignments
and
corresponding
notes,
as
well
as
a
final
portfolio
of
12
–
16

prints.



REQUIRED
TEXTBOOK:

Adobe
Photoshop
CS4
Classroom
in
a
Book



MATERIALS
LIST:


 A
digital
camera
of
some
sort


 Other
cameras
(as
needed)


 Typical
darkroom
supplies
(as
needed)

EPSON
Inkjet
Paper
(specific
types
to
be
discussed)

Data
storage
devices:
jump
drives,
CD‐Rs,
etc.

Journal

Personal
photographs
and
slides

Appropriated
imagery
and
objects
(as
needed)

Various
office
and
art
supplies,
to
be
discussed



WHERE
TO
SHOP:

Chester
College
Bookstore

B&H
Photo
–
1
800
606‐6969
‐
www.bhphotovideo.com

Hunt’s
Photo
–
Manchester
–
366
S.
Willow
St.
–
603.6063322


 
 
 ‐
Melrose,
MA
–
100
Main
St.
–
781.662.8822

The
Camera
Shop
at
the
Institute,
Amherst
St.,
Manchester
–
603.623.0313

Freestyle
Sales
–
1
800.292.6173


‐
www.freestylephoto.biz

Light
Impressions
–
lightimpressionsdirect.com


Michaels
and/or
AC
Moore
and
other
art
supply
stores

 Staples
–
Londonderry,
and
various
other
locations



ATTENDANCE
POLICY

If
you
miss
more
than
3
classes,
your
final
grade
will
be
dropped
one
letter
grade.

If
you
miss
more
than
5
classes,
you
will
fail
this
class.

If
you
come
to
class
30
minutes
late,
you
will
be
counted
absent.



GRADING
POLICY

Assignments
must
be
turned
in
on
time.

Assignments
will
be
evaluated
in
a
group

critique
format
and
attendance
for
these
critiques
is
mandatory.

Late
assignments
will

be
marked
down
one
letter
grade
for
each
class
they
are
late.

Submitting
work
without

participating
in
critique
will
result
in
a
one‐letter
grade
drop.

Not
attending
critique
and

not
submitting
work
will
result
in
a
two‐letter
grade
drop.

If
you
have
a
conflict
with
a

scheduled
critique
date
it
is
your
responsibility
to
make
arrangements
with
me
to

present
your
work
to
the
class
at
another
time.

If
you
miss
a
class
it
is
your

responsibility
to
contact
me
before
the
next
class
in
order
to
pick
up
any
assignments

you
may
have
missed.

Showing
up
for
class
unprepared
will
be
considered
another

absence.



Since
much
of
the
discussion
of
work
in
this
class
is
conducted
in
critique,
class

participation
is
mandatory
and
will
be
taken
into
consideration
for
grading.




GRADING
CRITERIA

Attendance/Participation
 
 
 
 30%

Critiques
 
 
 
 
 
 30%

Final
Portfolio/Project

 
 
 
 40%