Photography I (PMA 101) Fall 2011, T, Th 10:00 12:50 PMAD Center, 1st Floor Edward Stapel Phone: 603.887.

7444 Email: edward.stapel@chestercollege.edu Office: PMAD Center Offices(2nd Floor) Office Hours: Tues. and Thurs., 1:00 2:30 and by appointment My blog: edwardstapel.blogspot.com This class will give the student an introductory knowledge of photography. The student will learn how to operate a camera, develop film, and make photographic prints. We will also discuss the history of the medium and its place in contemporary culture. Students will complete assignments designed to develop both their technical skills and aesthetic awareness. 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 containing photographs from the technical assignments and corresponding notes as well as a final portfolio of 12 16 mounted prints. REQUIRED TEXTBOOK: Photography, London, Stone and Upton, Tenth edition SUPPLY LIST: - A film SLR camera with lens (or lenses) that allows full manual operation with a built-in light meter - Film developing tank with two reels stainless steel or plastic (I recommend Paterson plastic tanks and reels) - Thermometer - Towel and paper towels - Negative sleeves (Print Files 35-7B) - 3-ring binder or 3-ring negative binder box - Gray card - Photo paper (IlfordMultigrade IV RC, 8x10 100 sheet box preferably PEARL surface) - 30-40 rolls of film: either Kodak Tri-x or Ilford HP5 (PLEASE - NO Kodak T-Max or Ilford Delta films) - Multigrade printing filters, 4 or 6 (preferably Ilford) - OOO spotting brush and a small white plate or painting palette - Can of Dust-off - Bottle opener - Masking tape - Scissors - Metal ruler - X-acto knife - Mat board: roughly 20 pieces, 11 x14

- Dry mount tissue (RC) - 11x14 Print storage box - 8x10 portfolio - Journal WHERE TO SHOP: Chester College Bookstore Hunt s Photo Manchester 366 S. willow 603.6063322 - Melrose, MA 100 Main St. 781.662.8822 The Camera Shop at the Institute, Amherst St., Manchester 603.623.0313 B&H Photo 1 800 606-6969 - www.bhphotovideo.com (B&H .edu) 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. 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 Assignments/Critiques Mid-term Exam Mid-term Critique Technical Notebook Final Portfolio/Project

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TENTATIVE SCHEDULE FOR THE SEMESTER TUESDAY 8/30 Class intro and overview. Reading Assignment: Chapters 1 4 in your textbook. 9/6NO CLASS go to your Monday classes today 9/13 Demo: developing film Bring your film developing tanks and reels and related darkroom equipment THURSDAY 9/1The basics: What do these things do?Bring your camera and some film Assignment 1: Basic camera settings 9/8 Working on Assignment 1 in class Reading: Chapter 5 film development 9/15 Film development . . . and Creative Controls Assignment 2: Controlling camera settings Reading: Chapter 6 printing 9/22Shoot more film Assignment 3: Printing basics Assignment 4: Scavenger Hunt 9/29In class lab time 10/6 Critique: Assignment 4 Assignment 5: The photo-essay 10/13In class lab time

9/20 Demo: printing negatives

9/27In class lab time 10/4In class lab time

10/11Print spotting and handling In class lab time 10/18 Mid-term Quiz In class lab time 10/25In class lab time 11/1In class lab time

10/20Mid-term Critique: Assignment 5 Assignment 6: TBA 10/27 In class lab time 11/3 Critique: Assignment 6 Assignment 7: TBA 11/10 Final Portfolio Assignment 11/17 Critique: Assignment 7 11/24 THANKSGIVING!

11/8In class lab time 11/15 In class lab time 11/22 In class lab time

11/29Print finishing and mounting demo 12/6 In class lab time

12/1In class lab time 12/8 In class lab time

FINAL CRITIQUE: TBA