Schedule

Film Photography 1170 

Student Class Schedule    Fall 2019        Course Site:  filmphotoclass.wordpress.com

Course Reference Book: Langford’s Basic Photography, A guide for Serious Photographers .
Langford, Fox, & Smith   Print 9th edition or online in Issuu.com (7th edition)
CLASS 1  Sep 3   BASIC PHOTOGRAPHY Assignments/Projects
Intro -Photo Concepts – Course Outline   Tour the darkroom
This week:  Get a 35mm camera, or borrow one from the library. Buy the supplies.
Bring camera to class next week to load film etc.
CLASS 2 Sep 10                                    * Bring camera to class  
Very basic camera: Pinhole Camera – Assessing exposure – Processing prints
Film Loading – Basic Camera operation
 
CLASS 3   Sep 17.                             * Bring camera to class  
Camera operation and film processing demo
In class – take photos of still life – practice exposure and aperture  – 3 scenes – Shoot a roll of 36 – use 12-15 shots
Assignment 1: Finish shooting one roll – practice Correct exposure – Shutter speed and Aperture
– Process negatives this week
CLASS 4   Sep 24 Due Assign 1
Demo: Making a Contact Prints and enlargements from Assign 1 photos– Use contrast filters to make 4 Prints of different contrasts from 1 negative
Intro to Composition Principles
Assign2: COMPOSITION Shoot 1 roll   and make contact sheet
CLASS 5  Oct 1 Due: Assign2
Darkroom: Printing a finished 8×10 – Dodge and Burn   Spotting the print for dust

In class make two prints -Composition Assignment

Project 1 Assigned
CLASS 6  Oct 8    
Critique Dodge and Burn Photos – composition Assignment
Darkroom work proj 1
 
CLASS 7  Oct 15.      this week Bring objects for photogram.    Due Project 1.
Critique: Proj 1 Prints.
Demo: photogram and combining mobile technology and darkroom
Project 2 Photograms Assigned
CLASS 8  Oct 22       
Work on photograms  
CLASS 9  Oct 29                      * bring camera Due: Photograms Proj
Critique photograms
Studio Lighting Still life and objects 1 and 2 lights
Assignm 3. Shoot still life and Objects studio photos

 

CLASS 10  Nov 5      
Negative Manipulation – Cutting the negative – Collage and Layered negatives
In Class- practice techniques for manipulation of negatives
Final Project    Assigned
CLASS 11  Nov 12    
Studio Lighting Still life and Negative Manipulation  –  work in darkroom
Discuss with Instructor – final project.
 
CLASS 12  Nov 19      
Work on final project    
CLASS 13  Nov 26            Final proj Due
FINAL PROJECT Critique  

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