Project 1

Based on your proposal, create a body of work
Due dates:

• 2/6, preliminary critique
• 2/13, final critique

Plan to turn in:

• 8 files, processed (using image processor) to 1200 pixels by the longest side, jpeg quality 10 or higher

Warm Cool Combinations

©1996 Cheryl Opperman

For Wednesday 1/23

1. Bring inkjet paper for color printing. (Note: I am delaying our start with digital negatives until the following week... have pictorico and B&W paper for 1/28).
2. Create group of images that explore warm / cool color relationships. See if you can push it further by creating warm / cool spatial tensions, as the above image demonstrates. To do this, have the background or a subject further away be a warm color, and objects closer to the camera be a cool color.
3. Proposals. 2-3 pages, researched, cited.

Slides shown in class can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3jqbogBFi4naXp2cWtjNXhYMnc/edit

Shooting: Color Harmonies

Create a group of images that harmonize around the color you chose for the first shooting assignment. This kind of harmony is based on similarity. Look to neighboring colors on either side of the color wheel, and build photographs that feature these two, three or four neighboring colors. The Franco Fontana image above is a great example of a color harmony with blue—green—yellow.

More examples can be found here: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3jqbogBFi4nc0VmVHh6ektJUkU/edit

For Wednesday1/16

Welcome

The primary goal of this course is to create an environment where you can make your strongest work. While we will explore some exciting technical, aesthetic, and conceptual possibilities, the most important thing is for you to manage the process of bringing your imaginative ideas to physical form. The main ally in this quest is time. Use it wisely, and it will reward you.

Also, a running calendar for the course can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnjqbogBFi4ndEV1LXFnbGxSSkluQUFCS19KZzc2c3c

The course Syllabus can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B3jqbogBFi4naFFNd2hnckxYcEE

Past student work