Late Fall Classes

Beginner Photography 

Mondays in November & December

1-3PM

Beginner Photoshop CS5 

Mondays in November & December

3-5PM

Advanced Photoshop CS5

Wednesdays in November & December

1-3PM

Advanced Photography 

Wednesdays in November & December 

3-5PM

Beginner Digital Photography Syllabus

Instructor: Christina Freeman
christinahfreeman@gmail.com

class blog: www.universitysettlementphoto.blogspot.com

University Settlement Beginner Digital Photography:

This course is designed for beginning photographers who want to better understand their cameras and learn the basics of photographic composition.  There will be weekly assignments for students to explore aspects of photography such as exposure, vantage point, and framing. Each week, students will need to bring in examples of their work from the assignment in either print or digital form.  

Week 1: Nov 5
Digital photography workflow. . .

Topic: still life
Technical focus: basics of exposure, aperture

Week 2: Nov 12
Topic: Color – color theory
White balance

Week 3: Nov 19
Topic: Framing
Technical focus: composition, rule of thirds, cropping

Week 4: Nov 26
Topic: Time
Technical focus: shutter speed (sports mode)

Week 5: Dec 3
Topic: Vantage Point
Technical Focus: Depth of Field


Week 6: Dec 10
Topic: Detail
Technical focus: Macro Photography


Week 7: Dec 17
Review images from Detail
Technical focus: lighting and flash

Beginner Photoshop Syllabus

Instructor: Christina Freeman
Email: christinahfreeman@gmail.com
Class blog: www.universitysettlementphoto.blogspot.com

Class Dates:
Mondays 1PM-3PM
November 5, 12, 19, 26
December 3, 10, 17

University Settlement Beginner Photoshop:

This course will introduce you to the basic skills needed to use Photoshop CS5.  
It is very important that you have access to a computer with Photoshop to practice outside of class. 
The lessons we do in class will also be posted on the class blog for review.  

Materials for Class:
Please bring a pin drive or CD with your own images to work
on during class.
You should have access to a computer with Photoshop CS5 to
practice outside of class.

Lesson 1: 

preparing the image for print

print dialog box

Lesson 2: 
RAW files
Free Transform

File Management, File Types

Adobe Bridge, Workspace options, Zoom, Crop

Lesson 3: 
Marquee, Lasso, Select, 
Levels Adjustment Layer with a Selection
 
Lesson 4:
Select Inverse, Lasso Tool
Toggle between selection tools, Making complicated shape
selections

Lesson 5:
Adjustment Layers, Destructive Edits
Adjusting Opacity

Lesson 6:
Blending Mode
Layer Mask

Lesson 7: 
Free Transform
preparing the image for print
print dialog box

Advanced Photography Syllabus

University Settlement

Advanced Photography

Teacher: Christina Freeman
christinahfreeman@gmail.com
www.universitysettlementphoto.blogspot.com

** possible Saturday field trip to make-up for Oct  31

November 7

-       talk about Met Shows – manipulated photography, Warhol

-       look at images related to Gesture

-       assignment: appropriation

November 14

- Aperture Remix Fieldtrip

November 21 –

-       students show work with theme Gesture

-       slideshow re appropriation

-       assignment: appropriation

November 28

- Students show work with theme appropriation

- Slideshow re sublime

- Assignment: Sublime

December 5

-       Students show work with theme sublime

-       Slideshow re text

-       Assignment: text

December 12

-       Students show work with theme text

-       Slideshow re sequence

-       Assignment: sequence

December 19

-       Students show work with theme sequence

-       Final group discussion/ critique

Advanced Photoshop Syllabus

Instructor: Christina Freeman

Email: christinahfreeman@gmail.com

Class blog: www.universitysettlementphoto.blogspot.com

Advanced Photoshop CS5

Wednesdays October 31-December 19, 1-3PM

Materials for Class:

Please bring a pin drive or CD with your own images to work on during class.

You should have access to a computer with Photoshop CS5 to practice outside of class.

Lesson 1: Nov 7

working in Camera Raw part 1

Lesson 2: Nov 14

image resizing
preparing the image for print

print dialog box

Lesson 3: Nov 21
working in Camera Raw part 2

Lesson 4: Nov 28

masking part 1

new bristle brush tips

Lesson 5: Dec 5

masking part 2

masks and channels

Lesson 6: Dec 12

Advanced retouching 1

Lesson 7: Dec 15 (Makeup for Oct 31)
Advanced retouching 2

Lesson 8: 

Independent work day – bring your own images that have problems

October 22: Camera Raw and Image Resizing

Camera Raw

http://tv.adobe.com/watch/photoshop-cs5-feature-tour/new-camera-raw-features-in-cs5/


Image Resizing

http://www.photoshopessentials.com/essentials/image-resizing/

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/photoshop/cs/using/WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-7945a.html