Advanced Photography / Photoshop Syllabus

Class Dates:
Wednesday 6:30-8:30

University Settlement Advanced Photography/ Photoshop:

This course will explore advanced skills needed to use your camera and Photoshop CS5.   

It is recommended that you have a camera and 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:

Camera
Pin Drive / Flash Drive

Lesson 1: March 6

Trip to Met Museum to see William Eggleston

Lesson 2: March 13

Talk about Eggleston Exhibition

Looking at student images from the break

Reading: The Nature of Photographs 

Talking about Black & White Photography: Setting your camera

Converting to Black and White in Photoshop

Assignment: Recreate a personal photograph that is important to you

Lesson 3: March 20
Critique

Working in Photoshop: Converting to Black & White

Making complicated selections with refine edge
Assignment: Recreate a famous photograph

Lesson 4: March 27
Critique

Photoshop 1:1 sessions

Assignment: Collaboration (work with another student who I assign to you)

Lesson 5: April 3

Critique

Continue Reading: The Nature of Photographs

Assignment: 

Lesson 6: April 10
Critique

Photoshop Demo

Photoshop 1:1 sessions

Assignment: You can photograph anything except . . . (the one thing the class decides)

Lesson 7: April 17

Critique

Photoshop Demo

Photoshop 1:1 sessions

Continue Reading: The Nature of Photographs

Assignment: Make an original work as if you were another student (what and how you imagine they would)

Lesson 8: April 24

Final Class Critique