Week 3 / Jan. 29 and Jan. 31

Demonstration on film scanning and making contact sheets 

Handout: Imacon Scanner

2 exposed rolls of film from Assignment #1 due on Thursday 

In-class work activity: shooting, scanning, making digital contact sheets and prints 

Shooting Assignment #2 [Photographing the Everyday]: Compelling subject matter surrounds us in our everyday life. In class, we looked at work by Walker Evans, William Eggleston, Stephen Shore, Bill Owens, Marc Wise, and Martin Parr, among others.This assignment encourages students to investigate the multiple meanings of the idea of the “everyday” in photography and to develop the aesthetic and technical skills to transform the personal and the ordinary into artwork. Shoot two rolls of film at work, at home, from a window, on a walk in your neighborhood.  How can you turn the ordinary things around you into interesting photographs through your point-of-view? Bring two processed rolls of film for scanning on Tuesday, Feb. 12 and make four prints for critique on Tuesday, Feb. 26. 

Week 2 / Jan. 22 and Jan. 24

Quiz on Tuesday: Basic Color Concepts

Presentation: Film Exposure

Film Screening: William Eggleston in the Real World

Presentation: Photographing the Everyday

Readings:
Travels with Walker, Robert and Andy, On Stephen Shore, from Photography After Frank, Phillip Gefter

Week 1 / Jan. 15 and Jan. 17

Welcome to Color Photo: Theory & Practice.  We will begin class with discussing the course outline and blog and getting to know each other.

Presentation: Color Theory & New Color Photography

Screening: Chungking Express, directed by Wong Kar-Wai

Handout: Basics of Color Theory in Photography 

Study handout for quiz on Basic Color Concepts on Tuesday, Jan. 22

Shooting Assignment #1 [RGB Color Wheel]: The RGB color wheel consist of six colors: Red, Yellow, Green, Cyan, Blue, and Magenta.  Using a 35mm film camera, shoot two rolls of color film and take different photographs where one of each of these colors is the dominant color in the scene.  Try to make these photographs interesting and expressive: at least one picture capturing red, one capturing yellow, one capturing green, one capturing cyan, one capturing blue, and one capturing magenta.  You will get this film processed (due Thursday, Jan 31) and then scan and print six images reflecting each of these dominant colors for a critique on Thursday, Feb. 14. 

Discussion: For class on Thursday, Jan. 17, please bring in at least one book of color photographs, a magazine or other printed materials. You can check out the book from the library or bring in one of your own. Prepare to speak about two different color images - one in which the photographer uses color combinations in a successful and appealing way and another with colors you don't like. Consider why you like the use of color in one image and not the other.  This exercise is intended to help us better understand each other's sensibilities and to create a dialogue about color. Questions to consider: What colors are represented in the image? What mood do these colors create?  Are these bold/aggressive or soft/subtle colors or something else? What kind of color palettes are you general attracted to and what does this suggest about your own personal aesthetic?