Welcome

(jordan)

This class will build upon skills and ideas from Art 218. The main goals for this course:

• Continue to develop strong picture making skills
• Develop personal artistic vision
• Create a strong portfolio of prints
• Develop camera skills
• Fine-tune film processing for more predictable results
• Continue to improve printing skills

As you know from Art 218, darkroom photography can be extremely rewarding, but it does ask for your time and commitment. Plan to shoot and process many pictures along your journey. Critiques will be challenging, to help you push your work to the next level. 

Topics and assignments:

• Creating stronger pictures
• The importance of light
• Continue to develop camera skills; exposure, focus, depth of field, motion, etc.
• Lighting skills
• Contemplative seeing
• Experimental approaches
• Alternative formats
• Customized ISO and development time
• Fine tuning print exposure and contrast
• Advanced dodge and burn techniques
• Print toning
• Printing finishing, mounting and presentation
• Independent projects

Projects:

• People, places, or things
• Shooting ideas and concepts
• Open Project
• Final Portfolio

Shooting expectations:

• 40 rolls of 35mm film (approx 2-3 rolls per week).
• MUST BE SHOT FOR THIS COURSE
• (One roll = 24 exposures of 35mm, 12 exposures of 120 or 4 exposures of 4x5)
• 40 contact sheets.
• Film and proof sheets will be due at midterm and the end of the course
• Successful completion of all required assignments and projects.
• Artist statement
• Final Portfolio 

Student work from prior semesters: