Art 229 - 01 Studio Photography Class Schedule
(content, dates, & times subject to change)
Instructor: Ryan Flathau Fall 2008 TR 11:30AM - 2:20PM 09/02/2008-12/16/2008

September
Week 1
C1 Tuesday 02 Lecture: Introduction/orientation/supplies
ANNOUNCE SPE --- students go!
Assignment – read chapters 1 & 2

C2 Thursday 04 Quiz chapters 1 & 2
Lecture: Lighting & Light
Assignment – read chapters 3 & 4

Week 2
C3 Tuesday 09 Quiz chapters 3 & 4
Lecture: family of angles & surface
Assignment – read chapters 3 & 4
Bring your camera & polarizing filter

C4 Thursday 11 Demo: light meter, copy stand, & portable lights
Assignment #1: 2-D Copy Work & Surface Appearance
Assign groups
Assignment – read chapters 5 & 6
Friday – Art League Art Supply Garage Sale (in Davidson Auditorium)

Week 3
C5 Tuesday 16 Quiz chapters 5 & 6
Lecture: shape & metal
Assignment – read chapter 7
Assignment #2: Product Photography

Wednesday 17 Bruin Blast – KCC Student Organizations Fair 11:00–3:00 Student Center
C6 Thursday 18 Quiz chapter 7
Lecture: Glass
Assignment – read chapter 8

Week 4
C 7 Tuesday 23 Quiz chapter 8
Lecture: light modification equipment
Assignment #3: Location Portrait Photography
Assignment – read chapter 9 & 10

C8 Thursday 25 Open Lab Day
Friday – Nursing Faculty Photo Session in Studio

Week 5
C9 Tuesday 30 Critique Assignment #1

October
C10 Thursday 02 Quiz chapter 9 & 10
Class pictures – homage to Richard Avedon
Lecture: light modification equipment

Friday 03 – Fieldtrip to Grand Rapids Museum of Art Richard Avedon Exhibit
Extra Credit! (one free get-out-of-quiz pass)

Week 6
C 11 Tuesday 07 Assignment #4: Studio Portrait Photography
Lecture/Demo: Studio
C12 Thursday 09 open - KIA HS Portfolio review day

Fieldtrip to Conway Studios - 64 East Michigan

Week 7
C13 Tuesday 14 Fieldtrip to Conway Studios - 64 East Michigan

C14 Thursday 16 Open Lab/ Individual meetings

Friday 17 – Fall into Arts in Downtown Battle Creek

Week 8
C15 Tuesday 21 Midterm Critique – assignment # 2

C16 Thursday 23 Midterm Critique – assignment # 3

Week 9
C17 Tuesday 28 Book Report Presentations

C18 Thursday 30 Lecture
Assignment #5: Final Project

November
Week 10
C19 Tuesday 04 Lecture

C20 Thursday 06 Open Lab
Midwest SPE Conference begins – Cleveland, OH., Imag(in)ing the Future of Photography:
The photographic and the Digital www.midwestspe.org

Week 11
C21 Tuesday 11 Open Lab

C22 Thursday 13 Critique – assignment #4

Week 12
C23 Tuesday 18 Individual Meetings – Final

C24 Thursday 20 Lecture

Week 13
C25 Tuesday 25 Open Lab
Thursday 27 Thanksgiving, no class

December
Week 14
C 26 Tuesday 02 Lecture

C27 Thursday 04 Open Lab

Week 15
C28 Tuesday 09 Final Critique - assignment #5

C29 Thursday 11 Final Critique - assignment #5

Week 16
C30 Tuesday 16 Individual Meetings & hand back of work

Kellogg Community College
Studio Photography 09/02/2008-12/16/2008
Subject Area-Art Course # ART 229 Credits 03
Contact Hours 96
Fall 2008 Room D-106 TR 11:30AM - 2:20PM
Office Hours: MW 2:30 – 5:30, R 2:30 – 3:30
Phone: 963 53931 x 2559
Email: flathaur@kellogg.edu

Course Description
This advanced photography course will instruct the student in fundamental concepts and techniques of studio photography, including aesthetics and technical aspects as a basis for creating a photographic image using professional studio lighting for both commercial illustration and personal artistic explorations. Demonstrations include location lighting, portraiture, fashion, and product photography using multiple-light strobe, digital capture workflow, discontinuous lighting techniques and light modification equipment, as well as presentations on historical and contemporary photographic work.

Prerequisite: ART 222 or ART 221
Required text: Light Science & Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting by Fil Hunter, Steven Biver, & Paul Fuqua. ISBN-13: 978-0-240-80819-2 ISBN-10: 0-240-80819-3, Focal Press

Course Outcomes:
1. Students will evaluate the relationship between creative works and human experience including culture, society and technology.
2. Students will recognize fundamental characteristics of the creative process.
3. Students will exhibit coherent and logical presentation of a photographic idea reflective of discussions, assignments, readings, technology use, and media specific linear thinking in the form of a portfolio of images.
4. Students will professionally assist & respond using verbal & written communication, respectful of individual differences, with informed assistance and criticism to other student’s photographic efforts and imagery.
5. Students will write, speak and present professionally about photography and ones own work.
6. Students will identify basic materials, techniques, compositional elements, or principles used in the production of creative works. Including, but not limited to:

Technical Skills such as:
• Proficiency with and the application of analog and digital photographic and multimedia imaging equipment and skills common to studio photography such as hot-lights, strobes, and digital capture and output equipment.
• Creation of photographic and multimedia based art that incorporate fundamental design skills and concepts including drawing, perspective, color and layout
• Media specific mathematics involved in studio photography (such as the use of the inverse square law, and
ratios).

Creative approach such as:
• Analyze, evaluate, draw conclusions and make decisions based on quantitative and qualitative data.
• Critical linear and self-motivated learning abilities to determine the best solutions to difficult creative, technical, and professional issues.
• Incorporate advance-level design skills and concepts including drawing, perspective, color and layout in the creation of photographic and multimedia based art.
• Express ideas verbally in a coherent, organized and effective way.

Professionalism such as:
• Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of non-verbal communication behaviors.
• Integrate knowledge if cultural, social and/or economic perspectives relating to citizenship in the global community.
• Express ideas verbally in a coherent, organized and effective way.
• Effective safe use of studio equipment, dialect relevant to the professional studio facility and equipment, time management, group participation which includes ethical behavior and effective communication respectful of individual differences, with colleagues, faculty, and associates.

Aesthetics such as:
• Interpret the overall content and aesthetics of creative works.
• Refine the visual structure of studio photographic images derived using discontinuous lighting.
• Develop photographic studio lighting sensibilities.

Methods of Instruction:
Lectures, demonstrations, reading assignments, fieldtrips, slide presentations, critique sessions, individual meetings, and oral presentations.
Studio Demonstrations Include:
Digital Cameras and Image Preparation, Using One Light Source, Multiple Light Sources, Controlling Lighting Contrast, Using Light Meters, Portrait Lighting, Lighting Glass and Reflective Subjects, Electronic Flash Lighting (White Lightning), Working with Polaroid Materials, Ambient/Strobe Combinations, and Working with Gels

Methods of Evaluation:
Exams, homework, reports, papers, oral reports, classroom, discussion, quizzes, self-assessment, and group critique sessions.

Evaluation Criteria:
100 99 98 97A+
96 95 94 93A
92 91 90A- (A = Superior)
89 88 87 B+
86 85 84 83 B
82 81 80 B- (B = Above Average)
79 78 77 C+
76 75 74 73 C
72 71 70 C- (C = Average)
69 68 67 D+
66 65 64 63 D
62 61 60 D- (D = Below Average)
59 – 0 F (F = Failure)
There is + and - for each grade. The highest final transcript grade at KCC is A.)

Students who receive a C or below on shooting assignments may resubmit for higher grade at designated times Grading opportunities: Semester grade is achieved via 4000* points earned. Students will be evaluated through listed* grading opportunities:
*subject to change

Grades will be determined by:
-Final portfolio of images.
-Quality of work completed for assignments due during the semester.
-Initiative of the student in pursuing his/her own work.
-Class participation (includes participation in location/collaboration projects)
Assignments Points *subject to change
2-D Copy Work 400
Product Photography: Lighting Glass and Metal 400
Location Portrait Photography 400
Studio Portrait: Strobe Lighting 400
Quiz/Exams 600
Book Report 400
Misc 200
Class Participation (includes individual meetings) 400
Self-Designed Final Portfolio Project 800

The main focus of this class is on developing creative individuals, giving you confidence in yourself and your abilities while trying not to force you into some kind of mold; on the contrary, this course is meant to help you to escape these molds. Photography is not a required class for everyone, learning photography is fun but you must be committed for time and patience. This course is not an easy elective, it will stress the ability to create exceptional works of art, to reason well and carefully, to comprehend complex issues and problems, to collect and use evidence, to problem-solve, and to do whatever the most accomplished practitioners and artists in the field might do outside of this class. The decision to take this class is the decision to attend every class session. Equally, each session includes my commitment to make every class worth attending. I will do everything possible to help you learn and develop your abilities, but you must decide if you want to engage in this experience. If you do decide to join this enterprise, you have responsibilities to everyone else in this community of learners and there are some things you must resolve to do to make it worthwhile for yourself and this community. You will need to schedule a minimum of 4~6 outside class lab hours per week for taking photographs, reading text and artist books, processing film, printing photographs, working in digital lab, matting images, helping others, and fieldtrips. If you are excited to spend time in the darkroom printing, participating, and taking well-composed images, you will have a wonderful time. Making excuses for time, $$, or any personal problems is just that; making excuses and will solve nothing. Everyone will have personal problems and difficult times; those who take these challenges as an opportunity to rise higher will receive the fruits of self-respect and accomplishment. Ultimately, what you bring to this class is yourself and your desire to participate, and what you do in here depends finally upon that. The choice is yours, nobody is forcing you to take this class or get an education. I want to help you, not control you, while giving you the confidence to do well.

Attendance: Subtract 10% from semester grade percentage for each absence beyond 3. If you accumulate more than four (4) absences you may be dropped from the course. If you reach four absences in the semester a warning for excessive absences will be directed to Student Support Services. If you reach six (6) absences, I will request that the administration remove you from the course. To avoid being dropped, you must contact me within two days of accumulating your 6th absence. It is the student’s responsibility to catch up on material missed due to absence and/or tardiness (students who miss more than 10 minutes of class by arriving late or departing early are considered absent). Absences may only be excused with appropriate documentation only (physician’s note, etc). The Photo/Mac Lab Registry Sign-in Book must be signed each time you work in the lab. Lab attendance & class participation will be tracked via this signature.

Extra Credit:
A variety of extra credit possibilities will be made available throughout the semester, ranging from contemporary fine art article report writings, written exhibition reviews, fieldtrips, and additional print considerations. These opportunities are above and beyond the required Community Awareness points. Extra credit is due at midterm or finals only.

Grading Standards:
Students are expected to complete all assignments on time and to a level of quality expected of a successful KCC student. Work turned in up to one week past due date is marked down one letter grade; work turned in past this one week period will be considered an “F”.

Incomplete:
A grade of incomplete may be granted to students who have suffered serious illness during the academic term, resulting in failure to complete all assignments by the end of the semester. Appropriate physician documentation is required with petition for incomplete; see college attendance rules and regulations.

Conferences:
Time will be allotted for students to schedule at least one conference during the semester. Students are encouraged to use office hours or any available time outside class for additional help or guidance.

Equipment requirements:
A camera such as a digital-SLR, medium or large format or SLR film camera with manually adjustable aperture and shutter speeds, as well as a variety films, film processing fees, digital printing fees, and other materials such as a polarizer filter & a USB drive or DVD spindle are required. It is strongly recommended that all students own a sturdy tripod. & hand held light meter.

College Schedule: see detailed schedule distributed separatelyp> Field Trip
The Society for Photographic Education will host their annual Midwest regional conference Imag(in)ing the Future of Photography: The photographic and the Digital in Cleveland, Ohio November 6 – 8. www.midwestspe.org Plan now: register for conference, make your hotel reservations, join the SPE organization membership, and make transportation arrangements with others from class. As well, we will try to visit at least one commercial studio/museum/gallery during the semester.

Class Conduct and Participation:
Class participation is required. We will follow the established KCC policies regarding conduct, sexual harassment, and nonsexist language, for further info please see the KCC course catalog. Students are expected to create an atmosphere of respect. No name calling, interrupting, foul language, or horseplay is allowed. Come on time and prepared with an open attitude that is professional and shows that you are ready to learn.

Mac Server Appropriate Use:
Copyright infringement and inappropriately storing copyrighted materials (i.e. illegally downloaded music, video or software from programs such as iTunes) on the College’s Mac server is strictly forbidden. Furthermore, no storage of downloaded files for personal use will be permitted. [Note the college’s Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) currently includes the following language: ”Users storing materials copyrighted by others on College computer systems or displaying the materials through College web pages must comply with copyright laws and guidelines. Abusers are subject to sanctions as outlined in the Violations section.”].

Students enrolled in ANIM or Multimedia ART courses will be assigned a Mac User account that enables them to utilize Mac computers within Ohm-203, Ohm-205, the Library, or Davidson-102 buildings for coursework specific use only. Students log into a Mac using their K ID and Universal Password. If a student has never created a Universal Password at KCC, they should immediately log in to the KCC Portal on the designated computer using their birth date as the password (IE- 060281). They should create their Universal Password when prompted. If a student is having trouble logging in, they should proceed to Customer Service (within the library) to have their password reset. Once it is reset, they should immediately log in to the KCC Portal on the designated computer and create their Universal Password when prompted.

Safety:
It is expected that students will read and become familiar with the established KCC Photo Facilities Lab Policies and all relevant Material Data Safety Sheets

Classroom building and evacuation information:
It is important that the student familiarize oneself with fire extinguisher locations and the most appropriate route to emergency exits in the classroom building. Emergency exits and procedures are indicated on the charts posted in classrooms, hallways, etc. Should a drill or emergency occur that would require evacuation, the class is to meet in the Miller Physical Plant on the west side of Davidson building. Attendance will be taken in an effort to account for all students.

Kellogg Community College Academic Integrity Statement:
The Kellogg Community College policy on Academic Integrity is spelled out in the Student Handbook. If it is suspected that you are cheating, fabricating, facilitating academic dishonesty, or plagiarizing, there may be serious consequences. The incident will be documented and may be reported to the academic chair and/or program director for possible disciplinary actions up to and including course, program, or college expulsion. Students are expected to be honest in their dealings with faculty, staff, and students. Any work that is not the current product of the student’s own efforts is considered dishonest and plagiarism and will not be tolerated. The same work may not be submitted in more than one class. Students may be expelled for academic dishonesty. Kellogg Community College Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 Statement: Kellogg Community College does not discriminate in the admission or treatment of students on the basis of disability. KCC is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. CELL PHONES AND PAGERS must be on mute during class. If you must take or return an emergency call, please go out in the hall to do so.
CHILDREN CANNOT attend class or hang out unsupervised during lab hours. Childcare services may be available in the evening at the Battle Creek campus through Kid’s Campus, call (616) 969-6270 for more information. DRINKS AND SNACKS, not complete meals, may be brought into the classroom. Please show respect for your classmates when it is necessary to eat during class time.

NO FOOD ALLOWED WITHIN THE LAB AREA.

Instructor Syllabus Rights Statement:
Information contained in this syllabus was to the best knowledge of the instructor considered correct and complete when distributed for use at the beginning of the semester. However, this syllabus should not be considered a contract with Kellogg Community College and any student, nor between the instructor and any student. The instructor reserves the right, acting within the policies and procedures of Kellogg Community College, to make changes in the course content or instructional techniques without notice or obligation.

OTHER SCHOOL INFORMATION:
The Learning Place
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Tuition Refund maybe granted up until a specific time. (See Student Handbook) Course withdrawal, administrative withdrawal, and change to\from audit status are allowed before 7/8th of the course duration. (see Student Handbook). More detailed information available from Customer Service. Students registered for this class have access to the web/Internet, and an e-mail account is available. See the KCC Academic Catalog 2006.2007 (page 16) for procedures.
The Library is available for all the students taking this class. The Learning Resource Center (LRC) is a participant in the On-line Library Computer Center and Interlibrary Loan Programs to obtain information that the college does not own. Students also can use the materials in other Michigan libraries by participating in the Michigan Card Library Access Program available at the LRC. Student ID cards can be obtained at Customer Service to be used at many school facilities. Dean's List: Full time students who have earned a grade point average of 3.5 or higher in each session will be recognized as 3.50 - 3.89 High Honors, 3.9 - 4.00 Highest Honors. For information on KCC's Academic Excellence Award, Scholarships, Financial Aid, Federal Programs, State of Michigan Programs, Honors Program and College Employment Program please see the Academic Catalog 2006.2007.