Thursday, Dec 5 and the Final on Dec. 12

Make sure that you send your proposal and start shooting for your final. Thursday - MORNING CLASS / I will be meeting with Photo 3 for their final critique. We will be starting at noon or if you would like to start working before that no problem. Please bring your Eggleston shots to class on Thursday. Also Thursday is your last chance to ask questions about the final / photo diary work. See you then!

FINAL PHOTOGRAPHERS PROJECT
3 prints (if film)
5 prints (can be done at University Services or at UPS - does not need to be on photo paper)
*If want to display these in the hallway / you can frame two of your series. You must have an artist statement or set of rules for this (see below for the format)
Contact sheet / If doing this digital we need a sheet of thumbnails that are for your digital shots that you took
Negatives (if film)
Photo Summary

ARTIST STATEMENT FORMAT TO GO IN HALLWAY - These will be displayed until the start of the spring semester and I will email you at the start of the semester of when to pick them up.
3 Inch top margin
Garamond / 11 pt type
1.5 inch spacing
Double space between paragraphs and no indents on the paragraphs
Start with the paragraphs (no name at the top)
Name will go in 11 pt type / double space from last paragraph - put in italics
Should be printed on 8.5x11

PHOTO DIARY / FINAL PORTFOLIO
Project 01 - Photogram
Project 02 -Landscape (3 prints)
Project 03 - Portrait (2 prints)
Project 04 - Time (2 prints)
Project 05 - Street / Double (2 prints)
Project 06 - Photographers (3 for film / 5 for digital)
All project assignment need to be scanned in or taken a photograph / you need to turn in the digital copy

Diary 01 - Photos of Object (5 of your best out of 20)
Diary 02 - Other World Images (3 photos)
Diary 03 - Self portraits (1 in environment and one short depth)
Diary 04 - Irving Penn / Find Lighting / Portrait (1 shot)
Diary 05 - Portrait of a Place (best 10 photos out of 36)
Diary 06 - Yo Imae / 3 strangers (3 photos)
Diary 07 - Before & After of Place (2 photos)
Diary 08 - Richard Avedon / portraits - mid / close up / full length (3 photos)
Diary 09 - On the Town (where you were assigned) Photos (best 10 photos out of 36)
Diary 10 - Richard Renaldi / 3 stranger couples (3 photos)
Diary 11 - Jill Greenberg / Memphis Zoo / Animals acting like humans (2 photos)
Diary 12 - William Eggleston / favorite things (3 photos)

Christmas list will be coming tomorrow...Check back on the blog.

Tuesday, Dec. 3

Please come to class with your William Eggleston style shots (3 photos taken over break) on a stick.

Don't forget to look over http://www.mocp.org/ to select your photographer that you are going to mimic their style. Please select your photographer and send me a list of your rules before you start shooting. This is your final and you will have the last week to work on that, your final portfolio and photo diary.

AMENDMENT TO FINAL

If you choose the film option to make this fair to the other options - you will only have to do three prints instead of the five stated. This makes it so if you are running low on paper you can make it work. Digital you should be shooting like a roll minimum of 36 to get your five prints. You will turn in a contact sheet / small photos of your digital work printed on 8.5x11 to show your work since no negatives. We will talk about writing an artist statement for the main hallway to match the work for the final and the photo diary gathering on Monday.

Have a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving break!

Thursday, Nov. 21

Come ready to critique. Bring your photo summary, negatives, contact sheet and prints under glass if you have it or your favorite under glass if you only have one.

One double exposure print and one print from your street shooting roll.

Please have your folder ready to turn in for class.

We will talk about the final assignment in class on Thursday.

PHOTO DIARY: William Eggleston shots (color and favorite things). Three shots digital, in color, turned in the Tuesday after break.

Also we need to be thinking about putting together a video for the Christmas party for photography emphasis. We will brain storm ideas on Thursday!

Tuesday, Nov. 19

Please bring your digital camera to class on Tuesday. If you haven't developed please develop before Tuesday so you can use Tuesday as a print day in class. You will be turning in one street photo and one double exposure on Thursday. If you have two frames - put both under glass.

AFTERNOON CLASS
Please bring stranger and animal photo diary to class.

Thursday, Nov. 14

Please bring in your Strange Couples assignment (can be in color), your photos from the zoo (2 great shots - can be color) and your roll of film. Also please bring your negatives from the time assignment. We are going to do something fun with these in the lab. Make sure you bring paper. See you then!

Nov. 12 - FIELD TRIP TO MEMPHIS

Here's what you need for Tuesday. YOU MUST FILL OUT A TRAVEL FORM ON HORIZON'S TRAVEL. Follow this link https://uu-horizons.symplicity.com/index.php?s=StudentHome and look for Art Faculty led class trip / Photography One and Three Field Trip. Fill out the information.

Your classes are excused for the day. Please notify your professors that you will be leaving for a photography field trip to Memphis.

BE AT THE PHOTO HOUSE AT 8:45 AM. We will carpool to Memphis. Bring money for gas to pay your driver, money for lunch at Huey's (here's a link to the menu http://hueyburger.com/menu/), and money to get in the Brooks ($6 with student ID).

AGENDA
Leave photo house
Travel to Memphis by 10 am / Downtown - shoot film street photography assignment
11 am / Robinson Gallery to see collection (http://robinsonarchive.com)
11:45 or Noon / Huey's
12:45 pm / Brooks to see exhibition (http://brooksmuseum.org/default.aspx?p=114984&evtid=132975:10/12/2013)
2:00 pm /  Zoo (bring your student ID to get in free) / Two shots for the photo diary in digital form in the style of Jill Greenberg.
4:00 pm / Zoo closes and we leave for home
5:15 pm / Back home:)

We will look over the Jill Greenberg and Stranger portraits on Thursday, Nov. 14. Bring your USB to class then. That day will be developing the street roll that you took in Memphis.

BRING YOUR GLOVES / HAT AND WINTER COAT - GOING TO BE COLD!!

Also if you are new to AIGA. Please fill out this form on AIGA. We need to have this information so they can process your ID. Don't fill out the payment option. Make sure you check student. Organization - Union University AIGA. http://my.aiga.org/vango/core/createaccount.aspx

Thursday, Nov. 7

PHOTO DIARY:
Take three portraits of strangers as couples in the style of Richard Renaldi's Touching Strangers work. Attempt to pose them as family members or couples. Get the subjects to hold hands and or interact like they know each other. Come with the three digital photographs - they can be in color or black and white for class on Thursday, Nov. 7.

Here's a link to his website
http://www.renaldi.com/

Critique day on Thursday. Option with this critique. You can purchase another frame (11x14 quick frame) and matte from Hobby Lobby for under five dollars with the 40 percent off coupon. I will put both of these prints in the hallway. We will use this other frame in classes to come. If you opt not to purchase another frame please frame your best print. We will make a class decision if these will go out in the hallway without its partner. Regular critique with this...please have your folders ready for class on Thursday. You will also get instructions for your next assignment on Thursday as well.

PLEASE HAVE YOUR NORMAL SELECTION OF MATERIAL FOR CRITIQUE
-Summary
-Negatives
-Contact Sheet
-Prints

JUST A HINT AT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO ON TUESDAY NEXT WEEK
http://brooksmuseum.org/default.aspx?p=114984&evtid=132975:10/12/2013
So Excited that you all will get to see this!!

Thursday, October 31

Please have your digital camera ready for class on Thursday. Don't forget to be working toward the deadline of next Thursday for critique on your Time Project. We will be introducing the next project today.

MORNING CLASS - Please come at noon because of critique in Photo Three. Will see you there.

AFTERNOON CLASS - Come at the regular time.

Also don't forget to clear your calendars for the field trip to Memphis on Nov. 12th. More details to come.

Tuesday, October 29

Hope you had fun traveling to your respective towns on Thursday. For Tuesday, please bring your Richard Avedon (set of three) photos to class and your 36 digital exposures to look over. Remember to have your time project shot and attempt to develop before class so you can use Tuesday for a printing day.

Thursday, October 24

Photo diary: Richard Avedon portraits (set of three / close up / full portrait / mid portrait on white background - turn black and white) Have these on a UBS for Tuesday next week. 

Morning class: See you in class. 

Afternoon class: 

Have your assignment. Connect with your partners and take digital (36 straight) of portrait of a place. Include people and landscape. 

Humboldt - Skylar / Brittany (stop at the shoe store and or the Abby if open for a fun outing and check at the Methodist church for some great architecture - neo gothic) 

Milan - Brady  / Jonathan (stop at chow wagon for out of this world ice cream) also check out Elliot's music for some interesting tunes. 

Henderson - tommy / Ethan (check out Bessos for gelato and take a look downtown) 

Tuesday, October 22

PROJECT 03 / Effects of Time
Two prints will be shown from this project
One roll of film (you will shoot multiple subjects - with your set of rules and pick the best set for the print)

Parameters
Effects of Time on a Person
Effects of Time on a Place
Effects of Time on a Object
Before and After (Person / Place / Object)

You must set rules for shooting and send them in a proposal to me by 5 pm on Friday and start shooting. Rules will include what the subject must do. Where you will shoot. What time of day aka lighting. What the timeframe is.

PROPOSAL
Type up a proposal and copy into a body of an email with your idea. Send it by 5 pm Friday. If you have more than one idea send it along. This will give you the weekend if you want to shoot.

Here's a quick Example:

Dear Ms. Posey,

I would like to shoot pictures of people before they get into the pool and out of the pool. (Before and After)

Here are my rules:
1. I will shoot on a blank background edge of the pool wall.
2. I will stand 4 feet away and get the whole body of the subject in the picture.
3. The subjects will be shot before they get in the pool.
4. The subject will be shot as soon as they leave the pool.
5. I will shoot from 3 to 5 pm or until I run out of film.
6. I will shoot anyone who gets in or out of the pool.

PHOTO DIARY ASSIGNMENT FROM THURSDAY, Oct. 17
Shoot a space that is quiet and return to that space and shoot another photo when it is crowded or noisy. Come with the two photos in B&W on Tuesday on a flash drive. We will look at in class. Remember these assignments will make up your final assignment for the class so be sure to keep up with them as you go and don't loose these images.

Thursday, Oct. 17

Please bring your digital camera to class on Thursday. Don't forget to bring your flash drives with your Stranger series of three to show class on Thursday. See you then!

Tuesday, October 15

PHOTO DIARY:
Shoot three strangers in the style of Yo Imae. http://www.yoimae.com/subtle/index.html Shoot on a dark background. Center your subject in the frame. Shoot from the upper thigh up and make sure there is breathing room for the head in the frame. Make sure that your three strangers stand at the same mark and that you the photographer stand in the same place for every stranger that you shoot. Turn to B&W and bring the files to class on a hard drive.

PORTRAIT CRITIQUE
Three photos (environmental portrait / casual portrait (mid range with less background info) / close up).
Put your favorite under glass (get your frames out of hallway and off the table outside of my office in A17 in the humanities suite). The other two will go in your binder. You can keep your old project in the binder. Organize in the same order as the last set.
From the front
1. Photo Summary (tell why this person made a good subject...challenges and successes)
2. Negatives
3. Contact Sheet
4. Two Final Prints (and one under glass)

We will critique in the same manner as last time with one framed displayed the other across the set. Remember I am looking for the tone in all three photographs to be similar. Should think about getting the same value scheme to match across the prints.

The lab is open all break long if you need it. Good luck and have a safe fall break!

Tuesday, Oct. 8

MORNING CLASS -  A bunch of you all left your hard drives in the lab. You might want to come and get them sometime in the next couple of days before the next assignment.

PHOTO DIARY - Please have your Irving Penn portrait in B&W (this is a casual portrait / white or blank wall / light source from a window) Take one photo to get lighting and only one photo for the portrait. Also this weekend take a "portrait" of a time and place. Those of you going on the art retreat take 36 exposures of the art retreat...these must be in order and take over the span of the weekend. Those of you not going on the art retreat give us a "portrait" of your weekend in college life. You will look back on these portraits years later and smile:)

Bring your Penn portrait on a flash drive for class on Tuesday along with your 36 photos of Portrait of a Place / Time assignment from the weekend.

Keep shooting and come prepped to print on Tuesday to give yourself some time in the lab. Bring your digital camera to class on Tuesday along with your printing gear.

Thursday, October 3

Please bring your work photos on a flash drive to class. Please have your images converted to black and white. Bring your digital to class for Thursday. I would consider shooting your project and developing outside of class so you can use Thursday and Tuesday next week for printing. You will have lab time for the project on both these days. 

Tuesday, October 1

PHOTO DIARY

Please take two self portraits. One with you in an environment that shows your passion. This will have a long depth of field. The other photo will be a short depth of field and focus on yourself. You will compose the shot and your partner will just be clicking the shutter. Please email to Ms Posey by noon on Monday.

ASSIGNMENT 2 

Choose a subject that you can show their personality and passions with the three prints. You select your subject for Tuesdays class. We will shoot to have this project finished before fall break. 

Three prints

1. Environmental portrait ( subject in environment)

2. Casual portrait (short depth of field)

3. Detail portrait (detail of subject that completes the story)

Thursday, Sept. 26

Great job in critique today!! Proud of you all! 

Morning class - please come an hour later to class. Photo 3 is having their crit in the gallery an you are more than welcome to come and visit at 10:50 am. 

Afternoon class - you will meet at the normal time. 

Both classes - please bring your digital camera to class on Thursday. We will be introducing your next assignment and getting back on the photo diary habit. 

Tuesday critique day

Here is what you need for critique.

NOTEBOOK / 1 is at the back
1. Final prints (3 prints / abstract / realized and motion in a landscape)
2. Contact sheets
3. Negatives
4. Photo Summary (one page / single spaced / one paragraph for each print. Talk about composition choices and how this fits the assignment)

Favorite one needs to be mounted under glass with white 8x10 cut  matte. See syllabi for details on the frame. Hobby Lobby 40 percent off is your friend. You will show the other two on the magnet board and then put back in your folder. We will look over all three photos in critique.

We will meet in the photo house and start at the beginning of class so have everything ready to go. No putting things in frames when you get there...will get points off your critique grade if you are not ready when you step in the front door. Don't need to dress up. See you then!

Thursday Sept 19

Work day for Thursday. Bring your paper to print your film developed so that you can spend the bulk of your time in the lab on Thursday printing what you need. Remember critique on Tuesday next week. 

Tuesday, Sept 17

Work day for Tuesday. We will make the final call on the assignment due date then depending on how much you all have done by the end of class. Most likely you will have your new assignment introduced on Thursday this week and critique this assignment the following week on Tuesday, the 23rd. If your didn't get all three photos (realized, abstract and motion landscape) represented make sure to shoot another roll before class. We will all day in lab on Tuesday so make sure you bring all your supplies. 

Thursday, Sept. 12

Practice your rolling for homework:) If you feel like you are comfortable developing without me go ahead. If not wait until Thursday. Bring your paper for Thursday because we will start on the print as soon as things are developed. Be prepared to shoot another roll of film if you didn't get it all on this first one or if they didn't turn out the way that you had hoped. See you then!

Tuesday, Sept. 10

IN CLASS ASSIGNMENT
Please have your 5 favorite images from your object shoot. Convert to B&W.
Please collect 3 other world images from campus. Convert to B&W.
Put both of these onto a flash drive and bring to class on Tuesday.

PROJECT 01 ASSIGNMENT
Shoot a roll of film over the weekend. We will start going through the development process next week.

FINAL PHOTOGRAPHS MUST HAVE (shoot with this in mind)
1. Long Depth of Field / Realized Landscape
2. Short Depth of Field / Abstract Landscape
3. Either / Or (depth of field) / Must show blurred / panned motion

Thursday, Sept. 5

Hi guys,

Please bring your 20 photographs of your close up object on a flash drive to show the class on Thursday. You will edit these down to five for your photo diary and turn to black and white. Again the photo diary right now is just a digital folder that you are storing all these for later in the semester. Make sure you study your film camera parts sheet. There will be a quiz on Thursday. Please bring your digital camera and film camera to class on Thursday. Also please look up your film camera manual online and study it...you are responsible for knowing the parts of how your camera works as well as the general film camera.

Tuesday, Sept. 3

Please have your film camera, paper and other materials for class on Tuesday. Make sure you have your digital camera for class. You will need it for an exercise. Please put up your best photogram and pin hole photograph on the magnet board (this if if it turned out) for us to talk about in class on Tuesday. Have a wonderful Labor Day weekend!

Note - If you are interested AIGA is tonight. This is a group of graphic artists, photographers, videographers, professional creatives that work in industries across the USA. It's a great way to get exposure for your work and get involved on campus. Come and check out the meeting at 6:30 pm Thursday, August. 29 in at A72. Come see what we are all about! Don't forget about the slide lecture at 4:30 pm in A72 and gallery talk at 5:30 pm tonight.

Thursday, August 29

Hi guys,

Please bring more items to experiment with in class for photograms. We will also be experimenting with more camera-less techniques on Thursday. Don't forget you need your camera and film for class on Tuesday next week. See you then!

Tuesday, August 27

Hi guys,

Please study your camera parts sheet for Tuesday. We will be discussing the camera parts in the coming week. Send your photos from your In Class Composition assignment to me a mposey@uu.edu before 10 am on Monday. Please have in a zipped folder and not individual files. Rename your files to match the composition rule that it is displaying.

For class on Tuesday we will be making photograms. Please bring translucent and opaque objects that you want to experiment with in class. Here are a few examples.

Welcome to Class!

Welcome to class!

Hi everyone,

Welcome to Photography I. This will be one of your best guides to keeping up with assignments during this course. Look here for inspiration, thoughts and assignments. You can find your supply list on www.freestylephoto.biz/get_sl.php. Class code is 62804. Also for class on Monday, please bring a photo that is meaningful to you in some way. This could be a picture that you have taken or a professional photographer in history has taken. Be prepared to discuss why this means something to you. Please be sure to bring your digital point and shoot to class for Thursday. Also those of you that are looking for some cheap SLR 35 mm film cameras. Here's a list from amazon
http://www.amazon.com/SLR-Cameras-Film-Photo/b?ie=UTF8&node=291226

Here is the list of events for the art department for the semester. You need to attend 75% of these - this means five events for the semester. I will get you a list of senior shows that you can attend as soon as it comes out. 

Art Department Fall 2013 Schedule of Events

Pizza Party: TBA

Thursday, August 29, 2013: Angela D. Lee “Stories Beneath the Water” Closing Reception @ 5:30 p.m. Lecture: Thursday, August 29, 4:30 p.m., PAC room A-72

David Patchen Glass Show: September 3- October 3, 2013

Poster Sale: Sept. 12 - 13 / SUB Hallway

Art Retreat: Chickasaw State Park: October 4-6, 2013

Rod Crossman show: October 8 – November 14, 2013

         Opening Reception: October 8 @ 5:30 p.m.

Teresa Prater Show: November 19 – December 17, 2013

            Opening reception: November 19 @ 5:30 p.m.

Christmas Pottery Sale: SUB 8-4:30 p.m.

Christmas Party:  TBA

Laquita Thomson Show January 7 – February 18, 2014

            Opening Reception: January 7 @ 5:30 p.m.

Poster Sale: Feb. 6 - 7 / SUB Hallway

Travis Townsend Show: February 20 – April 10, 2014

Josh Brunet Show May 25 – September 4, 2014

            Closing Reception & Lecture: September 4 @ 5:30 p.m.