Photographic Vision Digital II

- Developing a personal vision and refining the image-making process

 
Geoffrey Margo
Description:

This class will run in conjunction with the Photographic Vision II traditional darkroom class. We will focus on developing a personal sense of vision through the act of making, while fine-tuning technical skills from lecture, demonstrations, group discussion, and critiques. Students will learn the basics of Adobe Lightroom to easily import, process, and print black & white images with an inkjet printer.

Outside the digital darkroom, students will be challenged to produce different types of photographic expressions through short-term and long-term assignments, integrated with visual knowledge from slide lectures.

In addition to in-class meetings, there will be occasional shooting trips and museum and gallery visits outside the class. Although these are not mandatory, students are strongly encouraged to attend these extra sessions.

Schedule:
Evening Class:
Thursdays, 7 - 10 pm
Feb 11 - Apr 22
Materials Needed:
  • 35mm SLR digital camera with adequate storage cards
  • 11 x 17 & 8.5 x 11 Epson Ultra Premium Luster Photo Paper
  • Image storage device (external hard drive)
  • Notebook
Prerequisite:

Photographic Vision Digital I or portfolio review

Class Fee:
  • $450 + lab fee of $75
Instructor:

Deanna Witman is an artist based in Montgomery County. She holds a BS degree from Kutztown University and a MFA degree in Photography from Maine Media College. Her creative interests are rooted in the ideas and explorations of truth, vulnerability, and transience. She has exhibited both regionally and nationally, and her work is held in several private collections.

Course Outline
  • Week 1: Orientation, Introduction to Adobe Lightroom, and 1st assignment
  • Week 2: Lightroom – Downloading & Organizing Images
  • Week 3: Lightroom – Developing & Printing
  • Week 4: Open-lab, Discussion
  • Week 5: Critique for 1st assignment and 2nd assignment
  • Week 6: Slide lecture, Open-lab, Discussion
  • Week 7: Open-lab, Discussion
  • Week 8: Critique for 2nd assignment and 3rd assignment
  • Week 9: Slide lecture, Open-lab, Discussion
  • Week 10: Open-lab, Discussion
  • Week 11: Critique for 3rd assignment and evaluation