PHOTOGRAPHY SYLLABUS
2013-2014
Teacher: Pat Culbertson
Room 102
E-mail: pat.culbertson@cherokee.k12.ga.us
Website: http://mysite.cherokee.k12.ga.us/personal/pat_culbertson/site/default.aspx
Make –up times: (3:30-4:30 Monday, Tuesday) (3:30-4:15 Wednesday, Thursday)
Course Prerequisites: Visual Arts 1 & 2
Lab Fee:
$10.00 – (due first two weeks)
All students are asked to contribute $10.00 towards classroom supplies. The county permits lab fees for
courses which require specialized supplies for the class. This fee is not mandatory yet it does enable the
art program a wider variety of quality art materials. Checks should be made out to Cherokee High
School.
BYLD classroom:
The art classroom can be used as a BYLD room, ONLY IF IT PERTAINS TO ART AND IF TEACHER DIRECTED.
Texting is not allowed during instruction time.
Course Description
This course is designed for the student who is interested in art as it relates to digital
photography. The student will use a SLR digital camera and computer software (Photoshop) to
study both the technical aspects and the formal components of design and visual
communication. As students develop basic skills of working the camera, they will begin a
creative manipulation aspect to photography, including journaling, animation, and sculpture as
photography.
Materials Needed
memory card
3 ring notebook for keeping notes and handouts (first week)
Flash drive (not due until shoots begin)
35 MM camera - optional (be familiar with the operation of your camera) will be locked in my
office
GENERAL INFORMATION
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Class time is for Photography assignments only.
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Almost all of the work for your grade is done in class. Absences will hurt your grade
unless you are able to make up the time. (see above)
Discussion, Critique, and assessment are crucial to learning about art and photography.
Not all work in class is “studio”
Students will work on a rotation basis in groups.
Opportunities will be given for extra credit throughout the semester. Take advantage…
You will be required to participate in various photography shows
GRADING
Due to the nature of this class and the rotation process involved, many of the grades will
be given near the end of the semester. It is important to keep up with work and
rotations. It will be necessary to make up work when absent. There is limited time in
group rotations and students can easily get behind. Students will be graded on the
thought process and the degree to which you show progressive steps while working
on the computer.
Daily Work – 30%
Final Projects/Shoots/Computer – 50%
Critique Participation – 20%
COMPLETION of individual projects depends on:
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Quality of photo/ understanding of settings
Originality/thought process in taking photo/ set up
Specific Objectives
Improvement/Growth
OTHER FACTORS that will affect your final grade are:
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Attendance
Studio Maintenance- proper use of time and materials/computer
Ability to discuss visual concepts ,participation in critiques, active involvement
Effort/ ATTITUDE
MAKE-UP
If you miss a day you must find your own time to make up project work. Projects will be
introduced and assigned of specific days and with specific due dates. Class and group
assessments will take place on specific due dates. If a student does not have work completed
on the due date, the student will have 10 days (not in class) to finish the project as stated in the
Cherokee County Schools Handbook. IT IS IMPERITIVE THAT YOU KEEP UP or YOUR GRADE
WILL SUFFER!
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
Photo History
Types of Cameras
How a Camera Works – settings, aperture, f-stop
Composition and Design
Master Photographers
Storage
Getting started with Photoshop (retouching and altering)
Advanced Photoshop techniques
How to critique/assess
Photography as sculpture
Types of Photography (portrait, action, photojournalism, landscape, animals, still-life, tableau)
Lighting
Creative journal pages
SHOOTS
Compositional (line, shape, form, value, color, space, texture--- movement, rhythm, emphasis)
Bug/ bird’s eye
Hands and Feet
Action
Portrait
Still-life (student issues)
Music group
Dramatic Light
Shadow Play
Old things
Ghost
Surreal images
Eggs
Floral
Character
Living Artwork
Eyes
Photo books
Words
David Hockney
Famous photographers
Manipulations
JOURNAL PAGES
State of the World
Poetry
Someone that inspires you
Things that Haunt
Visual Emotion
Men’s/Women’s issues
Obsessions
COMPUTER
Photo pass
Surreal
Photo Essay
Playing Cards
Photoshop techniques (tutorials) Book (Photoshop in the classroom)
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
www.planetphotoshop.com
www.dpreview.com
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org
http://getty.edu/museum/org
DATES FOR 2014-2015
Progress Reports
End of Term
Report Cards
September 3, 2014
October 10.2014
October 17, 2014
November 12, 2014
December 19, 2014
January 9, 2015
February 5, 2015
March 17, 2015
March 24, 2015
April 24, 2015
May 28, 2015
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