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Course CatalogueFor current quarter class selections see Course Schedule . We plan to offer each of these courses in the 2007-2008 school year, but student demand, instructor availability and making room for new courses may result in changes. All classes required for the certificate program are offered at least once a year. Please check the current Course Schedule for specific information about classes offered in the current quarter. Required Black and White Film Classes Required Black and White Film Classes
Beginners learn to use a camera and light meter, develop film and print in the darkroom. Learn about depth of field, shutter speeds and exposure to produce the images you envision. Lectures, photo assignments, critiques and supervised lab work during class. Expand technical skills and aesthetic awareness by exploring film processing options, contrast control and printing on fiber papers. Assignments, critiques and demonstrations will help put these skills into creative practice.
Concentrates on the principles of the zone system through film testing and on creatively using the zone system, darkroom techniques and developing a personal style.
Required Color ClassesThis class satisfies the Introduction to Color requirement. Thorough introduction to making prints from color negatives. Learn to evaluate color prints and correct them for appropriate color and density. Explore color theory and historical and contemporary color photography. Lectures, photo assignments, critiques and supervised lab work. Any one of these classes satisfies the Advanced Color requirement. Prerequisite Introduction to Color. Available Light Interiors in Color
Explore possibilities presented by interiors lit naturally by daylight or existing artificial lights, including the metaphoric associations of interior images, spatial representation, correction of unwanted color casts and the aesthetic use of shadow light and shifting color. Color Seminar: Individual Projects This class is designed to be a guided critique group for motivated and aware students, who will develop and pursue individual work plans for the term, with the help of the instructor and the class. Projects could be producing or adding to a body of work, refining printing skills, or solving technical problems. The class will include lectures, slide presentations, individual and group critiques and in-class printing. Refine your eye for color using film or digital ! Assignments, lectures and critiques will enrich your sensitivity to color and color correction and improve your ability to photograph and print difficult lighting situations. The first five weeks of class will focus on skill building , while the last five weeks will emphasize polishing your new know-how by editing and sequencing a small body of work. Techniques for both color negative printing and for inkjet printing will be covered. Students may use film, digital or both. Prerequisite: Introduction to Color . Credits: 3 Night & Low-Light Color Photography The long blue twilight of spring and summer present a special opportunity for color photography. Explore the aesthetic possibilities and technical challenges of night color. Interior and exterior night work and other low-light situations. Lecture, slide presentation, critique of work in progress, in-class printing, and field trips for supervised on-location work. Printing toward a Color Portfolio Work on printing a body of color images. The instructor and class will help
students refine a personal statement or vision and the technical means to realize it in images. The class emphasizes in-class printing and critique and includes lecture and slide presentation. Prerequisite: Introduction to Color Required Studio ClassesThis class satisfies the Light Control requirement.
Learn the fundamentals of studio strobe, tungsten lights and portable flash. Assignments can be processed and printed at a commercial lab. Sync cord required. Any one of these classes satisfies the Advanced Studio requirement. Environmental portraits tell a story by allowing a glimpse into the world of another individual with a depth that surpasses the expressive capacity of a formal portrait. the subject is revealed by the photgrapher's use of light, posture, expression and composition. Each element divulges another aspect of the subject's personality, requiring careful attention to deatil. Lighting is the key to creating mood, so both natural and artificial light will be covered. The scope of the class encompasses use of tonalities, establishing rapport, choosing locations and props, and constructing ideas.
Learn the art and technical aspects of figure photography. Class includes photographing models, critiques, field trips, and planning shooting sessions. Assignments can be processed and printed at a commercial lab.
Students will bring studio equipment and studio techniques to real-life situations in this advanced lighting class. Portraiture, still life, architectural environments, and natural subjects will be explored. Students may borrow school lighting equipment to do their assignments. First assignments will be on slides or color transparency; the final project will be open as to subject and film type.
Discover the techniques and approaches that make fashion photography such a creative and satisfying part of the photography world. Using both classic and cutting edge fashion lighting, students will pose models while learning to work with a stylist and designer for clothing, hair and makeup. Both studio and on-location lighting will be taught. For homework, you will create your own fashion magazine spreads while practicing what you learn in class to help you understand and pre-visualize your fashion photographs. Magazines, newspapers, and books are full of editorial photography. Technical abilities and creative choices are paramount in this field. But the heart of editorial photography is always in the image that speaks a story. How to make the images that speak is what this class is about. Investigate techniques to take someone else's idea and make an image that communicates their intent. Methods for developing your own assignments, making sets that conceptually support the assignments, and balancing the desires of client, subject, and writer will all be covered. Learn to use mixed lighting techniques, from classic studio to combination lighting such as tungsten, fluorescent, daylight, flash, and sodium vapor, along with a variety of film and digital skills. Students will receive editorial assignments as homework and will go through the whole process of making the editorial photograph step-by-step. Interpretive portraiture will be the main subject focus, though there will be opportunity to research other genres also. Prerequisite: Light Control Still Life Photography Learn Lighting techniques, composition, set design, styling and concept, in fine art and commercial applications. Lecture, hands-on set and lighting design, and shooting. Assignments can be printed/processed at a commercial lab.
A total of three credits in the classes below satisfies the Alternative Processes Requirement. Alternative Process Non-Silver Printing Using hand applied emulsions on fine art papers and simple technology, we With increasing numbers of photographers discovering these Prerequisite: B&W 2 or instructor approval. Meets three credits of Alternative Processes requirement. Handcoloring and Painting Photographs Have fun adding color to your own photographs. Learn various techniques of applying color to the photographics print from hand tinting to painting. get a historic overview, then go to work on your own images. Demonstrations and hands-on support in class. Create one of a kind images. Pinhole Photography Make compelling photographic imagery with a camera you build from found materials. Print from paper negatives. Get back to the roots of the medium, and learn how the camera obscura influenced contemporary photography. From a Quaker Oats box to a converted minivan - the possibilities are only as limited as your imagination.
Covers the chemistry, papers and process of lith printing. Print in class with
critique and discussion during class. Focus is on the fundamentals of the Platinum/Palladium printing process, including: chemistry, papers, coating techniques, assessing negatives, light sources (including information on how to build your own light source), contact printing, proper print exposure, information about materials and references. Ends with the execution of a finished print. Information about suppliers of materials as well as additional sources of knowledge (books, web sites, etc.) will be provided.
In the cyanotype process, paper is brushed with iron salts, an object (such as a negative) is placed on the sheet and exposed to light. The final image is white on a blue background. An intensive 10-hour alternative print class exploring the mystical properties of the Kallitype. A light-sensitive coating produces a sepia image of great richness. Learn Gum Bichromate photographic printing. Gum, one of a family of processes utilizing dichromate salts, is one of the most versatile of alternative print processes and unlimited in terms of creative possibilities. This class will give an introduction to mixing, coating, exposure and registration techniques. An intensive 10-hour alternative print class exploring the mystical properties of the Van Dyke print. A light-sensitive coating produces a sepia image of great richness. Other Required Classes Taking a photograph is really only half of the story. What you do with that photograph - who sees it, where it is published, and what it returns on your investment of time and money - is at least as important and even more of a
challenge. Explore how to develop the business side of your photography. Topics will include career planning, available resources, getting organized, managing a collection, pin-pointing target markets, promotion, marketing, and pricing your images - for stock, fine art, magazines and books. Participants will have the opportunity to show samples of their work for an in-class critique. The Interdisciplinary Approach Master the fundamentals of design and composition, including color, light, line and form, through examination of your own work and even those in other media. This class will encourage you to think about what you are doing and how you are doing it, so you can learn to express your ideas in a lucid and convincing manner. Class discussion will be open to photography, dance, painting, design, film, sculpture, video, printmaking, music, architecture and literature. We will address photography not only in the context of photographs, but identify the influences of the art making process as well. Weekly assignments will allow students the opportunity to experiment with concepts covered in class and to strengthen their compositional skills and personal styles. Survey Photoshop CS2 photographic applications through “real world” projects in this overview of the digital imaging process. Students will discuss photography-related digital concepts and techniques, aesthetic and ethical issues in image manipulation, and complete supervised lab work during class. This seminar presents an overview of the evolution of photography, taught backwards, with a guarantee not to get stuck in the 19th century. Aesthetics, technology, fine art and mass culture will all be considered. Although there are no photo assignments in this class, there are assigned readings. Each student will give a presentation on some aspect of the history of photography. Primarily this class is interested in motivations, intellectual and emotional. It is for the advanced photographer ready to create and present a portfolio to galleries. Covers all aspects of fine art portfolio presentation, including printing negatives, editing and sequencing images, creation of an artist's statement and approach to a gallery/client. This capstone experience provides students who have completed the non-elective course requirements and 39 credits for the certificate the opportunity to create, exhibit, and defend a conceptual body of work. Students work on their thesis project, with in-depth faculty support, throughout the year. ElectivesOnce a certificate student has satisfied his or her Advanced Color, Advanced Studio or Alternative Process requirements, courses taken in those areas are also considered electives. .
No gray cards! Do I have your attention? Your tests are done and now it's time for discovery. The purpose of this course is to move beyond the basics, to expand your interpretation of zone system thinking and increase personal application skills. Technical skill in any creative endeavor is only a means to an end. Artistry comes from a deeper relationship with your tools and what you wish to express through them. You will be guided and challenged in this course with advanced technical assignments and, at all times, you will be encouraged to break the boundaries of fundamentals, to see and interpret light as an extension of personal expression. Creating a dynamic photograph involves choices that are informed by artistic and photographic principles. Through the study of contemporary photography, students will better understand concepts unique to photographic seeing – lighting, contrast, content, color and composition. Group critiques of student work and frequent visits with guest critics will develop and enhance our critical vocabulary and understanding of the image making process. Past visitors have included Paul Berger, Rebecca Cummins, Christopher Ozubko, Norman Lundin and Charles Peterson. Weekly assignments will allow participants the opportunity to experiment with concepts covered in class and to strengthen their compositional skills and personal styles. Student projects that are on-going will also be addressed. All formats welcome. Prerequisite: B&W 1 or Digital Photography 1. Credits: 3 Digital Imaging 2 This course extends the basic material covered in Digital Imaging 1. We will explore the use of digital techniques in fine art photography. Students will improve their proficiency with Photoshop, digital printing and creating images for the computer. Lectures and assignments will focus on integrating digital technology and traditional themes in photography, plus explore some new options for images. Students will create a final project for this course. Digital Printing Make high-quality fine art digital prints on an inkjet printer and using online printer services. Students with basic digital photography experience will learn to use color management for proofing, and acquire the skills necessary to make their digital output match their intent. Prerequisite: Digital Imaging 1 For advanced photography students who want to deepen their vision. Photographic history provides perspective on your vision. Meet individually with the instructor throughout the quarter to explore in-depth your work in progress. The assignments are motivated by your interest. Only the first and last class will meet as a group; this class is a hybrid of independent study and seminar. Recommended as a prerequisite for Fine Art Portfolio. Prerequisite: B&W 3. Credits: 3 Fine Art Printing In this advanced printing class, students will be working with a variety of developers (including Beers) and toners as well as combined toners. Students will be introduced to creative printing techniques, which include masking, blending negatives, split filtration, and bleaching. Do directed work on a specific project with a Photographic Center instructor as advisor, meeting with the advisor for a total of 6 hours. The Executive Director must approve independent study proposals. Large Format in the Field, Big Negatives in the Darkroom
Learn with a master. 4x5 cameras will be provided. Seattle will be your classroom. Students will learn fine art printing and achieve the detail, tonal range and luminosity that only the large format negative can provide. Ansel Adams said “Making the negative is the score, printing in the darkroom is performing the symphony.” Prerequisite: B&W 2
Learn to use the sun as your light source, pick locations, deal with a variety of
weather situations and utilize reflectors, diffusers and other studio aids in non-studio situations. Explore portrait photography, including editorial, fine art, commercial, fashion and family. Work with models and in-studio situations, using natural light. May do assignments as transparencies, B&W prints or color prints. You have core technical information and now want to concentrate on the subject of the photograph. While technical information will support our exploration, we will focus on analyzing and working toward the growth of each student's photographic style. You will choose a subject matter of strong personal interest and spend the quarter delving into the subject with input from the instructor and classmates. Students will be self-directed: They will propose their own project & outline what they hope to accomplish during the quarter. These projects may be as simple as getting more familiar with new equipment or as in-depth as expanding their portfolios. Students will meet once a week to show work, discuss progress of projects & chat about general issues in photography over coffee & doughnuts. Focus on creating images that capture the energy of the street, different styles of street shooting and the development of a small body of work. Discuss philosophy, ethics, technique and history. Field trips, printing in the darkroom and critiques. Visual Storytelling: How to Realize Your Documentary Project Get started on your documentary photography project. Lectures will include target audience, exhibition and distribution of finished project, editing and presentation, budgeting, research, and most importantly, discovering your own voice.
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