The Advocate is reviewing applications for art interns to help out The
Advocate art department for the Fall.
Art Department Intern, The Advocate, Los Angeles
The Advocate,the award-winning LGBT magazine of record, is looking for
interns to come in and help out part time during Fall Quarter/Semester.
Working directly with The Advocate¹s Art Department, our interns assist the
photo department with daily tasks including research, scanning, and
organizing art. Interns will see the full production cycle and receive
hands-on experience on our monthly magazine as well as our website,
advocate.com. Photoshop, and Entourage skills are required. Knowledge of
InDesign is a plus.
Those who are interested should send an e-mail and resume to
meghan.quinn@regentmedia.com with the subject line "Advocate Art Department
Internship". We are located in the Westwood area of Los Angeles.
Monday, July 27, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
Final Project Guidelines
For the final project, you will be submitting a portfolio of 4-6 images that stand together as a cohesive body of work. The subject that you choose is completely open- it can be a documentary project, narrative, series of portraits, still-lives, a formal or abstract study, an experimental approach that combines another medium such as installation, performance, or drawing, or any other approach that would be of particular interest to you. Unlike the other assignments given in the class, this project does not have to take Florence and your experience of the city as subject matter, but it can. The photographs printed can be manipulated heavily through Photoshop or not manipulated at all, functioning as straight photographs. Images can be in color or altered to become black and white images.
The final project should consist of a series of prints that are printed to the best of your ability- be sure to adjust color balance, contrast, etc.
Please keep in mind the following important dates:
Friday, June 19: Project Idea Presentations, Initial Critique Session of Ideas
Monday, June 22: Work in Progress Critique
Friday, June 26: Final Critique (final projects and accordion book projects will be distributed in the residence before the group dinner)
It is essential that you have materials to show for the work in progress critique. If you do not participate in the critiques, you will receive a 0 for the day. Prints submitted for work in progress critiques do not have to be final prints- you won’t be handing anything in on these days. These critiques are for you to get necessary and helpful feedback for your project and are very important. Feel free to bring ideas/questions or anything that you need feedback on- whether it’s a conceptual concern, a technical concern- or just general advice.
The final project should consist of a series of prints that are printed to the best of your ability- be sure to adjust color balance, contrast, etc.
Please keep in mind the following important dates:
Friday, June 19: Project Idea Presentations, Initial Critique Session of Ideas
Monday, June 22: Work in Progress Critique
Friday, June 26: Final Critique (final projects and accordion book projects will be distributed in the residence before the group dinner)
It is essential that you have materials to show for the work in progress critique. If you do not participate in the critiques, you will receive a 0 for the day. Prints submitted for work in progress critiques do not have to be final prints- you won’t be handing anything in on these days. These critiques are for you to get necessary and helpful feedback for your project and are very important. Feel free to bring ideas/questions or anything that you need feedback on- whether it’s a conceptual concern, a technical concern- or just general advice.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Recommended Places to Buy Materials for Accordion Books
Places to Buy Materials for Accordion Book Project
Recommended Places to Buy Paper for the Book:
1. Zecchio: via dello Studio 19r (Duomo Neighborhood)
2. Rigacci: Via Dei Servi 71r (San Marco Neighborhood)
3. Bati: Via Verdi 67r (Santa Croce Neighborhood)
4. Stationary Store on Via Cavour. Head South on Via Cavour. Paper store the second one on the right hand side (El Papiro- actually a chain with locations throughout the city
5. Cartoleria: Via d Arazzieri. On South side of the street between Piazza San Marco and Via Santa Reparata
6. Archetipo: Via de' Ginori 13r
Recommended Places to Find Ephemera, Vintage/Antique Postcards, Found Photographs for Book Covers:
1. Antiques Flea Market in Piazza dei Ciompi. Opened Daily from 9:00-12:30; 4:30-7. Tons of old photos, postcards, etc.
Located between Via Pietrapiana, Via dell Agnolo, Borgo Allegri and Via Buonarroti
2. Stop in any of the Antiques or Old Bookstores in Town (there are many) and you will probably find something useful
3. Second Hand Shops can be found on Via Maggio, via de' Serragli and Via de' Fossi
4. The covers can be something you find anywhere- the above spots are just suggestions. Just don't use a new postcard- the kind that you see all over the place- and make sure the covers are thicker than the rest of the book pages. You could even use found items like food or cereal boxes.
Lace:
1. There is a store called Lampo which means both "zipper" and "flash of genius" in Italian. It is on Via Nazionale right around Via Guelfa. Make a right at Guelfa, a left on Nazionale and the store will be on the right.
2. Fancy candy stores such as Mignon (Via de' Calzaiuolo a block or two past the Duomo) or Dolceforte (Via della Scala 21- just past the Photo Museum on the same street) wrap their candy in Ribbon- multitask and buy yourself some candy...
3. Many of the 1 Euro stores sell ribbon.
Recommended Places to Buy Paper for the Book:
1. Zecchio: via dello Studio 19r (Duomo Neighborhood)
2. Rigacci: Via Dei Servi 71r (San Marco Neighborhood)
3. Bati: Via Verdi 67r (Santa Croce Neighborhood)
4. Stationary Store on Via Cavour. Head South on Via Cavour. Paper store the second one on the right hand side (El Papiro- actually a chain with locations throughout the city
5. Cartoleria: Via d Arazzieri. On South side of the street between Piazza San Marco and Via Santa Reparata
6. Archetipo: Via de' Ginori 13r
Recommended Places to Find Ephemera, Vintage/Antique Postcards, Found Photographs for Book Covers:
1. Antiques Flea Market in Piazza dei Ciompi. Opened Daily from 9:00-12:30; 4:30-7. Tons of old photos, postcards, etc.
Located between Via Pietrapiana, Via dell Agnolo, Borgo Allegri and Via Buonarroti
2. Stop in any of the Antiques or Old Bookstores in Town (there are many) and you will probably find something useful
3. Second Hand Shops can be found on Via Maggio, via de' Serragli and Via de' Fossi
4. The covers can be something you find anywhere- the above spots are just suggestions. Just don't use a new postcard- the kind that you see all over the place- and make sure the covers are thicker than the rest of the book pages. You could even use found items like food or cereal boxes.
Lace:
1. There is a store called Lampo which means both "zipper" and "flash of genius" in Italian. It is on Via Nazionale right around Via Guelfa. Make a right at Guelfa, a left on Nazionale and the store will be on the right.
2. Fancy candy stores such as Mignon (Via de' Calzaiuolo a block or two past the Duomo) or Dolceforte (Via della Scala 21- just past the Photo Museum on the same street) wrap their candy in Ribbon- multitask and buy yourself some candy...
3. Many of the 1 Euro stores sell ribbon.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Assignment Two: Travel Accordion Book
For this project, students will create an accordion book with pockets that will hold both images and artifacts gathered either from Florence, Fiesole, Cinqueterre or Pietrasanta. The booklet should have an overall theme or concept, and should not be a serious of pages documenting an overall experience- Remember, this is intended to be an art piece, not a scrapbook.
Students will learn to create the books during class time. Since this is an accordion book, it can be displayed so that all pages can be seen at once, therefore consider the impact and meaning of all images displayed together.
Each page should have at least one printed image and one related found object.
Basic materials will be provided, but students will need to purchase a piece of paper that is at least 30 inches in length. This shouldn’t cost more than 1-3 Euros. The cover of the book should be either a found object (it must be heavier paper than the paper that you are using for your pages), a vintage postcard, vintage photos, playing card, etc. But, it should be related to the theme of your book.
The book can be experimental, conceptual, poetic, graphic, or narrative. Examples will be given in class to help generate ideas.
Books Due: June 19
Students will learn to create the books during class time. Since this is an accordion book, it can be displayed so that all pages can be seen at once, therefore consider the impact and meaning of all images displayed together.
Each page should have at least one printed image and one related found object.
Basic materials will be provided, but students will need to purchase a piece of paper that is at least 30 inches in length. This shouldn’t cost more than 1-3 Euros. The cover of the book should be either a found object (it must be heavier paper than the paper that you are using for your pages), a vintage postcard, vintage photos, playing card, etc. But, it should be related to the theme of your book.
The book can be experimental, conceptual, poetic, graphic, or narrative. Examples will be given in class to help generate ideas.
Books Due: June 19
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Assignment One: The Slideshow
Assignment One: Slideshow
Slideshow Travelogues were a popular form of entertainment in the 50s and 60s as returning travelers would bore their unsuspecting neighbors with a lengthy sequence of vacation snapshots.
Assignment One will revisit this medium in the form of a digital slideshow projection created in iphoto that will be based on walking down an assigned path. The slideshow should not just merely document the experience of walking down the assigned street, but should have a unified theme or overarching concept. The slideshow can be based on your real experience or a fictional one, or it can be rooted in historical ideas, humor or social commentary.
The length should be between 3-10 minutes.
Due: June 10
Slideshow Travelogues were a popular form of entertainment in the 50s and 60s as returning travelers would bore their unsuspecting neighbors with a lengthy sequence of vacation snapshots.
Assignment One will revisit this medium in the form of a digital slideshow projection created in iphoto that will be based on walking down an assigned path. The slideshow should not just merely document the experience of walking down the assigned street, but should have a unified theme or overarching concept. The slideshow can be based on your real experience or a fictional one, or it can be rooted in historical ideas, humor or social commentary.
The length should be between 3-10 minutes.
Due: June 10
Blog Assignment
Given that the first component of this course will explore issues related to travel photography, each student will create a blog throughout the course where images taken throughout the class can be posted online- acting as both an on-line art project and an opportunity to share your experiences with friends and family back in the US.
Blogs should be based on typical tourist photographs. Try to either provide a theme for your blog that focuses on one particular aspect of Tuscany, take photographs that represent your own personal point of view, or create posts which combine text and image to reveal your own unique observations on aspects of the city that you find compelling, contradictory, interesting or ironic.
Each student will be responsible for at least 4 posts per week (beginning June 1) for a total of 16 posts completed by the end of the course. Blogs will be reviewed on June 27. Posts should be paced at 4 per week- do not try to make all 16 posts during the last week of class!
Blog servers that can be used include blogspot, typepad, or wordpress. (Wordpress and blogspot are free, typepad is not free). You can also post blogs to your own personal website if you have one.
Provide the url address of your blog and put up your first four posts by Friday June 5 so that a link to your blog can be made from the main class website.
Note: Because of the issue regarding internet access in the class, I will bring a thumb drive to class onto which you can download your files. This drive will be kept on my doorknob so that you can take your files from the lab computers after you have worked with them in Photoshop and post them at the residence where you can access the web.
Blogs should be based on typical tourist photographs. Try to either provide a theme for your blog that focuses on one particular aspect of Tuscany, take photographs that represent your own personal point of view, or create posts which combine text and image to reveal your own unique observations on aspects of the city that you find compelling, contradictory, interesting or ironic.
Each student will be responsible for at least 4 posts per week (beginning June 1) for a total of 16 posts completed by the end of the course. Blogs will be reviewed on June 27. Posts should be paced at 4 per week- do not try to make all 16 posts during the last week of class!
Blog servers that can be used include blogspot, typepad, or wordpress. (Wordpress and blogspot are free, typepad is not free). You can also post blogs to your own personal website if you have one.
Provide the url address of your blog and put up your first four posts by Friday June 5 so that a link to your blog can be made from the main class website.
Note: Because of the issue regarding internet access in the class, I will bring a thumb drive to class onto which you can download your files. This drive will be kept on my doorknob so that you can take your files from the lab computers after you have worked with them in Photoshop and post them at the residence where you can access the web.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
ART 280 Summer 2009 Study Abroad in Tuscany Course Syllabus
Photography I: 280 01
Study Abroad: Tuscany
Summer 2009
Diane Meyer
dmeyer9@lmu.edu
Course Description
This course will explore digital photography as a medium of self-expression. Students will learn camera functions, exposure issues, negative scanning, preparing files for digital output, and Adobe Photoshop. In addition to learning the technical mechanics of the medium, students will consider photography in terms of aesthetic and conceptual concerns. Assignments will relate to explorations of Tuscany and will consider the genre of travel photography and the various means in which photography has been used to document place from the 19th Century to the present day.
Course Objectives and Student Outcomes
1. Through weekly lectures and demonstrations, students will be able to consistently achieve successful results in all technical aspects of using a digital camera
a. learn all camera functions
b. determine proper exposure through metering and knowledge of photography principles
2. Students will extensively photograph, and will form a distinct style and point of view which will be evident in a final portfolio.
a. use formal qualities of photography including composition, framing, and light
b. use photography to communicate ideas
c. combine technical ability and formal consideration with conceptual concerns
3. Students will become well versed in speaking about photography in critical terms through slide lectures, assigned readings and excursions throughout the city of Florence and environs.
a. ability to consider theoretical and critical issues and relate this to their own work
b. ability to articulate ideas verbally and visually
4. Given the collaborative nature of group critiques and working in a shared space, students will demonstrate professional and considerate behavior at all times.
a. attendance, promptness, and preparedness
b. thoughtful contribution to class discussions
c. importance of cleaning up after oneself and treating all equipment respectfully and carefully
Course Format and Methods of Evaluation
This 5 week course will consist of lectures, slide presentations, technical demonstrations, group critiques, in-class lab time, and excursions throughout Tuscany. Through the semester, students will be responsible for 3 photographic assignments and a final, cohesive project.
Attendance, effort and thoughtful participation are critical for successful completion of the course. More than two unexcused absences will result in the lowering of the final grade by one full letter grade. Three late arrivals to class equals one absence. Late assignments will be lowered by one letter grade, and will not be accepted at all after one week past the due date.
Class Critiques are an extremely important aspect of the course, and all students are expected to contribute their thoughts and ideas. Feedback from one’s peers is invaluable in the creation of work, and not having this important input, puts one at a marked disadvantage. Given this, students who do not have work for critique, or who are absent on a critique day, will have their participation grade lowered.
Grading Breakdown:
Attendance/Participation: 10%
Assignment One: Slideshow 15%
Assignment Two: Book Project 20%
Blog Project: 25%
Final Project: 30%
Digital Lab
Digital lab rules and regulations will be thoroughly discussed in class. Lab privileges can be revoked if rules are violated. It is very important that the facilities are treated responsibly and with care, and that students clean up after themselves.
Required Materials
*35mm SLR manual camera or SLR Digital Camera
If you don not have either of these cameras, please contact instructor before start of class to discuss alternative choices.
Negative and Transparency Film (If shooting with film camera)
Memory Card with at least 1 GB of storage (If shooting with digital camera
Notebook for recording ideas, technical data
CDs or DVDs for saving digital files
Camera Strap
UV Filter to Protect Lens
1 pack of 25 sheets Epson Glossy Photo Paper
**All students are responsible for adhering to "Study Abroad Courtesy Rules". Violation of these rules will impact your course grade and your privilege of continued participation in the course and the program. **If you ever have questions or problems with the material, please schedule a meeting with the professor.
Tentative Schedule by Week
(Please note that schedule may change due to excursions/field trips/other special itinerary programming. Also note that almost all classes will include supervised lab time).
Week One: May 25-29
MONDAY
• Orientation at Syracuse
WEDNESDAY
• Course Introduction
• Basic Camera Functions: Exposure, Shutter and Aperture
• Introduction to Travel Photography
• Discussion on Representing Place
• Importing Images and Adobe Bridge
FRIDAY
• Digital Imaging Basics: Image Size, Resolution, File Types
• Creating a Blog, Explanation of Blog Assignment
• Field Trip to the Alinari Museum of Photography
Week Two: June 1-5
MONDAY
• Artists and the Slideshow
• Explanation of Assignment One: Slideshow
• Using Time Based Presentation Tools
WEDNESDAY
• Adjusting Digital Images with Levels and Curves
• Enhancing Digital Images
• Using Layers and Selection Tools in Photoshop
FRIDAY
• Making Image Composites, Masks and Layers
• Accordion Books and Explanation of Assignment Two
Week Three: June 8-12
MONDAY
• Introduction to Final Project, Slideshow of Artists Working in Digital Imaging
• Demonstration on Creating Accordion Books
WEDNESDAY
• Making Contact Sheets in Photoshop
• Printing Files
• Demonstration on Making Accordion Books
• Work Session For Slideshow Movies and Postcard Project
FRIDAY
• Excursion to Pietrasanta
Week Four: June 15-19
MONDAY
• Excursion to Pietrasanta
WEDNESDAY
• Discussion of Final Project
• Contemporary Artists Working in Digital Photography
• Work Session for Blog and Accordion Books
• Critique of Assignment One
FRIDAY
• Work in Progress Critique for Final Project and Final Project Presentations
Week Five: June 22-26
MONDAY
• Second Work in Progress Critique for Final Projects
WEDNESDAY
• Advanced Techniques in Photoshop: Airbrushing, Replicating Film Processes, Faking Motion Blur and Depth of Field
• Critique of Assignment Two
FRIDAY
• Final Critique
• Work in Progress Critique
• Final Critique
Study Abroad: Tuscany
Summer 2009
Diane Meyer
dmeyer9@lmu.edu
Course Description
This course will explore digital photography as a medium of self-expression. Students will learn camera functions, exposure issues, negative scanning, preparing files for digital output, and Adobe Photoshop. In addition to learning the technical mechanics of the medium, students will consider photography in terms of aesthetic and conceptual concerns. Assignments will relate to explorations of Tuscany and will consider the genre of travel photography and the various means in which photography has been used to document place from the 19th Century to the present day.
Course Objectives and Student Outcomes
1. Through weekly lectures and demonstrations, students will be able to consistently achieve successful results in all technical aspects of using a digital camera
a. learn all camera functions
b. determine proper exposure through metering and knowledge of photography principles
2. Students will extensively photograph, and will form a distinct style and point of view which will be evident in a final portfolio.
a. use formal qualities of photography including composition, framing, and light
b. use photography to communicate ideas
c. combine technical ability and formal consideration with conceptual concerns
3. Students will become well versed in speaking about photography in critical terms through slide lectures, assigned readings and excursions throughout the city of Florence and environs.
a. ability to consider theoretical and critical issues and relate this to their own work
b. ability to articulate ideas verbally and visually
4. Given the collaborative nature of group critiques and working in a shared space, students will demonstrate professional and considerate behavior at all times.
a. attendance, promptness, and preparedness
b. thoughtful contribution to class discussions
c. importance of cleaning up after oneself and treating all equipment respectfully and carefully
Course Format and Methods of Evaluation
This 5 week course will consist of lectures, slide presentations, technical demonstrations, group critiques, in-class lab time, and excursions throughout Tuscany. Through the semester, students will be responsible for 3 photographic assignments and a final, cohesive project.
Attendance, effort and thoughtful participation are critical for successful completion of the course. More than two unexcused absences will result in the lowering of the final grade by one full letter grade. Three late arrivals to class equals one absence. Late assignments will be lowered by one letter grade, and will not be accepted at all after one week past the due date.
Class Critiques are an extremely important aspect of the course, and all students are expected to contribute their thoughts and ideas. Feedback from one’s peers is invaluable in the creation of work, and not having this important input, puts one at a marked disadvantage. Given this, students who do not have work for critique, or who are absent on a critique day, will have their participation grade lowered.
Grading Breakdown:
Attendance/Participation: 10%
Assignment One: Slideshow 15%
Assignment Two: Book Project 20%
Blog Project: 25%
Final Project: 30%
Digital Lab
Digital lab rules and regulations will be thoroughly discussed in class. Lab privileges can be revoked if rules are violated. It is very important that the facilities are treated responsibly and with care, and that students clean up after themselves.
Required Materials
*35mm SLR manual camera or SLR Digital Camera
If you don not have either of these cameras, please contact instructor before start of class to discuss alternative choices.
Negative and Transparency Film (If shooting with film camera)
Memory Card with at least 1 GB of storage (If shooting with digital camera
Notebook for recording ideas, technical data
CDs or DVDs for saving digital files
Camera Strap
UV Filter to Protect Lens
1 pack of 25 sheets Epson Glossy Photo Paper
**All students are responsible for adhering to "Study Abroad Courtesy Rules". Violation of these rules will impact your course grade and your privilege of continued participation in the course and the program. **If you ever have questions or problems with the material, please schedule a meeting with the professor.
Tentative Schedule by Week
(Please note that schedule may change due to excursions/field trips/other special itinerary programming. Also note that almost all classes will include supervised lab time).
Week One: May 25-29
MONDAY
• Orientation at Syracuse
WEDNESDAY
• Course Introduction
• Basic Camera Functions: Exposure, Shutter and Aperture
• Introduction to Travel Photography
• Discussion on Representing Place
• Importing Images and Adobe Bridge
FRIDAY
• Digital Imaging Basics: Image Size, Resolution, File Types
• Creating a Blog, Explanation of Blog Assignment
• Field Trip to the Alinari Museum of Photography
Week Two: June 1-5
MONDAY
• Artists and the Slideshow
• Explanation of Assignment One: Slideshow
• Using Time Based Presentation Tools
WEDNESDAY
• Adjusting Digital Images with Levels and Curves
• Enhancing Digital Images
• Using Layers and Selection Tools in Photoshop
FRIDAY
• Making Image Composites, Masks and Layers
• Accordion Books and Explanation of Assignment Two
Week Three: June 8-12
MONDAY
• Introduction to Final Project, Slideshow of Artists Working in Digital Imaging
• Demonstration on Creating Accordion Books
WEDNESDAY
• Making Contact Sheets in Photoshop
• Printing Files
• Demonstration on Making Accordion Books
• Work Session For Slideshow Movies and Postcard Project
FRIDAY
• Excursion to Pietrasanta
Week Four: June 15-19
MONDAY
• Excursion to Pietrasanta
WEDNESDAY
• Discussion of Final Project
• Contemporary Artists Working in Digital Photography
• Work Session for Blog and Accordion Books
• Critique of Assignment One
FRIDAY
• Work in Progress Critique for Final Project and Final Project Presentations
Week Five: June 22-26
MONDAY
• Second Work in Progress Critique for Final Projects
WEDNESDAY
• Advanced Techniques in Photoshop: Airbrushing, Replicating Film Processes, Faking Motion Blur and Depth of Field
• Critique of Assignment Two
FRIDAY
• Final Critique
• Work in Progress Critique
• Final Critique
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