Description:
Theory and practice of various forms of visual communication, including photography and graphics.

Objectives:

Required textbook:
Fred S. Parrish. Photojournalism: An Introduction. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2002.

Grading and course requirements:

1. Photographic or art assignments: Grading will be based on the criteria of creativity and originality, degree of insight, clarity of expression,  use of composition, light and color, subject and form.
2. Positive class participation including individual presentations and general discussions.  Students are expected to bring in examples of good photography and artwork using newspapers, magazines, websites as sources.
3. Attendance: Attendance will be required as in any professional work situation.  Failure to attend five classes without the instructor's approval with cause an automatic failure.

Personal portfolio - 200 points
Presentation of personal portfolio  - 100 points
Two photo or art assignments
1. Portraiture - 200 points (use a throw away camera)
2. News or feature, sports action - 300 points
(Grading criteria: light and color, composition, subject matter)

Group presentations (Pass/Fail): 200 points
Students will select a topic to present in the regular class time. Presentations must include photos and use a presentation software such as Microsoft Powerpoint.

Course outline (tentative):
 
 

Date	Description	Group presentations
January 16	Overview - Chapter 1
January 23	Equipment and film - Chapters 2 and 3
January 30	Publishing your work- Chapter  6
February 6	19th Century History - Chapter 11 (Notes)
February 13	20th Century History - Chapter 12
February 20	Work on group presentations
February 27	Group appointments
March 6	No class
March 13	Composition I - Read Chapter 4 / Composition II	Photographer and equipment based techniques - Tracy, Heidi, Greg, Josh Subject-based techniques - Tanya, Abby, Melinda, Darrin, Dave
March 20	Light and color I - Read Chapter 5	Light and color - Ryan, Tor, Lindsay, Malia
March 27	Spring vacation (no class)
April 3	Light and color II -	Light and color - Becky, Derek, Jessa, Mike, Mike
April 10	Major subjects I - Read Chapter 7	News and features - Katie, Wendy, Ted, Satoko, Tammy Sports actions - Joe, Trevor, Adam, C.J.
April 17	Major subjects II	Portrait and personality - Quinton, Chauncey, Rebecca, Jill, Mo
April 24	Major forms I - Read Chapter 8 (News/Feature/Sports assignment due) Major forms II	Single picture, groups and sequences - Heather, Abe, Mike, Sherri Photo essay - Rachel, Evy, Sara, Sadie, Kelly
May 1	Portfolios/ Potluck (Portraiture due)
May 8	Visit a display of Artwork by Vienna-born artist and Boise State University alumna Maria Thorne-Gloddeck featured in “The Many Colors of Maria Thorne-Gloddeck,” an exhibition running April 26 May 31 at the Student Union  Gallery from 7 a.m.-11 p.m. daily. Admission is free.

Links
Kodak Guide to better pictures http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/pictureTaking/
Using digital cameras and scanning http://photos.yahoo.com/bc//show_prc_page?.pcode=m

Depth of field
http://www.azuswebworks.com/photography/dof.html
http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/pictureTaking/cameraCare/cameCar6.shtml
http://home.fox.nstn.ca/~hmmerk/DOFR.html
Depth of Field Calculator http://www.silverlight.co.uk/resources/dof_calc.html
http://members.aol.com/Photoinfo/dof.html
http://www.minoxlab.com/Don_Krehbiel/mpl/dkdof.htm
http://persoweb.francenet.fr/~deriencg/DOFforLF.pdf
http://www.cs.mtu.edu/~shene/DigiCam/User-Guide/950/depth-of-field.html
http://www.aliaswavefront.com/en/Community/Learn/how_tos/rendering/depth_field/

Wide angle lenses
http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/pictureTaking/lenses/lensFil4.shtml

History of photography
A history of photography http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/
The photography museum http://www.photographymuseum.com/
Eastman  museum of photography http://www.eastman.org/1_geninfo/1_index.htm
Images of Abraham Lincoln http://www.lincolnportrait.com/
Hesler's Lincoln http://www.photographymuseum.com/heslerlg.html
Daguerreotype Portraits and Views http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/daghtml/daghome.html
Daguerreotype of Joseph Smith http://comevisit.com/lds/js3photo.htm
Daguerre History http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/daguerr.htm
The Calotype process http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/hillandadamson/calo.html
National Digital Library of the Library of Congress http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ammemhome.html
Matthew Brady Photographs http://www.multimedialibrary.com/FramesML/IM11/IM11.html
Eadweard Muybridge http://www.stanford.edu/dept/ccva/muybridge/
Eadweard Muybridge http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/muybridge/muybridge.html
George Eastman house http://www.geh.org/taschen/htmlsrc5/