Using a Photo Enlarger

Quiz on Enlarger Parts and Developer Steps On Wednesday!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4V6uxM79RY

Unit 5: Perspective/ Film Development

Week 8

Activities:

Take Roll #1 - Perspectives

Film Development Lecture and Practice

Film Processing Steps

Developer

-Fill container with developer until you see it at the bottom of the funnel.

-12 minutes total

-Agitate every 30 seconds.

-Dump out in the sink when finished.

Rinse

-Fill container with water and dump out 3 times

Fixer

-Fill container fixer.

-5 minutes total

-Agitate every 30 seconds,

-Pour Fixer back into FIXER container.

Rinse

-Fill container with water and dump out for a total of 10 minutes.

(Or place reel in film washer for 10 min. with water running)

Photo-flo

-Fill container with water

-Add a half a cap of Photoflo (To the top of the threads)

-30 seconds total

-Do not agitate

-Dump Photoflo out into the sink.

RINSE ALL TANK PARTS AND PUT AWAY!

DO NOT LEAVE ANYTHING IN THE SINK!

Dry

-Use negative clips on both sides of your film to weight it and hang it.

-Write your name on masking tape and tape it to your negative clips.

-Hang to dry in the cabinet with a negative clip on each end.

-When dry (after 1 day) remove film from cabinet. Remove negative clips and place them back in the drawer!

Storage

Cut negatives into strips of 5 frames and put into negative sleeves.

Write your name & assignment on negative files using Sharpie.

Three hole punch negative file and store in your binder.

Unit 4: The Camera

Pinhole Camera Project

Activities:

Chapter 2 – Read

Chap. 2 Worksheet

Continue Pinhole photos in lab

Unit 3: Pinhole Photography

Week 6

Activities:
Create Pinhole Cameras
Photoshop Introduction
Take Pinhole Photos

Supplies:

Cylindrical oatmeal box with 3 inch diameter, Pair of scissors, X-Acto knife, Ruler, Black vinyl electrician's tape, Flat black acrylic paint or flat black spray paint, Sewing needle (#10 preferred), Pencil, Soda can or aluminum recyclable pie-pan, # 600 grit sanding paper, Dense fold-able fabric like velvet, A rubber band, Masking tape, and Tin Snips (scissor to cut metal)

Preparing the Container:

Clean out the oatmeal box of food or dust. Spray paint the inside of the oatmeal box with an even coat of flat black paint. Tape both sides of the lid with black electricians tape, overlapping layers of tape. It is not necessary to to tape the small inner edge of the lid. Use a piece of dense fold-able fabric like velvet, and cut into a 1-foot-round piece that can be held in place over the lid with a rubber band. This will shield the lid from direct light.

Adding the Pinhole:

An aluminum pie-pan is approximately 0.002 gauge, and a soda can is slightly less than 0.002 gauge and slightly harder to push a pin through but is still a good choice for the pinhole. Cut a 1-inch square from the aluminum. Place a sheet of cardboard under the cut sheet. Get a small sewing needle. The different size needle will create a different size pinhole. Tape a piece of masking tape to the end of the needle to prevent it from pressing into your skin. Hold the needle point on the center of the piece of the 1-inch square aluminum and spin the metal while holding the point of the needle against it. With some amount of spinning and pressure the needle will drill through the metal. Spinning the metal will keep the hole round. With a piece of 600 grit sand paper, sand off the burr on the backside of the pinhole and also sand the front side. Clean out the sanded metal from the pinhole.

Mounting the Pinhole:

With a sharp x-acto knife cut a ½-inch-square hole into the center of the front of the box. Make sure the cut is clean, otherwise this could obstruct the image coming through the hole. With electricians tape, tape the pinhole to the outside of the box in front of the ½-inch hole. Make sure the pinhole is in the center of the cut opening. Cut an extra piece of tape to act as a shutter and place it over the pinhole. Double over part of the tape to create a flap to open and close.

The Aperture:

To calculate the aperture (the size of the pinhole) use a caliper to get an approximate measurement. Once you have the pinhole size then measure the focal length, the distance between the pinhole and area where the photo material will be placed. The Aperture equals the diameter divided by the focal length (f/stop=diameter/focal length). Never mix measurement types, if you use inches then only use inches. Once you have the aperture size mark it onto your pinhole camera.

Now you have a Quarker Oats pinhole camera. Go shoot something with it!

Additional Notes:

Tape an exposure guide to the box to help with figuring out the actual exposure length. Keep an exposure dial handy, perhaps inside the camera box when not in use.

Unit 2: Compostition Cont.

Week 5

Activities:
Continue Photograms
Darkroom Lab Work

Photogram Project "scanner art"

-Brainstorming Worksheet

-PowerPoint

-Research

Unit 1: Intro To Photo History of Photography

Getting Organized
H-Drive

You will be creating a series of folders to store your work in.  Be sure to keep work as instructed to receive full credit.

Open your H-Drive.

Create a Photography 1 Folder- Right Click- New-New Folder
"Label this as Photography 1"

Open your newly created Photography 1 folder.  Right click to create the following folders:

Adobe Photoshop Projects
Digital Photography Projects
Scanned Darkroom Work
Inspiration Folder
Papers & Research
Final Theme Portfolio

As we do projects throughout the year, you will be required to place the work into the appropriate folders and stay organized.

For each project, go to the appropriate folder, right click to make a new folder and label that folder appropriately.

For example, our first darkroom project will be photogram.  You will open "Scanned Darkroom Work", right click and make a new folder labeled "Photograms" and then save your scans inside this folder.

I look at both hard copies and digital files to grade your work.  If I cannot locate a project easily in your H-Drive, you will lose points.


Weeks 1-4

Activities:
Syllabus/Room Usage Agreement
Chapter 16-Read/ Worksheet part 1
Chapter 17-Read/ Worksheet part 1


All About Me Digital Photography Assignment

Welcome to Photography 1!

Due Dates:
Binder and Syllabus with Inserts Due MONDAY!
Hand Towel and Jump Drive Due FRIDAY!

Course Syllabus

Course Name: Photography 1

Course Number: 6042

Level: CP

Department: Fine Arts

 

Course Description

            Prerequisite: None

            Open to: Fresh, Soph, Jr, Sr

            Length: 1 Year

            Credit: 1

 

Summary:

Photo I focuses on both the visual and technical aspects of image making. Students will become well versed in the knowledge of fine art as they develop their own individual aesthetic and eye for composition, and master the ability to visually communicate with a viewer of group of viewers. They will learn and use new vocabulary related directly to the world of art. Students will learn about and develop an appreciation for different artistic styles by regularly presenting their work to classmates through critiques.

 

Course Goals:

Students will become acquainted with the operations and manipulations of a 35 mm camera. They will be introduced to basic techniques of processing and printing 35 mm black and white film. Students will learn how to operate a digital camera. In addition to this, students will be introduced to basic computer manipulations of photos using Photoshop CS5.5. History of Photography will also be addressed in this course.

 

Textbooks and Materials:

 

The Handbook of Photography by James A. Folts

 

Course Content:

Students will become acquainted with the operations and manipulations of a 35 mm camera. They will be introduced to basic techniques of processing and printing 35 mm black and white film.  Students will learn to operate a digital camera. In addition to this, students will be introduced to basic computer manipulations of photos using Photoshop CS5.5. History of Photography will also be addressed in this course.

 

Semester Grading Policy:

Each quarter counts as 2/5 of the semester grade; the final counts for 1/5. All students will take all final exams regardless of quarter grades.

100 - 90 %       A

 89  - 80 %       B

 79  - 70 %       C                                  

 69  - 60 %       D

 59  -   0 %       F

 

Scope & Sequence: Refer to the individual instructor for a week-by-week breakdown of standards alignment, instructional content and major assessments.

 

The following supplies are required for this course. Students will receive 20 points for having all supplies on time. Please label all supplies with student’s name.

·         Digital Camera (must have a memory card*) *Note to parents: Make sure your student labels their memory card with their name using permanent marker. The cards are frequently forgotten in the classroom.

• 3 ring binder – ½”
• 1 folder that is three hole punched
• notebook
• 4 or 8 GB Jump Drive for work storage
• 1 – 18 ounce Quaker Oats box for pinhole camera – MUST be the 18 oz. Quaker Oats box.

·         1 old hand towel (not required, but will be helpful to student)

The following supplies MUST be purchased at the campus store.

• 1 Box B&W Photo Paper –MUST be purchased at Campus Store. Printer paper will not work!
• 2 Rolls of 35 m Film – MUST be purchased at Campus Store. C41 Process film will not work with the chemicals in the HF processing room and will result in a reduction of points.

Extra Credit-

·         Students can bring up to 2 boxes of tissue a semester for 5 points each.

Lockers & Computer usage

Each will be assigned a locker and a locker partner. Students may keep photo paper, camera and any other darkroom supplies in these lockers. For this reason, students should not share their locker combination with anyone. If it is found that a student has shared their combination information with anyone other than their locker partner, they will have G5 locker privileges taken away. Also, keep in mind that there is limited space in these lockers.  It is necessary to keep belongings limited to Photography supplies only.

The photo room has a self contained computer lab. These computers are for work assigned in Photography only. If a student is working on assignments from other classes, playing games or using the internet for anything other than assigned work, they will have computer privileges suspended, receive an hour long detention and be referred to the Dean or other necessary authority, depending on the severity of the action.

Darkroom Rules

The darkroom can be dangerous if students do not follow rules. Because it is a dim environment, any kind running, jumping, throwing or any other activities that may be seen as rough are prohibited. Students are required to use the enlarger they are assigned to. Each will be assigned an enlarger the first week of school. When students get set up at their enlarger they must check that all equipment is present (1 contact printer, 1 easel, 1 grain magnifier, 1 negative carrier.

Likewise, students should be sure equipment is neatly returned to the proper place at the enlarger station after they have finished working at the end of each period. It is important that each student clean up after themselves.

When developing prints, student MUST use the tongs that are labeled with the correct chemical. Student should not put their hands in the chemicals. Student will be required to wash their hands with soap and water after they have been developing prints.

Students should stay in the darkroom until the entire photo printing process is complete. They should note the time before they start a new print. Prints left in the chemicals/ dryer or in the darkroom will be discarded. Likewise, any test strips or negatives will also be discarded if left in the darkroom or in G5.

After school lab

This class will require time outside of class. There will be a weekly after school lab every Thursday, unless students are otherwise notified during class.  These labs operate on a first come, first serve basis. Students must sign up for the enlargers upon entering G5 after school. Students must bring photography work with them. Friends of students are not allowed to attend after school lab. The same darkroom rules apply to after school lab.

 

 

 

 

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I have read this entire syllabus and fully understand what is expected from me in terms of behavior, work ethic, organization and responsibility and agree to follow the directives and rules stated in this document. Sign and have your parent/ Guardian Sign. Detach this slip from your syllabus and return to Mrs. Wilk for 5 points.

 

Name:__________________________________     Period: _____________

Student Signature: _____________________________________________

Parent Signature:  _____________________________________________