Objectives:
To enable students to better control and use light and lighting in their work. Students will be introduced to a range of artificial light sources and lighting techniques to be used as a means of creative control. Assignments will be given to cover various technical, aesthetic and conceptual issues associated with this method of photography. Work will center in the studio where controlled conditions and a directorial approach can yield the artist’s intent. Students are expected to develop both a visual and verbal vocabulary around the theories and concerns surrounding photography.

At the successful completion of this course students should demonstrate growth in the following DOVA Learning Outcomes:

Possess a basic knowledge of visual culture.

Demonstrate advanced abilities in generating innovative solutions to traditional and non-traditional problems in visual media.

Be able to demonstrate basic competencies in photography, and digital visual media and possess the knowledge and skills to be successful in their area of emphasis.

Possess skills in oral and written communication as they pertain to the visual arts.

Be able to think critically. Students should be able not only to analyze a work of art using traditional methods, but should also be able to develop thoughtful new interpretations.

Be able to express their personal thoughts, ideas, or emotions through visual media.

Assignments:
The course assignments are designed to allow you the opportunity to gain a working knowledge of this area of photography. You are encouraged to fulfill the assignments in the most creative and exciting way you possible can. The prints you hand in are expected to be of the highest quality- work prints are not acceptable. In addition to prints, you are expected to bring contact sheets to each critique. Both prints and contact sheets will be handed in with every assignment. You are responsible for all assignments missed due to absences. Late assignments will not be accepted for full credit.

Attendance:
Attendance is very important to you success in this class; therefore, you are allowed 2 absence and 2 latenesses. Your final grade will be dropped a ½ grade per absence above the allotted 1. A lateness is treated like half an absence. Four absences will result in the grade of E/F. It is the responsibility of anyone who misses a class to find out what was covered, whether or not he or she has a legitimate reason/excuse to be absent.

Absences due to religious observances are justified; please notify me of this occurrence. Anyone with special requirements for successful course completion should notify me as soon as possible so accommodations may be made.

Criteria For Evaluation:
You will be evaluated on the following:

– Prompt completion of project assignments.
– Depth, clarity, creativity and thoroughness of exploration for project possibilities.
– Technical competency.
– Participation in class discussions, lectures, demonstrations, lab sessions and critiques.
– Evidence of rigorous studio practice

Grading:
  5% - Participation
  5% - Group "Hot-light" Assignment
  5% - Group Portrait Assignment
10% - Hot-light Assignment
  5% - Group Strobe Light Assignment
  5% - Class Production Assignment
10% - Strobe Light Assignment
15% - Light As Meaning Assignment
15% - The Directed Tableau
  5% - Class Production Assignment 2
  5% - Lighting Commentary
15% - Final Project

Any student requiring accommodations or services due to a disability must contact Services for Students of Disabilities (SSD) in room 181 of the Student Service Center. SSD can also arrange to provide course materials (including this syllabus) in alternative formats if necessary.

Other:
Disability Accommodation: Any student requiring accommodations or services due to a disability must contact Services for Students of Disabilities (SSD) in room 181 of the Student Service Center. SSD can also arrange to provide course materials (including this syllabus) in alternative formats if necessary.

PPM 3-34 notes: “When students seek accommodation in a regularly scheduled course, they have the responsibility to make such requests at the Center for Students with Disabilities before the beginning of the quarter [semester] in which the accommodation is being requested. When a student fails to make such arrangements, interim accommodations can be made by the instructor, pending the determination of the request for a permanent accommodation.”

Academic Dishonesty:  As specified in PPM 6-22 IV D, cheating and plagiarism violate the Student Code.  Plagiarism is “the unacknowledged (uncited) use of any other person’s or group’s ideas or work.”  Students found guilty of cheating or plagiarism are subject to failure of a specific assignment, or, in more serious cases, failure of the entire course.

Emergency Closure:  In the event of an extended campus closure I will continue to provide instruction and interaction via email. My email address is joshuawinegar [at] weber.edu; you can expect an email message from me on Monday and Wednesday of each week during the closure. The message may contain a file attachment that will provide a lecture substitute, directions for any assignments and readings, and any other relevant information. You are to complete the assignment by the given due date and submit it as an attachment to an email message back to me. Class critiques will most likely be postponed until students are able to return to campus.

It is imperative that you provide an email address linked to an email account that you plan to access on a regular basis and which has adequate storage capacity for transmitting documents. I will collect your email address and verify its availability during the first week of class. Please let me know by the end of the first week of the semester if you do not have access to a computer and/or the Internet from your home.

Core Beliefs:  According to PPM 6-22 IV, students are to “[d]etermine, before the last day to drop courses without penalty, when course requirements conflict with a student's core beliefs. If there is such a conflict, the student should consider dropping the class. A student who finds this solution impracticable may request a resolution from the instructor. This policy does not oblige the instructor to grant the request, except in those cases when a denial would be arbitrary and capricious or illegal. This request must be made to the instructor in writing and the student must deliver a copy of the request to the office of the department head. The student's request must articulate the burden the requirement would place on the student's beliefs.”