talk

This is one of the artists that I showed in class two weeks ago--the surreal images set in suburbia??
Should be a great talk and I highly recommend you all go...

Gregory Crewdson

Artist Lecture: Wednesday, October 29, 6:00 p.m.

Massart/Pozen Center for Interrelated Media

Renowned photographer Gregory Crewdson is known for his elaborately staged, surreal scenes of American homes and neighborhoods. His work is dramatic and almost cinematic. The works’ moody and enigmatic atmospheres often impart to viewers a sense of impending crisis. Yet, combined with a suggested narrative, each allows the viewers to develop and project their own theories about the inscrutable drama within the work.

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registration info`

Be aware that, as of today, we now have ONE PLACE where students can go to access ALL information regarding the registration process. To access it, open the Studio Foundation website:

sf.massart.edu

click on the top section in the center titled "Important Registration Information for 1st Year Students". This will open a window with four choices:

Studio Electives Open to First Year Students - This is a PDF file that lists all studio elective choices

Drawing II Descriptions - This is a PDF file that lists all Drawing II choices and equivalents

Schedule of Available Courses, Spring 2009 - This is a direct link to the Registrars course listings on the MassArt website (same as www.massart.edu/registration)

Studio Foundation Requirements - REALLY HELPFUL - This is a PDF file that shows the Foundation Year required classes, along with a download for a worksheet that will help them layout their proposed semester making it easier on advising day.

Visual Analysis Principles

Just to be clear about what should be covered in the Visual Analysis

Fundamental Elements:
Line
Shape
Color
Value
Texture
Form
Space

Compositional Principles:
UNITY & VARIETY
WEIGHT & GRAVITY
BALANCE
SCALE
EMPHASIS
MOVEMENT

These are listed on the last page of your syllabus. They are the principles we covered in the assignments.

Advanced Photoshop handout

You can download an advanced photoshop handout, that goes over color correction, etc. here:
http://www.janemarsching.com/massart/
Session4_handout.pdf

PAPER

ARGH! It seems the bookstore is out of the 8.5 x 11 Premium Luster Paper, despite being asked to have 400 boxes in stock by last week. So, you can try to purchase it at Dicks Art Supply or Hunts PHoto in Kenmore Square, or maybe Best Buy (I'd call these places first to make sure they have it and are open). Otherwise, you can use another good quality paper. Please do not purchase a matt paper, as the 4880 printer's inks do not work well on matt papers.
Good luck! See you Tuesday

Assignment and info on Printing

Hi guys
Leah brought to my attention that the labs would be closed on Monday night. Which means that your assignments need to be done by Thursday in order to use the Epson printers in the SF labs. That seems an onerous schedule. So. The new requirement re: printing is as follows.
The best scenario is that you use the SF Labs excellent 4880 printers.
The second scenario is that you use a good printer that you have access to elsewhere. If you try to use the printers in CAC, you must print out the workflow that Veronique showed you online before you go over there, so that the monitors are not inundated with questions that can simply be answered by that workflow sheet.
Here is where you find that worksheet: Go to http://sf.massart.edu/docs/vl1/
download the document named: Printing-Epson-4880-Rough-Draft.pdf
In any case you must use a high quality paper--Epson Premium Luster Photo paper.


Also, please do NOT forget to print out your color assignments that were due this week. You do not have to print those out on the high quality Epson Premium Luster paper, but the prints should be decent and the color should look like what you intended.

Have a good holiday!
Jane
Here is the full assignment

Seeing & Perception
Assignment: 1c: Only photography
Materials: digital camera, computer, printer
Fundamentals: composition (again)

Processes: photography, printing (this assignment is intended to continue to refine your ability to work with the technical aspects of photography (freezing or capturing motion, depth of field, etc. by intentionally setting your aperture, shutter, and focal point). Do not use flash.

1. photograph something that can only be seen photographically (on the blog
2. consider composition primarily when photographing—identify one fundamental element of composition that your image uses as well as what quality/feeling that compositional approach gives your image
3. Next shoot that same subject but with the opposite or contrasting compositional choice. For example, you might shoot a tree moving in the wind with a lot of motion, and create one image that reflects harmony and one image that reflects variety.
4. Print your strongest 2 images (one of each contrasting compositional choice) in the highest quality print you can make—using Epson Luster paper in 8.5 x 11, which you can get from the bookstore. Ideally you will use the lab’s Epson 4880, which is a very high quality printer for photographers. Make sure you refresh your memory of color settings/profiles to get the best print you can. You make need to make 3-5 work prints before your final print looks exactly as you want it. Please keep those work prints and bring to class.
5. Write a short paragraph about your images and how your use of the contrasting extremes of composition shifted the meaning of the images or what you were trying to communicate
6. Make sure to keep the original files of the images in a folder on your laptop, hard drive, or flash, as you will include them in your digital portfolio, due the last week of class.

And...

here is the color cheat sheet I showed you in class:
http://www.janemarsching.com/massart/ColorGuide.pdf

email if you have any problems downloading any of these documents, or with the assignment.