grde1002 photography core principles semester 1,...

Unit study package code: GRDE1002

Mode of study: Internal

Tuition pattern summary: Note: For any specific variations to this tuition pattern and for precise information refer to the Learning Activities section.

Lecture: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly

This unit does not have a fieldwork component.

Credit Value: 25.0

Pre-requisite units: Nil

Co-requisite units: Nil

Anti-requisite units: Nil

Result type: Grade/Mark

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Unit coordinator: Title: MrName: Gregor MacGregorPhone: 9 266 7803Email: [email protected]: Building: 201 - Room: 461

Teaching Staff: Name: Gregor MacGregorPhone: 9 266 7803Email: [email protected]: Building: 201 - Room: 461

Administrative contact: Name: Sarah Norman-BrownPhone: +618 9266 2281Email: [email protected]: Building: 202 - Room: 114

Learning Management System: Blackboard (lms.curtin.edu.au)

Unit Outline

GRDE1002 Photography Core Principles Semester 1, 2016

Faculty of Humanities Department of Design

GRDE1002 Photography Core Principles Bentley Campus 22 Feb 2016 Department of Design, Faculty of Humanities

Page: 1 of 14CRICOS Provider Code 00301J

The only authoritative version of this Unit Outline is to be found online in OASIS

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Acknowledgement of Country We respectfully acknowledge the Indigenous Elders, custodians, their descendants and kin of this land past and present.

Syllabus This unit introduces students to the core principles of photographic production. Emphasis is placed on developing student proficiency in photographic process, technique and practice to advance their emergence as innovative visual communicators.

Introduction Welcome to Photography Core Principles, here you will be introduced the foundations of photographic production.

In this class students will be encouraged to be active participants during tutorial discussions and class presentations. Students will also be expected to engage with set readings in order to expand their knowledge of photographic production and to extend their potential as interesting visual communicators.

Unit Learning Outcomes All graduates of Curtin University achieve a set of nine graduate attributes during their course of study. These tell an employer that, through your studies, you have acquired discipline knowledge and a range of other skills and attributes which employers say would be useful in a professional setting. Each unit in your course addresses the graduate attributes through a clearly identified set of learning outcomes. They form a vital part in the process referred to as assurance of learning. The learning outcomes tell you what you are expected to know, understand or be able to do in order to be successful in this unit. Each assessment for this unit is carefully designed to test your achievement of one or more of the unit learning outcomes. On successfully completing all of the assessments you will have achieved all of these learning outcomes.

Your course has been designed so that on graduating we can say you will have achieved all of Curtin's Graduate Attributes through the assurance of learning process in each unit.

Curtin's Graduate Attributes

On successful completion of this unit students can: Graduate Attributes addressed

1 Deconstruct images in an effort to analyse their meanings, CLOs assessed 1, 82 Create appropriate images in response to given briefs, CLOs assessed 2, 33 Experiment with a variety of photographic mediums applicable to image

creation

Apply discipline knowledge Thinking skills (use analytical skills to solve problems)

Information skills (confidence to investigate new ideas)

Communication skills Technology skillsLearning how to learn (apply principles learnt to new situations) (confidence to tackle unfamiliar problems)

International perspective (value the perspectives of others)

Cultural understanding (value the perspectives of others)

Professional Skills (work independently and as a team) (plan own work)

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Learning Activities Learning Activities The tuition mode for Photography Core Principles consists of a weekly one hour lecture and a weekly two hour tutorial/workshop class. You are expected to attend and actively participate in the tutorial discussion and any group learning activities. It is also a requirement that you attend and present your project submissions during the assessment weeks specified in the unit outline, presenting your work to the class is important and helps to develop your ability to construct persuasive communication in regards to your own work. It is expected that students will keep a detailed work journal which is developed throughout the semester and documents all working notes, technical information, photographic inspiration and research for this unit. The development of the work journal is a process which refines and extends your capacity for professional production and to works to increase your visual literacy skills. All four assignments will be assessed throughout the semester in designated tutorial weeks. All folios must be complete and contain all four class projects. Incomplete submissions will be assessed as incomplete. All submissions should be contained in a professional standard portfolio. While there is a swathe of photography on the net you are strongly encouraged to engage with and research the photographers and photographs discussed in the weekly lectures. It is important that you become familiar with the canon of photographers who have significantly impacted on the development of photography since its inception. Presentations Students are required to attend and present their photographic submissions to the class in each of the presentation weeks allocated. A five hundred word, printed, rationale document that explicates the reasoning behind the photographs must also be submitted to the tutor at the end of the class presentation. Work Journal You must produce and maintain a work journal. Whilst the journal is not assessed as an individual component this journal will contain all your working notes, observations, and research compiled throughout this unit. If you prefer, this document can be assembled as a digital file saved to PDF. Moreover, be aware that research towards this unit must be ‘ongoing’ and recorded in the ‘work journal’. Likewise, research documenting is not a ‘retrospective’ activity, it is a process that needs to occur throughout your learning program. Submissions must be complete All submissions must be complete. Incomplete submissions will be marked as incomplete. Digital photographic submissions All photographs must be submitted as digital prints on photographic paper. Laser prints on standard photocopy paper are unacceptable. All photographic images must be created during the semester. Back-up all digital files As a part of professional working practice, you must back-up all your digital files. The loss or corruption of data are not sufficient grounds for project extensions, you are advised to make multiple back-up copies of your files. Cameras and equipment Students undertaking this unit will require ‘access’ to a Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) camera. Digital manipulation





As all digital cameras tend to have minor exposure and colour balance anomalies, your images will require some post-production manipulation. Indeed, it is expected that you will need to adjust your photographs appearance by altering their histograms, colour balance, composition, image alignment, etc. However, as this is a photographic program, digital manipulation must be kept to a minimum. As such, you are instructed to not use elaborate montage techniques or image filtration. These will not benefit your grasp of the medium at this point. Digital printing facility and deadlines The Department maintains a digital printing facility in Rm.201.368. Whilst the printer units are generally in good working order from time-to-time they will – despite our best endeavors – break down. Therefore, it is recommended that you print your photographs well ahead of deadlines, certainly not on or the day before of a major submission. Unit Materials You are responsible for sourcing and purchasing your own consumable materials towards this unit. Model Release Forms All images of people must be submitted with a model release form, images of subjects under the age of 18, must have parental permission. Plagiarism is taken very seriously at Curtin University. When submitting an assignment in this unit you are declaring that you have created all work, and that it has not been previously submitted for assessment for another unit or at another institution. When including images or text not created by you /or not entirely created by you (as research or to provide context) you must;

l Reference these images or texts using Chicago referencing.

l Include in-text references.

l Include a reference list at the end of the file/document.

Referencing is relevant to all forms of assessment including essays, process files/journals, art or design portfolios and/or reports.

It is a requirement of your enrolment that you refer to the Curtin University Academic Integrity website prior to submitting your work.

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Failure to follow these guidelines and being found to be in breach of Curtin University’s Management of Plagiarism Policy will result in a penalty being applied to your assignment and/or your academic status.





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Learning Resources Recommended texts

You do not have to purchase the following textbooks but you may like to refer to them.

l Photography: London B., J. Stone, and J. Upton. 2011. Photography (10th Edition). Boston : Prentice Hall.

(ISBN/ISSN: 978-0205933808)

l Modrak, R. and Anthes, B. 2011. Reframing Photography Theory and Practice:. New York: Routledge.

(ISBN/ISSN: 0203847598 )

Other resources

Badger, G. 2014. Genius of Photography, London: Quadrille Publishing. Pp. 183-198.

Barthes, R. 2000. Camera Lucida, Reflections on Photography. London: Vintage. Pp. 3-23

Bate, D. 2009. Photography; The Key Concepts. London: Bloomsbury Academic. Pp. 23-29.

Berger, J. 2013. Understanding a Photograph. London: Penguin Classics. Pp. 17-21.

Evening, M. 2014. Adobe Photoshop for Photographers. Oxford: Focal Press. Pp. 236-239.

Goldberg, V. 2005. Light Matters, New York: Aperture Foundation. Pp. 126-131.

London, B., Stone. J & Upton, J. 2011. Photography: Tenth Edition. London: Prentice Hall. Pp. 3-13.

Marien, M, W. 2014. Photography a Cultural History. London: Laurence King Publishing. Pp. 498-503.

Modrak, R. Anthes, B. 2011. Reframing Photography, New York: Routledge. Pp. 50-78.

Rexer, L. 2013. The Edge Of Vision, New York: Aperture Foundation. Pp. 179- 200.

Ritchin, F, 2009. After Photography. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. Pp. 25-51.

Sontag, S. 2008. On Photography. London: Penguin Classics. Pp. 153-182.

Wells, L. 2000. Photography: A Critical Introduction. London: Routledge. Pp. 45-53.

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Assessment Assessment schedule

Detailed information on assessment tasks

1. Exercise 1: Depth and Motion. Eight A4 photographic prints and digital files to be submitted for assessment and verbally presented in Session 4 tutorial Week beginning 21st March.

2. Investigation 2. B&W Urban Landscape. Four A4 B&W photographc prints to be submitted for assessment and verbally presented in Session 8 tutorial Week beginning 2nd May.

3. Case Study 3: Photographers. Four A4 photographic prints and a 10 slide powerpoint presentation to be submitted for assessment and verbally presented in Session 10 Week beginning 16th May.

4. Portfolio: Place. A series of 8 A4 photographic prints to be submitted for assessment and verbally presented in Session 12 Week beginning 30th May.

Pass requirements All folio submissions must be complete. Incomplete submissions will not be accepted. Students must achieve a combined

Task Value % Date DueUnit Learning Outcome(s)

Assessed

1

Exercise 1 25 percent Week: Week 5: Session 4 Day: In your designated tutorial group Time: At the commencement of your tutorial

1,2,3

2

Investigation 25 percent Week: Week 10: Session 8 Day: In your designated tutorial group Time: At the commencement of your tutorial

1,2,3

3

Case Study 25 percent Week: Week 12: session 10 Day: In your designated tutorial group Time: At the commencement of your tutorial

1,2,3

4

Portfolio 25 percent Week: Week 14: Session 12 Day: In your designated tutorial group Time: At the commencement of your tutorial

1,2,3





mark of 50% to pass this unit.

Fair assessment through moderation

Moderation describes a quality assurance process to ensure that assessments are appropriate to the learning outcomes, and that student work is evaluated consistently by assessors. Minimum standards for the moderation of assessment are described in the Assessment and Student Progression Manual, available from policies.curtin.edu.au/policies/teachingandlearning.cfm

Late assessment policy

This ensures that the requirements for submission of assignments and other work to be assessed are fair, transparent, equitable, and that penalties are consistently applied.

1. All assessments students are required to submit will have a due date and time specified on this Unit Outline. 2. Students will be penalised by a deduction of ten percent per calendar day for a late assessment submission

(eg a mark equivalent to 10% of the total allocated for the assessment will be deducted from the marked value for every day that the assessment is late). This means that an assessment worth 20 marks will have two marks deducted per calendar day late. Hence if it was handed in three calendar days late and given a mark of 16/20, the student would receive 10/20. An assessment more than seven calendar days overdue will not be marked and will receive a mark of 0.

Assessment extension

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The student will be expected to lodge the form and supporting documentation with the unit coordinator before the assessment date/time or due date/time. An application may be accepted up to five working days after the date or due date of the assessment task where the student is able to provide an acceptable explanation as to why he or she was not able to submit the application prior to the assessment date. An application for an assessment extension will not be accepted after the date of the Board of Examiners' meeting.

Deferred assessments

If your results show that you have been granted a deferred assessment you should immediately check your OASIS email for details.

Supplementary assessments

Supplementary assessments are not available in this unit.

Referencing style

The referencing style for this unit is Chicago.

More information can be found on this style from the Library web site: http://libguides.library.curtin.edu.au/referencing.

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Plagiarism occurs when work or property of another person is presented as one's own, without appropriate acknowledgement or referencing. Submitting work which has been produced by someone else (e.g. allowing or contracting another person to do the work for which you claim authorship) is also plagiarism. Submitted work is subjected to a plagiarism detection process, which may include the use of text matching systems or interviews with students to determine authorship.

Cheating includes (but is not limited to) asking or paying someone to complete an assessment task for you or any use of unauthorised materials or assistance during an examination or test.

From Semester 1, 2016, all incoming coursework students are required to complete Curtin’s Academic Integrity Program (AIP). If a student does not pass the program by the end of their first study period of enrolment at Curtin, their marks will be withheld until they pass. More information about the AIP can be found at: https://academicintegrity.curtin.edu.au/students/AIP.cfm

Refer to the Academic Integrity tab in Blackboard or academicintegrity.curtin.edu.au for more information, including student guidelines for avoiding plagiarism.

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Expectations Curtin students are expected to have reliable internet access in order to connect to OASIS email and learning systems such as Blackboard and Library Services.

You may also require a computer or mobile device for preparing and submitting your work.

For general ICT assistance, in the first instance please contact OASIS Student Support: oasisapps.curtin.edu.au/help/general/support.cfm

For specific assistance with any of the items listed below, please contact The Learning Centre: life.curtin.edu.au/learning-support/learning_centre.htm

l Using Blackboard, the I Drive and Back-Up files l Introduction to PowerPoint, Word and Excel





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Additional information Session Schedule:

Session One:

Lecture: DSLR camera systems.

Unit Introduction, DSLR manual Mode, Exposure and built in metering systems. Issue Exercise 1: Depth and Motion.

Workshop: Facilities tour, equipment borrowing and safety protocols. Bring a camera to class, shooting and uploading exercise.

Readings:

London, B., Stone. J & Upton, J. 2011. Photography: Tenth Edition. London: Prentice Hall. Pp. 3-13.

Modrak, R. Anthes, B. 2011. Reframing Photography, Routledge, NY. Pp. 50-78.

Barthes, R. 2000. Camera Lucida, Reflections on Photography. Vintage, London. Pp. 3-23

Marien, M, W. 2014. Photography a Cultural History. Laurence King, UK. Pp. 498-503.

Session Two:

Lecture: Aperture and Shutter Speed. Aperture and Shutter and exposure. Reading a Histogram.

Workshop: Bring camera to class, exercise in Depth of Field and Motion. Printing from digital files. Discuss first assignment.

Readings:

London, B., Stone, J & Upton, J. 2011. Photography: Tenth Edition. London: Prentice Hall. Pp. 16-34.


Berger, J. 2013. Understanding a Photograph. Penguin, UK. Pp. 17-21.

Wells, L. 2000. Photography: A Critical Introduction. Routledge, UK. Pp. 45-53.

Session Three:

Lecture: Ambient Light.

Introduction to multiple lighting scenarios. Colour temperature and White Balance.

Workshop: Bring a camera to class, exposing for multiple lighting scenarios, introduction to reflective lighting, exposure for variable lighting situations.

Readings:


Goldberg, V. 2005. Light Matters, Aperture. London, UK. Pp. 126-131.

Badger, G. 2014. Genius of Photography, Quadrille, UK. Pp. 183-198.

Session Four:

Lecture: Digital Workflow.

Developing a professional workflow for digital images. Converting colour into B&W files.

Workshop: Class presentation Exercise 1: Depth and Motion, 8 prints.

Readings:

Evening, M. 2014. Adobe Photoshop for Photographers. Taylor & Francis, UK. Pp. 236-239.


Ritchin, F, 2009. After Photography. Norton & co, NY. Pp. 25-51.

Session Five:

Lecture: Analogue Darkroom. The enlarger and chemical processes in the analogue darkroom. Historical background to B&W printing and the Photogram. Issue Investigation 2: 4 Urban Landscapes prints. Digital B&W Conversions.





Workshop: Darkroom introduction: Print Photogram.

Readings:


Modrak, R. Anthes, B. 2011. Reframing Photography, Routledge, NY. Pp. 268.

Rexer, L. 2013. The Edge Of Vision, Aperture, NY. Pp. 179- 200.

Session Six:

Lecture: The Negative. How to develop analogue film. Detail and density to achieve maximum brightness range.

Workshop: A practical session where students will learn about processing negative B&W film.

Readings:

London, B., Stone, J & Upton, J. 2011. Photography: Tenth Edition. London: Prentice Hall. Pp. 94-106

Modrak, R. Anthes, B. 2011. Reframing Photography, Routledge, NY. Pp.248-258.

Session Seven:

Lecture: The B&W Print. Printing from the negative. B&W photographers.

Workshop:Digital Darkroom session, printing from a negative onto photographic paper.

Readings:

London, B., Stone, J & Upton, J. 2011. Photography: Tenth Edition. London: Prentice Hall. Pp. 116-122

Modrak, R. Anthes, B. 2011. Reframing Photography, Routledge, NY. Pp.261-265.

Session Eight:

Lecture: Photographic Histories and the language of photography. Issue Case Study 3.

Workshop: Class presentation Investigation 2

Readings:

Marien, M, W. 2014. Photography a Cultural History. Laurence King, UK. Pp. 158-159

Bate, D. 2009. Photography; The Key Concepts. Bloomsbury Academic, London. Pp. 23-29.

Session Nine:

Lecture: Understanding a Photograph. Semiotics/ ambiguity, Issue Portfolio 4.

Workshop: Digital Lab; research for final assignment.

Readings:

Sontag, S. 2008. On Photography. Penguin, London. Pp. 153-182.

Badger, G. 2014. Genius of Photography, Quadrille, UK. Pp. 161-162.

Berger, J. 2013. Understanding a Photograph. Penguin, UK. Pp. 17-21.

Session Ten:

Lecture: Contemporary Photography. Case studies of contemporary photographers

Workshop: Class presentation Case Study 3.

Readings:

Marien, M, W. 2014. Photography a Cultural History. Laurence King, UK. Pp. 493-503

Session Eleven:

Lecture: Post Photography: the Digital age.

Workshop: Final review and Edit for Portfolio 4

Readings:

Ritchin, F, 2009. After Photography. Norton & co, NY. Pp. 141-161.





Bate, D. 2009. Photography; The Key Concepts. Bloomsbury Academic, London. Pp. 155-156.

Session Twelve:

Lecture: Review of Semester, Introduction to Photography Contexts and Practice: Student examples.

Workshop: Class presentation Portfolio 4

Enrolment

It is your responsibility to ensure that your enrolment is correct - you can check your enrolment through the eStudent option on OASIS, where you can also print an Enrolment Advice.





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Recent changes to this unit include:

Photography Core Principles is a new unit and will be updated on a continual basis taking into account feedback conveyed via eValuate; student feedback on this unit is welcome through eValuate.

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Program calendar Program Calendar – Semester 1 2016

Week Begin Date

Lecture/

Seminar

Pre-readings

Tutorial/Other Assessment Due

Orientation 22 February

Orientation Week

1. 29 February

DSLR Camera systems DSLR Manual Mode, Exposure and metering systems. Issue Exercise 1: Depth and Motion. Bring Camera to

class.

2. 7 March Aperture and Shutter Speed

Bring camera to class, exercise in Depth and Motion. Printing from digital files.

Discuss first assignment

3. 14 March Ambient Light Introduction to multiple lighting scenarios, colour temperature and white

balance.

4. 21 March Digital Workflow. Class presentation. Exercise 1 Exercise 1

5. 28 March Tuition Free Week

6. 4 April Analogue Darkroom. Darkroom intro: Print Photogram.

7. 11 April The Negative Processing and Printing negative B&W film.

8. 18 April Tuition Free Week

9. 25 April The B&W Print. Digital Darkroom session. B&W conversion.

10. 2 May Photographic Histories and the language of

photography

Class presentation. Investigation 2 Investigation 2

11. 9 May Understanding a Photograph

Digital Lab: research for Case study

12. 16 May Contemporary Photography Class presentation: Case Study 3 Case Study 3

13. 23 May Post Photography Final review and edit for Portfolio 4

14. 30 May Review of Semester, Introduction to

Photography Contexts and Practice.

Class Presentation: Portfolio 4 Portfolio 4

15. 6 June Study Week

16. 13 June Examinations

17. 20 June Examinations





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