Calls for Entry

foto Modesto, 2018

To apply, submit a representative portfolio of work, a brief bio, and an indication of the type of exhibit you desire - whether a solo or group show - and in which group show they would like to exhibit.  For details as to how to submit requests, see the submission section section on our web site:  https://www.fotomodesto.com

There are 5 (maybe 6) venues open for solo shows.  

The open group shows include: a wildlife exhibit, hosted by Larry Lew (probably at Deva Cafe); a performing arts exhibit at Prospect Theater (seeking a host); a landscape exhibit, hosted by Dennis Wister at Langlois Music; and an 'everything water' exhibit, hosted by Dan Souza at Sierra Vista.  There are also several openings in our Collision V show at Mistlin (pairing poets and photographers).

Dates to remember
Submission deadline is December 9th 2017
Artist Notification will be no later than January 6th 2018.

Shows should be hung and ready to open by February 1st 2018.



Also, check out the InFocus 2018:  http://www.infocus-tcaa.org/call-for-entries-2018.html

November 30, 2017                Online entry begins at 6:00 a.m.
January 22, 2018                     Last day to submit images. Entry closes at 6:00 p.m.
February 13, 2018                  Accepted notifications sent via email and posted on the website by this date.
March 2-3, 2018                     Accepted art must be hand delivered to Angelos Hall in Columbia

End of Semester Schedule

TH.   Nov 16 - Look at Dissonance and Harmony Project

T.      Nov 21 - DUE:  Look at Rough Draft image and 1st images made for final project

Lab Closed November 23 and 24th

T.      Nov 28 - Continue to look at final project progress
TH.   Nov 30 - Continue looking at projects, Open Lab
                         DUE:  Writing about your final project artist

T.      Dec 5 -  Open Lab - Wellness Image Due
TH.   Dec 7 -  Open Lab - this is our final in-class lab day

TH.   Dec 7th - CRAM NIGHT - lab open late for final project printing and prep
F.       Dec 8th - Last Day of Lab - closes at the end of the day, and will not be open during finals week

T.    Dec 12th - Final Project Due - we will meet at our normal class time (do not be LATE!!)

Course Offerings for the MJC Photography AA

Required Courses for Major (18 Units)
  • Art 170 - Basic Photography 
  • Art 173 - Basic Digital Photography (offered every semester)
  • Art 172 - Intermediate Photography (Art 170 prerequisite) - (Spring only)
  • Art 168 - History of Photography (Spring only)
  • Art 175 - Color Photography (Art 172 prerequisite) - (Fall only)
  • Art 124 - 2-D Color and Design (offered every semester)

Elective Courses (2-3 Units)
  • Art 192 - Professional Practices (suggested elective for the photography major)
  • Art 163 - History of Modern Art
  • Art 165 - History of Art 2
  • Art 169 - Survey of Asian Art
  • Art 102 - Intro to Computer Graphics or
  • CMPGR 202 - Intro to Computer Graphics

Final Project: re-creation

Two of the prints in your final project will be a direct re-creation of another photographer's image.  You'll make a rough draft and a final draft of this picture.  Have your rough draft completed by November 21st - we will be looking at them in class. 

One of the best ways to learn an art form is to study the work of another artist, so for your final project you'll need to find one photograph from another photographer that you want to re-create as closely as possible.  One of the values of using a digital camera is that you can use it as tool to learn from your mistakes (as well as your successes).  While you're photographing for this project, look closely at the images you're capturing, and try to discern what you can do to make your image look more like your source image.  Inspect your camera settings and exposure in your camera's info mode and in Lightroom.  

Every photograph is constructed using the same, essential elements, and when you carefully inspect an image, you can decode and translate the visual language of a picture in an attempt to better understand the choices and decisions that the artist made to create it.

Every photograph contains these elements (use this list as a guide):

Light:  direction and intensity (controlled by exposure)

Frame / Composition:  frame orientation and camera position; foreground and background relationship; visual lines, angles and balance (or lack of) - symmetry or asymmetry

Depth of Field:  range of sharp focus (controlled by aperture)

Time:  stillness, movement, also related to sharpness (controlled by shutter)

Color / Tonal Value:  temperature of light, color/tonal compliments and contrast


Portfolio Slides

Assignment 4: Dissonance/Harmony

Dissonance is defined as tension or a clash resulting from the combination of two disharmonious or unsuitable elements.  

Harmony is a combination of musical notes that produce a pleasing effect; agreement or concord.

Though these terms are typically associated with sound and music, they have a relevance to visual art as well, and you can find their equivalents in terms such as tonal contrast, symmetry and asymmetry, and in color combinations such as complimentary and analogous color schemes, which produce feelings of tension or calm, respectively.  What can create these feelings, too, is the content or subject matter of an image, and the most effective pictures, of course, will use a certain quality of light, picture structure and color in unison to affect how a viewer reads an image.  

For this assignment, you’ll make 4 pictures in which you try to conjure feelings related to the terms dissonance and harmony.  It's up to you how you choose to interpret these two themes through color, composition and light.  Some pictures can express elements of both, and when we look at your pictures in class, you'll need to discuss how your particular feel appropriate.  

Two of the pictures in this set must be portraits.  You will need to make one portrait that addresses dissonance and one that addresses harmony.  By portrait, I mean pictures that help us understand and feel something about a specific person in the photograph.  (A picture of a group of anonymous people does not constitute a portrait.)  Commonly, the person who is the subject of the picture will be looking into the lens, but this is not an absolute and not necessary if looking away from the camera suits the desired, emotional impact of your photograph.  Beyond the portraits, your other two pictures can investigate harmony and dissonance using any subject matter and content that you find appropriate and meaningful.  

What’s Due:
  • 4 Printed Photographs
  • 2 must be portraits
  • one portrait that evokes dissonance and one that evokes harmony  
  • 2 Additional photographs
Part 2:
  • Select one of your images (it does not have to come from this assignment) and print it on 3 different paper types:  Moab Metallic Pearl, Moab Entrada Rag and Epson Premium Luster
  • From the same image, make an enlargement on 17" x 22" paper
Due Date:  Thursday, November 9th




Final Project: Portfolio

You'll base your project off of another artist's work.  Research a photographer who's work intrigues you and develop a portfolio of pictures that borrows from their theme and uses some of their aesthetic principles. Make 10 prints that work collectively to describe the subject or theme of the project.

One of the images in the project needs to be an image that you have tried to re-create.  Choose an image from the photographer who inspired your project, and reproduce this image as closely as possible.  You'll make a rough draft and a final draft of this image.      

Each of your images should relate to one another and work collectively to bring clarity to your point of view and feeling for your idea and subject. When you group your prints together, you’ll notice connections and themes or even a “style” in the way that you compose or print or use depth-of-field to describe what you see through your lens.  A series of prints will often speak more clearly than a single image.  

 Project Proposal:  Come up with two, potential ideas to pursue for your final project (one that's your favorite and one backup).  In two paragraphs, describe each project idea and how you envision this idea evolving into a set of photographs.  You don't need to storyboard or map out each of your photographs, but take a few sentences to describe what imagery comes to mind when you think of your project concept.  Write a third paragraph that provides background on the artists you're emulating.  Briefly describe their work and also talk about how you see your imagery differing from their pictures.  You'll submit your proposal in Canvas. 


What's Due?
  • 10 Prints (8 unique images, one rough draft and one final draft re-creation)
  • 200 new exposures (you will export these as a separate LR Catalog, and submit to the homework drive by the day of the final).  
When?:  
  • Submit your proposals by the end of the day on Wednesday, November 8th
  • Have your rough draft and 2 other pictures ready to share on Tuesday, November 21st. We will continue looking at final project progress on November 28th.
  • All prints and image files due on Tuesday, December 12th  
Links to sites that feature photographic projects

Cameras and Paper

KEH - excellent site for finding used camera gear

Camera types to look for:

 DSLRs
Canon Rebel t5, t6, t7 w/ EF-S lenses
Nikon D3300, D3400, D5600 w/ DX lenses

Mirrorless Systems
Nikon
Sony
Fuji
Panasonic

These lists are not comprehensive.  If you find a camera for a good price, be sure it has a Manual Exposure Mode (which means that you can adjust aperture and shutter speeds independently).

External Hard Drives:  100GB - 1TB

Memory Cards:  Be sure to get the card that fits your camera:  SD, Micro SD, Compact Flash


B&H Photo - look for Papers here

 Text:  A Short Course in Photography

Adobe Lightroom, Student Subscription

Dates materials are needed:
  • Camera - Thursday, August 31th
  • Hard Drive - Tuesday, September 5th
  • Paper - October 5th
  • Textbook - ASAP


Feel free to email me with any questions you have about these materials.  wilsonn@yosemite.edu
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