Studio Photography 1

Tutor:

Josef PTÁČEK

Synopsis:

Course outline

The purpose of this seminar is to teach students how to work with all kinds of studio lights, for example, bulbs and flash lights, in cooperation with reflection desks.

Course description:

The purpose of this assignment is for students to become familiar with studio photography.

This will be achieved by approaching the human head as a spatial object, working with the body and issues related to the human figure and figural composition. The course will also cover the following: artificial light, flash light, modulated daylight and their combination, lighting exposure metering, working with models. This course involves in the original sense a practical photographic exercise in the studio.

Prerequisites:

Grading:

Graded credit: given on the basis of evaluation of the submitted assignments with respect to the technical quality and original instructions. Participation: the basic pre-requisites for grading are the student?s participation within at least 60% of the lectures together with his or her participation in mandatory joint consultations dates of which will be specified in the beginning of the course.

Study Objectives:

Outline and Syllabus:

Course Description:

The purpose of this assignment is for the students to become familiar with studio photography.

It will be achieved by approaching human head as a spatial object, working with body and issues related to human figure and figural composition. The following will be covered as well: artificial light, flash light, modulated daylight and their combination, lighting ? exposure metering, working with model. This is about practical photographic exercise in a studio in its original sense.

Assignment: (assignment 1P3)

Portrait ? Figure ? Figural Composition

4 + 4 = 8 black & white photographs of 30 x 40 cm format

Part A

1. Official portrait / I.D. photo

2. Head as a subject matter ? spatial object / study of light

3. Creative portrait

4. Self-portrait/ emphasis on the visual aspect as well as the subject matter.

Part B

5. Body / anatomical depiction

6. Figure / emphasis on mood and creative expression

7 - 8. Figural composition / 2 and more models.

Supervised by: Josef Ptáček

Contact: ptacek.foto@seznam.cz, phone 274818105 602461949

Study materials:

Landt Artur: Beleuchtung fur Profis Verlag fur Foto,Film und Video Gilching (Germany) 1994

Feininger Andreas: School of Modern photography, Škola moderní fotografie, Orbis Praha 1971

Mark Mary Elen: Portraits Nathan Paris 1997

Monography of well know photographers: Steichen, Pinkava, Leibovitz, Ludwig, Penn, Newton, Karsh, Ehm, Sudek, Saudek, Sander, etc.....

Note:

Schedule for winter semester 2008/2009:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue	místnost 113 Ateliér A KF (Lažanský palác) PTÁČEK J. 09:50–13:05 EVEN WEEK (paralelka 1)
Fri
Thu
Fri

Schedule for summer semester 2008/2009:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Fotografie EN - bakalář (qualification subject)