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| Week | Date | Topic | Due Dates and Readings |
| 1 | Aug. 25 |
Syllabus. Equipment. Website. Buddy System. Intro Assignment #1: Bounce Flash. Hands-on Bounce Flash. |
Follow Blog. Give me your blog urls in class. Read: First Thought Piece – Hot Shoe Diaries (HSD): pages xiii – 62 is due in two weeks on September 8, 2025. Bring your camera to every class! Read to help prepare for Assignment #1 (9/8/25): Extreme Bounce Flash – Characteristics of Light article, this is not a Thought Piece, this is a great explanation of some of the characteristics of light. |
| 2 | Sept. 1 |
Labor Day.
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Do Not Meet For Class. Get ahead, Read: Hot Shoe Diaries (HSD): pages 63-149 – Thought Piece #2 is due in two weeks on September 15, 2025. |
| 3 | Sept. 8 |
Characteristics of Light. In-class – Bounce Flash and Extreme Bounce Flash. |
Extreme Bounce Flash – Characteristics of Light article Due: Hot Shoe Diaries (HSD): pages xiii – 62 – Thought Piece #1 UPLOAD Use this period to do your Assignment #1 Bounce Flash and Extreme Bounce Flash. This is the only assignment where you get to use the in-class Hands-On practice exercise for your graded assignment. All others, you must post the Hands-On along with the graded portion that you will do outside of class. Due 9/22/25. Bring your camera to every class! |
| 4 | Sept. 15 |
Intro Location Lighting Cars Assignment #2 |
Due: Blog Post from In-Class Assignment on 9/8/25 is Due. Due: Hot Shoe Diaries (HSD): pages 63-149 – Thought Piece #2 Upload. Read: Hot Shoe Diaries (HSD): pages 150-207 – Thought Piece #3 is due in two weeks on September 29, 2025. Bring your camera to every class! |
| 5 | Sept. 22 |
Hands-on Location Lighting Cars Assignment #2- Guest Speakers Erick Holladay-McCann, Steve Fecht and Roger Hart – Sunset: 7:49pm. |
Due: Assignment #1 “Bounce Flash.” Bring your camera to every class! Read: Hot Shoe Diaries: pages 208-277 – Thought Piece #4 is due in two weeks on October 8, 2025. |
| 6 | Sept. 29 | Critique Bounce Flash Assignment #1 |
Critique Assignment #1 Bounce Flash Due: HSD 150-207 – Thought Piece #3 UPLOAD. |
| 7 | Oct. 6 | Fall Wellness Break |
Do Not Meet For Class. Due: October 8, 2025: HSD 208-277 – Thought Piece #4 UPLOAD Read: Hot Shoe Diaries: pages 278-291 – Thought Piece #5 is due in two weeks on October 20, 2025. |
| 8 | Oct. 13 | Location Lighting Critique – Intro Portable Studio Portrait Assignment #3 |
Due: Assignment #2 Location Lighting Cars – Critique A2 |
| 9 | Oct. 20 |
Hands-on Portable Studio Portrait Assignment #3 Intro Fashion Assignment #4 |
Each student must bring props and costumes or uniforms etc. that tells a story about you. You will model for your classmates. HSD 278-291 – TP #5 UPLOAD |
| 10 | Oct. 27 |
Hands-on Fashion Assignment #4 |
Look at Fashion and brainstorm ideas. Fashion is different from Portraiture in that the emphasis should always be about the clothes/product, whereas in Portraiture, the emphasis is on the person. Bring fashion models to class. |
| 11 | Nov. 3 | Critique Portable Studio Portrait Assignment #3 |
Due: Assignment #3 Portable Studio Portrait – Critique A3 |
| 12 | Nov. 10 | Fashion Critique – Intro Sportrait Assignment #5 – Discuss Final Project |
Due: Assignment #4 Fashion Due |
| 13 | Nov. 17 |
Hands-on Sportraits Assignment #5 Guest Speaker – TBD |
Bring Athletes to class |
| 14 | Nov. 24 | Portfolio – Lab | Lab – Work On Portfolios – Discuss Final Portfolio |
| 15 | Dec. 1 | Critique Sportraits – Discuss Final Project | Assignment #5 Sportraits Due |
| 16 | Dec. 8 | 7 p.m. to 8:50 p.m. Portfolio Viewing Party! | Portfolio Due – Late Portfolios will not be accepted |