DPI Summer Courses

Prerequisite: Photography & Imaging: Analog and Digital or permission of the department. 

This course is an introduction to photographic lighting, one of the most basic and important aspects of photography. We will examine the studio environment, professional practices, and location lighting situations. A series of lighting demonstrations and assignments thoroughly acquaints the student with the application and control of electronic flash and natural lighting. Students discover the creative advantages of a variety of lighting equipment, camera controls, synchro-daylight and painting with light. Color theory, color temperature, and color correction are taught by utilizing film and digital mediums. Lighting demonstrations incorporated the use of analog cameras and computer-tethered digital cameras. Students may also work in color print form, provided they have a working knowledge of color printing prior to this class. Students may work in any genre, including but not limited to: figure, portrait, still life, fashion. A final creative portfolio is required by the end of the semester. Cameras, lighting equipment, and basic materials are provided. Students are expected to furnish additional film and supplies. The department reserves the right to drop any student who does not attend the first class.

This course will meet weekly in-person, in small groups when the situation safely allows and at the instructor's discretion. Some course content will be accessible online and some meetings will be held via Zoom. This course requires physical access to the department. 

Prerequisite: Photography & Imaging: Analog and Digital or permission of the department. 

The paradigm of the indexical photographic image has come into a new era – a computer generated one. Maya 3D software, typically used to create commercial games and animations, will be used to introduce experimental computer imaging as a visual art form. Students will solve a series of formal problems, introduced in increasing levels of complexity, and examine the broad cultural, philosophical, and theoretical implications of CG imaging. Moving from the 2-dimensional to 3-dimensional and ultimately to the four-dimensional or time-based, students will evolve their abilities to utilize aspects of light and dark, form, rhythm, color, proportion and volume but in terms of a post photographic discourse.

Design for the web is geared towards the visual artist who would like to learn by doing. Explore the web as a place to publish your work and to create art. We will explore what HTML 5 and CSS 3 are in 2021. Instructor and web designer Elizabeth Kilroy will explain fundamental concepts of HTML 5 and CSS 3. The class is fun and hands-on and aims to demystify the power of code and introduce students to simple interactivity. This is a project-based course, which means you will learn by making. It is geared toward beginners and those with some web design experience who enjoy creating new things. By the end of the semester,  students will have finished a small self-directed project, which will be published on Glitch. (https://glitch.com/). We will think about code as art and discuss the role of artists in net art and programming as an artistic practice. Resources and useful tips and tricks will be provided to make learning more fun and to allow students to continue to create and learn on their own.

This course counts toward the DPI Critical Studies Requirement for majors.

Digital technology today allows the combination of still and moving images with unprecedented ease. As a result, the boundaries that once existed between still photographers, filmmakers, and videomakers are becoming increasingly blurred. By examining a wide range of visual materials, both historic and contemporary, this class will attempt to understand the changing relationship between the still photographic image and the moving image. The class explores an unusually wide range of visual materials: still photographs, photo books, feature films, avant-garde films, documentaries, and artists’ films and videos. Class readings introduce a range of critical approaches to the relation between the still and moving image, and will also highlight key works and visual innovators.