Paul Mueller

Professor of Photography

Faculty / Photo Department Web Site

Email – pmueller@ohlone.edu
Office – Bldg. 2 Room 2320
Office – (510) 979 - 7922
Photo Lab – Bldg. 2 Room 2325
Photo Lab (510) 659 - 7331
Personal Web Site – http://paulography.com/

Ohlone College
Department of Fine Art

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Photography Courses for 2009 Spring Term

Beginning Black and White Photography

ART-133A-01 (035083)
Paul Mueller

Accepted for credit at CSU and UC
Main Campus - Monday / Wednesday Mornings

This course covers the fundamental processes of photography in mechanics of camera, darkroom equipment, optics, chemistry of film and paper, filtration, subject content, composition, and skills required to produce quality continuous tone black and white prints. Students will need an adjustable camera.

Building 2, Room 2325
Monday and Wednesday
10:00 am - 1:15 pm
Optional Lab Hours Fridays (schedule tba in class)

3 Units
Syllabus for this course

ART-133A-02 (035086)
Lisa Gould

Accepted for credit at CSU and UC
Main Campus - Tuesday / Thursday Evenings

Building 2, Room 2325
Tuesday and Thursday
6:30 pm - 9:40 pm
Optional Lab Hours Fridays, 12 - 4pm, Building 2, Room 2325

3 Units
Syllabus for this course

Intermediate B/W Photography

ART-133B-02 (034866)

Accepted for credit at CSU
Main Campus - Tuesday / Thursday Evenings

This is a darkroom course in black and white photography. Students refine their use of light sensitive materials and gain hands-on experience with alternative photographic processes. This course affords the opportunity for students to emphasize creativity and artistic style.

Offered concurrently on Tuesdays and Thursdays with ART-133A-02 (035086) See Above for time, location, units and instructor.

Advanced B/W Photography

ART-133C-02 (037025)

Accepted for credit at CSU and UC
Main Campus - Tuesday / Thursday Evenings

This is a darkroom course in black and white photography. Students learn about camera exposure as it relates to print controls. The course spends time on previsualization techniques and affords the opportunity for students to emphasize creativity and artistic style. Students work independently on photography projects of their own design.

Offered concurrently on Tuesdays and Thursdays with ART-133A-02 (035086) See Above for time, location, units and instructor.

Beginning Digital Photography

ART-139A-01 (036961)
ART-139A-02 (036962)
ART-139A-03 (036962)
Paul Mueller

Accepted for credit at CSU
Web Course

This course explores the photographer's creative process from several directions. Students will: undertake photographic projects designed to provide engagement with a variety of subject matter and ways of photographing; look at photographic work in online galleries; consider current issues having to do with photographic technologies; discuss their photographs with other students in an effort to improve their creative processes. Technical instruction will include camera functions, tips and tricks for making better photographs, resizing and saving digital files, and limited image modification using Adobe Photoshop or other image editing software.

3 Units
Syllabus for this course.

Note:

You may work on either a Mac or a Windows machine. You will also need access to image editing software that allows you to resize, rename, adjust brightness and contrast, and save images as jpeg files to be uploaded to the course shell. There are many products that will work including Photoshop, Lightroom, Aperture, and the free open-source application GIMP. Demonstrations will primarily be created using Photoshop and Lightroom.

Intermediate Digital Photography

ART-139B-01 (036964)
ART-139B-01 (036965)

Accepted for credit at CSU
Web Course

Prerequisite: Art-139A

This course continues an exploration of the photographer's creative process from several directions. Students will: undertake photographic projects designed to provide engagement with a variety of subject matter and ways of photographing; complete an extended photographic project of their choosing and receive guidance from the instructor and students; look at photographic work in online galleries; consider current issues around photographic technologies; discuss their photographs with other students in an effort to improve their creative processes. Students will formalize their individual projects as books or online galleries. Technical instruction will include camera functions, tips and tricks for making better photographs, resizing and saving digital files, and limited image modification using Adobe Photoshop or other image editing software.

Offered concurrently online with ART-139A See Above for time, location, units and instructor.

Beginning Photoshop

ART-138A-01 (036983)
A. Thompson

Accepted for credit at CSU
Main Campus

This course is for photographers with limited experience or new to Adobe Photoshop. Students learn how to work with a digital "darkroom" using images supplied by the instructor for this purpose. Topics included are image file management and organization, file formats, resolution, basic image editing, selective image editing, scanning, preparing images for web-based application, how

Building 4, Room 4104B
Wednesdays
5:45 pm - 10:05 pm
Lab Hours by Arrangement Days TBA

3 Units
Syllabus for this course

Intermediate Photoshop

ART-138B-01 (036984)

Accepted for credit at CSU
Main Campus

This course is for photographers wishing to increase their working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop. Students work with a digital "darkroom" using original images as well as images supplied by the instructor. Topics included are working with layers and masks, opacity and blend modes, transforming, working with text, camera raw, actions and smart filters, print and web-based workflow. A digital camera is not required.

Offered concurrently on Wednesdays withART-138A-01 (036983) See Above for time, location, units and instructor.

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