User:MatthiasJordan

=Freshman Seminar=

Always Wanted To Schedule

 * Topic

Infrared Photography
 * Research Component

Researching infrared photography, it's applications in the field, the costs involved, and different applicable styles.
 * week 1

Figure out exactly how to do this.
 * week 2

Start budgetting for a conversion kit for my old camera.
 * week 3

Research the history of infrared photography.
 * week 4

Research the applications of infrared in different fields. Exe. Forensics
 * week 5

(Hopefully)Get the conversion kit for the camera.
 * week 6

Begin experimenting in infrared.
 * week 7

Put together presentation on infrared. Pictures from other photographers, and a collection of my own work.
 * week 8

Give a shout out to all my hommies in the hood. Represent the Yay Area. Keep it real. Realize that's a terrible area to rep. Give up on it. Start repping my birth town of Huntington Beach. Keep it real.

Midterm Assignment 1: Taste & Aesthetics
Well, I went to the sculpture park the other day. I walked around for a few hours, watching the weather cycle through the sun and the rain. As I noticed that, I looked at the sculptures, one by one. And you know what? There wasn't a single one I didn't like. Art is art, and I can't dislike something just on principle. What's the meaning behind everyone of these? What was going through the sculptors mind when he made it? If I want to really know how I feel about a piece of art, I need to know it's history.

I guess what I'm trying to say, is I don't work for this assignment. I can't manipulate myself into disliking on of the sculptures, because I don't have the time to go and research all of them. And on pure aesthetic value, I refuse to make such a judgment.

Hope this works for you.

Midterm Assignment 3: Always Wanted To Progress Report (100 words or so)
Progress for progress sake shall be prohibited. Or in other words, I am failin miserably. I lost my job, I'm struggling to make ends meet, and I have more important things to do at this juncture in time than chase after "what I've always wanted".

In this fact, my project has changed to the acclimation of information.

Final Presentation

 * Topic

Infrared Photography


 * Research


 * 1) "Infrared basics for digital photographers." Digital Photography For What It's Worth (dpFWIW) Home Page. Web. 09 Dec. 2009. .
 * 2) Farace, Joe. Complete Guide to Digital Infrared Photography (A Lark Photography Book). New York: Lark Books, 2006. Print.
 * 3) LifePixel Digital Infrared Photography IR Conversion, Modification & Scratched Sensor Repair. Web. 08 Dec. 2009. .


 * Your accomplishment (20%)

My goal was to have converted my old camera to infrared. It is a 4 year old Canon XTi. Compact, light weight, and powerful, it was an ideal candidate for this. But due to setbacks throughout the quarter in the financal range of things, I failed. Sure, I could have put the money towards the conversion, but bills are slightly more important, unfortunately.


 * Project Review (50%)
 * 1) The learning process. I've been interested in this for awhile, so actually taking the time to learn the information was a lot of fun.
 * 2) Finances.
 * 3) Budget better, and account for problems that may arise.