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WEEK
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August 29
Introduction: Supplies/Syllabus
Camera
Parts: Camera Types, Sensors,
Lenses, Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO, Light Meter, Control
Knobs, Menu, Focus/Auto Focus, Half-Press, Diopter, Battery,
USB Ports, memory (CF, XD, ETC)
Setting Up Your Camera: Jpeg
Large Fine, Adobe RGB, Manual Mode, AF, UV Filter, Date
Stamp Off, Sound Off, ISO Lowest, WB Auto
Read
3-14, 30-53 (London: Essential Way)
Project #1 Assigned |
WEEK
2
September 5
You Must Have a Camera By This Day!
Transferring images: Card Readers, Naming
Images, Organizing
Images, Archiving Images, Backing-up Images, Image Management
Applications, Image Manipulation Applications, Workflow,
Introduction to Photoshop Tools and Workspace
Printing Basics
Read
121-135, 137-147 (London: Essential
Way)
Exercise: Conversion
to Black & White
Exercise: Preparation for Printing |
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WEEK
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September 12
Creative Decisions: Depth of Field,
Motion Blur, Camera Shake, Noise, Reciprocal Nature of
Photography, Av & Tv, Manual, Program, "Recipe
Modes", White Balance
Lenses: Field of View, Crop Factor,
Focal Length, Changing, Cleaning, Filters
Read
15-29, 54-65 (London: Essential
Way)
Project #2 Assigned
Critique #1 |
WEEK
4
September 19
Image Quality: Resolution,
Compression, Uncompressed formats, File Formats (native
vs. common), Bit-Depth,
Exposure: Exposure modes, Middle
Gray, AE-L, Exposure Compensation, Histogram, Bracketing,
Clipping, Contrast vs. Detail, Preparing images
for Print
Quiz #1 (covering wks. 1-3)
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67-91 (London:
Essential Way) |
WEEK
5
September 26
Working in Bridge: Viewing, Rating,
Organizing, Searching, Keywords, Metadata, Renaming,
Batch Processing, Image Processor
Exercise: Create Proof Sheet for CD
Project #3 Assigned
Critique #2 |
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WEEK
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October 3
Working with Raw Panel |
WEEK
7
October 10
Midterm Review |
WEEK
8
October 17
Midterm Exam
Project #4 Assigned
Critique #3 |
WEEK
9
October 24
Midterm
Exam
Project #4 Assigned
Critique #3 |
WEEK
10
October 31
Flash: Onboard, Off-Camera, Sync Speeds,
Tethered, Remote, Slaves, Hot-shoe, PC connector, Red-Eye
Reduction, Focus Assist Beam, Flash Exposure Compensation,
Bounce, Diffusion
Read
181-203 (London:
Essential Way)
Individual Meetings |
WEEK
11
November 7
Fixing Digital Problems: Color Correction,
Exposure Correction, Curves & Levels, Introduction
to Layer Masks, Burning & Dodging Correctly
Exercise: Use Multiple Exposures as
Faux Graduated Neutral Density Filter
Read
93-103, 148-155 (London: Essential
Way)
Project #5 Assigned
Critique #4 |
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WEEK
12
November 14
Sharpening: Destructive vs. Non-Destructive,
LAB, Luminosity, RAW, Edge Sharpening, In-Camera Sharpening
Final Project Assigned |
WEEK
13
November 21
Critique #5
Final Proposals Due!
One Page Typed |
WEEK
14
November 28
Holiday-No Class! |
WEEK
15
December 5
Specialty: Panoramas, Automation,
Image Galleries, Lens and Noise Correction Filters |
WEEK
16
December 12
Image Finsihing: Mounting, Poster
Presentation, Copyright, Watermark, Advanced Printing
Read
157-171 (London: Essential
Way) |
WEEK
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December 19
Final Exam!
Gallery Paper Due
Mount Due
Final Critique |
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