WEEK
1
March 24
Syllabus / Schedule / Preface
Problems With Digital: Cost, Planned
Obsolescence, Shutter Lag, Latitude, Disclaimer
Camera Types: PNS, SLR, TLR, Rangefinder
Camera Parts: Body, Lens, Display, Shutter
Release, Battery, Memory Card, View Finder, Diopter...
Shooting Modes: Manual, Automatic, Automatic with Over-ride,
Partial Automatic
Camera to Computer: Transferring, Saving, Naming, Formatting,
Burning a CD
Setting Up Your Camera: jpeg, largest size, best quality, lowest
ISO, auto wb, digital zoom off, sound off, adobe rgb (if possible), exposure
compensation, turn off date stamp
Project #1 Assigned
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and your camera’s
manual! |
WEEK
2
March 31
Focus: Auto
Focus vs. Manual Focus, Focus Points, Focus Lock, Half-Press,
Image Stabilization / Vibration Reduction
The Lens: Digital
Zoom vs. Optical, Field of View, Focal Length, Crop
Factor (focal length multiplier for SLR cameras), Lens
Markings, Cleaning and Changing (SLR's)
Controlling Exposure: Apertures, Shutter Speeds, ISO, Light Meter, Meter
Modes, Histogram, Exposure Compensation, Bracketing, Reciprocal Nature of Photography,
Exposure Latitude, Clipping, High Lights, Shadows, AE-L
Recipe Modes: portrait, landscape,
sports, macro, night portrait, night landscape, museum,
snow, beach, back light, flower, self-portrait, fireworks,
text, black and white, natural green, retro, pet, food,
etc…
Project
#2 Assigned
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WEEK
3
April 7
More
Shooting Settings: Single Shot, Multi-Shot,
Burst, Self-Timer, Remote Control
Flash: Auto Flash,
Slow Shutter Flash, Flash Compensation, Red Eye
Reduction, 1st or 2nd Curtain Flash, Shutter Drag,
Shutter Sync
Composition: Rule of Thirds, Points
of Perspective, Triadic Harmony, Shooting Angle,
Symmetry
Review
Images from previous weeks
Project
#3 Assigned |
WEEK
4
April 14
Image Components: Formats,
Sensors, Aspect Ratios, Resolution, Megapixels vs. Megabytes,
PPI, DPI, File Formats, Compressed vs. Undcompressed, JPG,
TIFF, RAW, NEF, CR2, CRW, DNG...
Resizing Images: Resize to Email, Compression,
Save for Web
Metadata: How to View, Exif,
File Properties, IPTC Core, Keywords, Copyright
Review Images from previous weeks
Project #4 Assigned
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WEEK
5
April 21
In Camera Effects: Sepia,
B&W, Sharpening, Vivid Color, Stitching
Applications: Management vs. Manipulation,
Flickr, Photobucket, iPhoto, Photoshop, Elements, Lightroom,
Aperture, Picasa...
Expanding: Equipment, Safety, Legal,
Business vs. Art, Classes.
Final Critique of Images |
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