Lectures and Labs
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    Arch 551, Photography and Digital Media,, University of Virginia
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    Tuesday (Room C Campbell)
    Thursday (Room 105 Campbell)
    1
    8/25
    Lecture: Making Images with Light .
    • Topics
      • Historical background of light-based image making.
    • Reading
      • RWDP 240-256. Basics of photographic composition.
    • Projects
      • Project 1 Assigned
    • Handouts
      • Course Description
      • Project 1
      • File Naming
      • Questionnaire of Fundamentals
      • Camera Survey
    Lab: Basic tools
    • Questionnaire of Fundamentals Due
    • Camera Survey Due
    • Work
      • Crop and compose exercise.
      • Tonal range exercise.
      • RWDP pp. 438-458.
    2
    9/1
    Lecture: Fundamentals of Digital Imaging
    • Topics
      • Capture, processing, and distribution.
      • Basics of digitization
      • File formats.
    • Reading
      • RWDP Ch 6 pp. 200-223. Fundamentals of files, resolution and camera settings.
    • Projects
      • Project 1 Due
      • Project 2 Assigned

     

    Lab: Layers; web page introduction.
    • Work
      • Layers exercise.
      • Creating and posting a web page with images.
    • Projects
      • Project 2 Due
      • Project 3 Assigned
    3
    9/8
    Lecture: Fundamentals of Photography
    • Topics
      • Aperature, shutter speed, and exposure.
      • Properties of film and image sensors.
      • Aperture and depth of field.
    • Reading
      • RWDP Ch 6 pp. 223-236. Exposure introduction.
      • RWDP Chapter 7. Exposure.

     

    Review 1:
    • Project 3 Due
    • Project 4 Assigned
    • Digital display. Thursday Sept. 13, 12:00-2:00 PM. Room C.
    4
    9/15
    Lecture: Color Theory and Control
    • Topics
      • Numeric color models
      • Curves
      • Controlling color with curves and channels.
      • Controlling color with Camera RAW files.
    • Reading
      • RWDP 438-493.

     

    Lab: Camera controls
    • Project 4 Due
    • Project 5 Assigned
    • Shooting scavenger hunt.
    5
    9/22
    Lecture: Static Montage: Masks and Modes
    • Topics
      • Layer masks.
      • Layer blending modes
      • Montage techniques.
    Lab: Layers, Masks, and Retouching .
    • Project 5 Due
    • Project 6 Assigned
    • Image combination. RWDP. 569-575.
    • Color control.
    6
    9/29
    Guest Lecture:

    • Sanda Iliescu: Collage

     

    Lab: Selections and masks
    • Project 6 Due
    • Project 7 Assigned
    • Selections methods: RWDP 539-556.
    7
    10/6
    Lecture: Images in Transition: Dynamic Montage
    • Topics
      • Flash, symbols and keyframing.
      • Moving elements.
      • Cross-dissolve.
    Lab: Web Site Exercise.
    • Project 7 Due
    • Multi-page gallery.
    • Page layout and linking.
    8
    10/13
    Reading Days Lab: Flash exercise
    • Mid-review guidelines
    • Project 8 Assigned
    9
    10/20
    Review 2: TBA
    Final project distributed


    10
    10/27
    Lecture: Filters:
    • Topics
      • How filters work.
      • Tracing edges with cutom filters.
      • Unsharp mask
      • Lens correction in architectural photography.
    • Reading
      • RWDP 514-525.

     

    Individual meetings:
    11
    11/3
    Lecture: Channel Blending and Lab color:
    • Topics
      • Separating color and contrast operations.
      • Using blend modes for photographic effects.

     

    Lab: Mat cutting and work session.
    12
    11/10
    Individual meetings: Individual meetings:
    13
    11/17
    Lecture: Web Display of Photographs
    • Topics
      • Organizing large image collections.
      • Batch process tools.
      • Site design.

     

       

    Lab: Work session
    14
    11/24
    Mount exhibit
    • During class time
    Thanksgiving
    15
    12/1
    Review of Final Projects :
    • TBA
    . Demount exhibit
    • During class time

     

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