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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
- Handouts
- Course Description
- Project 1
- File Naming
- Questionnaire of Fundamentals
- Camera Survey
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Lab: Basic tools
- Questionnaire of Fundamentals Due
- Camera Survey Due
- Work
- Crop and compose exercise.
- Tonal range exercise.
- RWDP pp. 438-458.
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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
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Lab: Layers; web page introduction.
- Work
- Layers exercise.
- Creating and posting a web page with images.
- Projects
- Project 2 Due
- Project 3 Assigned
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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.
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Review 1:
- Project 3 Due
- Project 4 Assigned
- Digital display. Thursday Sept. 13, 12:00-2:00 PM. Room C.
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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
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Lab: Camera controls
- Project 4 Due
- Project 5 Assigned
- Shooting scavenger hunt.
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5
9/22 |
Lecture: Static Montage: Masks and Modes
- Topics
- Layer masks.
- Layer blending modes
- Montage techniques.
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Lab: Layers, Masks, and Retouching
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- Project 5 Due
- Project 6 Assigned
- Image combination. RWDP. 569-575.
- Color control.
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6
9/29 |
Guest Lecture:
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Lab: Selections and masks
- Project 6 Due
- Project 7 Assigned
- Selections methods: RWDP 539-556.
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7
10/6 |
Lecture: Images in Transition: Dynamic Montage
- Topics
- Flash, symbols and keyframing.
- Moving elements.
- Cross-dissolve.
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Lab: Web Site Exercise.
- Project 7 Due
- Multi-page gallery.
- Page layout and linking.
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8
10/13 |
Reading Days |
Lab: Flash exercise
- Mid-review guidelines
- Project 8 Assigned
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9
10/20 |
Review 2: TBA
Final project distributed
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10
10/27 |
Lecture: Filters:
- Topics
- How filters work.
- Tracing edges with cutom filters.
- Unsharp mask
- Lens correction in architectural photography.
- Reading
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Individual meetings: |
11
11/3 |
Lecture: Channel Blending and Lab color:
- Topics
- Separating color and contrast operations.
- Using blend modes for photographic effects.
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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.
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Lab: Work session |
14
11/24 |
Mount exhibit
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Thanksgiving |
15
12/1 |
Review of Final Projects :
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. Demount exhibit
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