SCHEDULE
Photo 7
FALL 2010



Schedule subject to change at instructors discretion.
WEEK 1
January 15

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

Project #1 Assigned

Read:
1-17 (London)

WEEK 3
January 29

You Must Turn in Paper By This Day!

Creative Decisions: Depth of Field, Motion Blur, Camera Shake, Noise, Reciprocal Nature of Photography, Av & Tv, Manual, Program, "Recipe Modes", White Balance

Working in Bridge: Viewing, Rating, Organizing, Searching, Keywords, Metadata, Renaming, Batch Processing, Image Processor

Exercise: Create Proof Sheet for CD


Project #2 Assigned

Read:
18-25, 42-47(London)

WEEK 5
February 12

Holiday - No Class

WEEK 7
February 26

Working with Raw Panel: Adjustments, xmp files, color space, saving

Sharpening: Destructive vs. Non-Destructive, LAB, Luminosity, RAW, Edge Sharpening, In-Camera Sharpening

Critique #1

WEEK 9
March 12

Midterm Exam

Critique #2

Project #4 Assigned

WEEK 11
March 26

Flash: Onboard, Off-Camera, Sync Speeds, Tethered, Remote, Slaves, Hot-shoe, PC connector, Red-Eye Reduction, Focus Assist Beam, Flash Exposure Compensation, Bounce, Diffusion

Project #3 Due (short day)


Individual Meetings

Read:
129-145 (London)

WEEK 13
April 9

Project #4 Due (Short Day)

Final Project Assigned

Image Finsihing:
Mounting, Poster Presentation, Copyright, Watermark, Advanced Printing

Read:
116-121 (London)

WEEK 15
April 23

Project #5 Due (Short Day)

WEEK 17
May 7

Final Exam Review

Gallery Paper Due
One Page Typed

Mount Due
WEEK 2
January 22
You Must Have a Camera By This Day!

Transferring images:
Card Readers, Naming Images, Organizing Images, Archiving Images, Backing-up Images

Introduction to Photoshop Tools and Workspace: Image Management Applications, Image Manipulation Applications, Workflow,

Lenses: Field of View, Lens Multiplication "Crop" Factor, Focal Length, Changing, Cleaning, Filters

Printing Basics

Read:
26-41, 75-85, 123-127 (London)

WEEK 4
February 5


Image Quality: Resolution, Compression, Uncompressed formats, File Formats (native vs. common), Bit-Depth, RAW

Exposure: Exposure modes, Middle Gray, AE-L, Exposure Compensation, Histogram, Bracketing, Clipping, Contrast vs. Detail, Preparing images for Print

Basic Image Adjustments:
Levels and Curves, layers, adjustment layers, editing workflow

Read:
53-55, 58-71,87-93, 104-105 (London)

WEEK 6
February 19

Printing and Preparation: Size, Color Space, Naming, Soft Proofing, Callibration, B&W

Project #3 Assigned

Project #1 Due (short day)

WEEK 8
March 5

Midterm Review

Project #2 Due (Short Day)

WEEK 10
March 19

Holiday - Spring Break - No Class!

WEEK 12
April 2

Using Photoshop to Fix Digital Problems: Color Correction, Exposure Correction, Introduction to Layer Masks, Burning & Dodging Correctly, Spotting

Project #5 Assigned

Critique #3


Read:
94-103 (London)

WEEK 14
April 16

Critique #4

Final Proposals Due!
One Page Typed

Specialty: Panoramas, HDR, Automation, Image Galleries, Lens and Noise Correction Filters

Read:
72-73, 113, (London)

WEEK 16
April 30

Critique #5

WEEK 18
May 14

Final Exam!
Final Critique