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)
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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
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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 |
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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)
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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
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