COURSE OUTLINE 

 Why photography?

• How photography works

• Picture structuring

• The roles photographs play

• Changing attitudes towards photography

• Personal styles and approaches

• Measuring success
   

Light: how images are formed?

• Light itself

• Wavelengths and colors

• Shadows

• When light reaches a surface

• Light intensity and distance

• Making light form images
   

Lenses: Controlling the image

• Photographic lenses

• Aperture and f-numbers

• Depth of field

• How depth of field works

• Depth of focus Image stabilization

• Lenses for digital cameras

• Lens care
   

Using different focal length lenses – camera kits

• Why change focal length?

• Lens kits

• Close-up equipment

• Essentials and extras

• Right for the job
   

Digital Cameras

• How are digital images captured?

• File formats

• Digital cameras
   

Lighting: Principles & Equipment

• Basic characteristics of lighting

• Lighting equipment

• Practical lighting problems

• Special subjects
   

Organizing the Picture

• Noticing subject features

• Structuring pictures through the camera

• Where photographs go
   

Films & Filters

• Silver halide emulsions

• Features common to all films

• Choosing films for black and white

• Films for color photography

• Storing film – before and after exposure

• So which film is ‘best’?

• Filters – how they work

• Filter kits
   

Exposure measurement

• Factors that determine what exposure to give

• Exposing different film types

• Measuring exposure (continuous light)

• Practical exposure tips

• Measuring exposure for flash

• Practical flash exposure tips
   

Digital Image Post-production

• Hardware

• Software

• Organizing your work

• Saving your digital file

• Basic editing

• Advanced editing
   

Finishing & Presenting the work

• The permanence of prints

• Mounting methods and framing

• Spotting

• Getting your work noticed

• Pictures on the World Wide Web

• Building your own site

• How to get connected