Practical: Photography

Paper Code: 
SJMC 301
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives:

This course will enable the students to understand the basics and techniques of digital photography. Students will be able to capture various types of photographs by understanding lighting techniques and rules of composition. It will also help students to understand the basics of photo editing software.

 

10.00
Unit I: 
I

Introduction to Photography;

A brief History of Photography- Camera Obscura to the daguerreotype process; Understanding the mechanisms of Photography;  Types of photographic cameras and their structure (Pin-hole, SLR, TLR, D-SLR)Lenses (types and their perspective/angle of view).

 

 

10.00
Unit II: 
II

Aperture (f-stop & T-stop), Shutters (Focal plane & Lens shutter); Light meters (Incident, reflected & through Lens; Average, Centre weighted, Spot & Metrics) and focus and depth of field.

15.00
Unit III: 
III

Understanding Light and Shadow; Natural light and Artificial Light;

The Nature of Light- Direct Light, Soft light, Hard light, Directional Light;

Brightness, Contrast, Mid tones, Highlights, Shadow and Silhouettes;

Lighting equipment (Soft boxes, umbrellas, fresnels, Skimmers, reflectors,etc);

10.00
Unit IV: 
IV

Three Point Lighting, Technique and Metering for Light, Filters and Use of a Flash Unit.

Digital Photography and Editing;Sensor Sizes , Formats and Storage;

Introduction to Editing and Digital Manipulation;Brightness, Contrast, Mid tones,

Highlights, Colour tones.

15.00
Unit V: 
V

Basics of Photoshop; Photo editing software : (Microsoft Office Picture Manager, CorelDraw, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Photoshop CC (Creative Cloud).

Academic Year: 
2016-2017
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