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The aim of this class is to master practical basics of photography. Students will learn technical and creative basics of photography and digital process. The important part of the class is the analysis of pictures and achieving of greater visual literacy. Students should be interested in visual culture and photography. The class is time-consuming; it is necessary to take photographs every week outside the timeframe of lectures. CLASS IS FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS ONLY!!!
Students sign-in to Moodle page of the course: https://dl2.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=5709 Poslední úprava: Lábová Sandra, Mgr., Ph.D. (30.09.2024)
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The aim of the class is to master photographic process with Digital Single Lens Reflex camera, to understand and master photography process, digital workflow, to achieve basics of creative, compositional and decompositional part of photography. Mastering of digital photographic camera leads to the ability to previsualization, work better with any type of modern automatic digital cameras. Students should broaden their visual literacy skills, master basics of the photographic process and taking photographs, and learn about basic characteristics of the photographic medium in general. Poslední úprava: Helper (22.08.2019)
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ELKINS, James. What photography is. New York: Routledge, 2011. FREEDMAN, M.: Encyclopedia of Practical Photography, Tiger Books int. London, 1993. HEDGECOE, J. : The Book of Photography, DK Adult, 2005. JOHANSSON, T. D.: The New Image: On the Temporarility of Photographic Representation after Digitalization, COSIGN, 2002 KOBRE, K. Photojournalism The Professionals' Approach: 3nd Edition. Focal Press, 1991.Manovich, L.: The Languafe Of New Media, The MIT Press, 2001 MITCHELL, W. Picture theory: essays on verbal and visual representation. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, c1994. PATTERSON, F. Photography and the art of seeing. Toronto : Key Porter Books, c1989. RITCHIN, Fred. Bending the frame: photojournalism, documentary, and the citizen. 1st ed. New York: Aperture, 2010. WELLS, Liz. Photography: A Critical Introduction, Routledge, 2004 WRIGHT, T. The photography handbook.London, New York : Routledge, 2004 ZUROMSKIS, Catherine. Snapshot photography: The lives of images. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2013, 358 s. ISBN 978-0-262-01929-3. Poslední úprava: Helper (22.08.2019)
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The class is divided into theoretical part, discussions and picture analysis. In their free time, students take photographs in the field. Poslední úprava: Helper (22.08.2019)
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!!!!The course requires independent work outside scheduled lectures (taking pictures)!!! Requirements: 1) Obligatory final online exam (max. 30 points) will consist only of the information covered in the class. The minimum required grade for successfully finishing the course is E (at least 16 points). This is a mandatory requirement. 2) Active participation in lectures and labs is expected. (max. 5 points) 3) Five photo assignments, submit on time! (max. points 65 - 13 each) Topics: Technology of Photography and Composition, Light, Photo News, Portrait, Photo Editing,
Assignments evaluation: Each assignment might be evaluated with up to 13 points. This evaluation consists of: 1) On-time submission (10 points) - One hour before the class commences. Note: Assignments not submitted via MOODLE on time are automatically evaluated with 5 points less if submitted within a week from the deadline. If they submit later than that, they are not evaluated at all and thus receive 0 points. 2) Photo evaluation (additional max. 3 points) - The picture quality of each photo assignment will also be evaluated. Only the submission that will prove the qualities outlined below will receive these 3 points. Three aspects are evaluated:
GRADING Successful finishing: at least 51 points. Requirements: !! 1) Active participation in lectures and labs is expected. (max. 5 points)
3) Five photo assignments, submit on time! Topics: Technology of Photography and Composition, Light, Photo News, Portrait, Photo Editing, Detailed assignment evaluation: Three aspects are evaluated a) Technical quality - good use of expositional triangle, focus, white balance, focal length, and post-editing (max 5 points) b) composition quality (max. 4 points) c) concept and idea (max. 4 points) FIRST DEADLINE – The assignment must be submitted no later than one hour before the start of the class! SECOND DEADLINE – An assignment not submitted via MOODLE on time is automatically evaluated with 5 points less if submitted within a week from the first deadline. NOT SUBMITTED/SUBMITTED LATE – If submitted more than two weeks after the first deadline, the assignment is evaluated with 0 points. NO EXCUSES NOTE – Please be aware that the assignments submitted after the first deadline might not be discussed in class because of time constraints. Poslední úprava: Lábová Sandra, Mgr., Ph.D. (21.01.2024)
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Winter semester. 2024/2025 Lecture = Theoretical classes 1st week - Introduction 2nd week - Lecture: Technology of Photography 3rd week - Lecture: Composition 4th week - Lab: 1st Assignment/Technology and Composition 5th week - Lecture: Light 5th week 29.10-5.11. WORK AT HOME Picture editing (online source and online evaluation), 2nd Assignment 6th week - Lecture: Flash Photography 7th week - Lab: 3rd Assignment/ Creative work with light 8th week - Lecture: Portrait 9th week - Lab: 4th Assignment/Portrait 10th week - Lecture: Photojournalism, Picture News, Photo Story 11th week - Lecture: Quality of Photojournalism and Ethics 12th week - Lab: 5th Assignment/ Photo Story
Poslední úprava: Lábová Sandra, Mgr., Ph.D. (30.09.2024)
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Students are required to have basic knowledge and experience in working with image processing software, e.g. Photoshop. Teaching the use of image processing software is not a part of this course! Own DSLR camera and personal computer necessary. Poslední úprava: Helper (22.08.2019)
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