Photography

photography

Syllabus

Faculty: Dr. Mohammad Aamir Pasha

Course Name : Photography

Code(Credit) : CUMC2383 (0-2-2)

Course Objectives

This course provides, how to get your camera to capture what your eye sees to produce better pictures
This paper is designed to teach students how to direct a photoshoot

Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to develop the skills of a photographer
After completing this course students can start their own setup of photography

Course Syllabus

Module-I

The Photograph
Invention and Implications
Photography, the photograph and culture
The Black and White, Color and its Impact
Image and Text- The Captioned Photo
Module-II
Photographic equipment, controls & tools
Camera: point & shoot, SLRs, DSLRs, SLDs, SLT, Mirrorless, Digital
Camera Settings, Menus, Exposure, Shooting modes and their significance
Photographic Optics: Lenses their use, types & specifications
Aperture - role & significance in image making
Kinds of Shutters - significance & application
ISO settings and their significance
White Factor
Depth of field as an image making tool
Module-III
Understanding Light and its Uses
Light: Visible Spectrum, Colour Temperature, Units & Significance in
Photography
Quality of Light: Hard Light Soft Light
Lighting Equipment: On Camera Flash, Its use and limitation, Studio Flash,
and Accessories
Lighting Ratio
Types of Lights: Indoor, Outdoor & Mixed
Three Point Lighting
Module-IV
Production
Photography / Photoshop
Cropping, Morphing, Picasa/Faststone
Pixel & Megapixels
Working with image & text
Reference:
Understanding Exposure by by Bryan Peterson
The Photographer's Eye by Michael Freeman
On Photography by Susan Sontag
Butler, Yvonne V. The Advanced Digital Photographer’s Handbook,
Focal Press.
Berger, J. Ways of Seeing, Harmonsworth, Penguin, 1972.
Langford, Michael. Fox, Anna,. Smith, Richard Sawdon. Langford's
Basic Photography: The Guide for Serious Photographers, July 23, 2010,
Revised 9th Edition.
Edwards, Steve. Photography: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford.
Sontag, Susan. On Photography, London: Penguin, 2008.

Session Plan

Session 1

Reflection of Light
In this practice session, students will take photos in different light reflection
https://youtu.be/kgGoN0VixVs

Session 2

The Photograph ( RAW vs JPEG )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrckVlY5vwU

Session 3

Invention and Implications
https://youtu.be/JoxGEymA8ro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqE3X-iospE
https://youtu.be/cNo7XXg4tbQ

Session 4

Photography, the photograph and culture
https://youtu.be/uf2YMP2DiKA
https://youtu.be/IFKG1wjQdHM
https://youtu.be/BqffghTZZGo
https://youtu.be/cpPq_V4NOnc

Session 5

The Black and White

https://youtu.be/ivSiv4lDSwY

https://youtu.be/-ZKrhTXZxxk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-JtQuHIRac

Session 6

Color and its Impact
https://youtu.be/Y6y9PUB69VM
https://youtu.be/MFKvdidTVLc

Session 7

Image and Text- The Captioned Photo
https://youtu.be/RkDYwD3Feu4
https://youtu.be/ec_E4Shprg4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbdz37hWq8c

Session 8

Practice: Students will capture theme-based photo

Session 9

Practice: Students will work on cultural specific photography

Session 10

Practice: Students will capture photos on a different angle

Session 11

Project: Students will submit photographs with different angle, theme and ideology

Session 12

Photographic equipment, controls & tools
Reference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p13MFjuXVBY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otOph4dbgbY

Session 13

Camera: point & shoot, SLRs, DSLRs, SLDs, SLT, Mirrorless, Digital
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EprVRYhW_xc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ezKmawMEUs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbBBKet0PFQ

Session 14

Camera Settings, Menus, Exposure, Shooting modes and their significance
Reference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhj4cWdj94E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhj4cWdj94E

Session 15

Photographic Optics: Lenses their use, types & specifications
https://youtu.be/v3X1oAdIzOc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvJBSoxZT1Q

Session 16

Project: Students will capture campus photos in proper sequence

Session 17

In this project, students will capture photos with different lense and angle

Session 18

Aperture - role & significance in image-making
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9zJYHXhuII

Session 19

Kinds of Shutters - significance & application
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_B8pVoANyY

Session 20

ISO settings and their significance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Edvpu_939l4

Session 21

White Factor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyZ2Ai4toUc

Session 22

Depth of field as an image-making tool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdxKl5np9KE

Session 23 & 24

Project: Students will create a university photo series

Session 25 & 26

Practice: Understanding Light and its Uses
Light: Visible Spectrum, Colour Temperature, Units & Significance in Photography

Session 27 & 28

Practice: Quality of Light: Hard Light Soft Light

Session 29 & 30

Practice: Lighting Equipment: On-Camera Flash, Its use and limitation, Studio Flash,
and Accessories

Session 31, 32, 33, 34 & 35

Project: Students will submit a photo series of the specific theme

Session 36, 37 & 38

Practice: In this session, students will work on image & text, they will work together and develop an understanding that how to put captions in photographs