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Instructor: Bruce Hemingway --photos here and here.
Office hours: Monday and Wednesday 2pm to 3:30pm, and by appointment. Office CSE464, Allen Center.
Teaching Assistants: Alyanna Castillo, Yuxiang Chen, Nicholas Shahan, and Wesley Wolanski.
Digital Photography is a unique technological activity that is totally dependent on its roots in digital sensing and computational imaging. It has many functions—scientific, artistic, documentary and social—and its historical development is a fascinating study in scientific innovation. This course will give students the tools and technological understanding to make better pictures. We will concentrate on four areas: the history and development of photography; the science of optics and digital imaging; the elements of photographic composition and design; and the future of internet-enabled photography.
Class Mailing list information is here. Add your preferred email address.
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Questions? Email the teaching staff here.
We encourage all participants to look at each other's photos here, and to leave (constructive) comments on them as well.
Flash applets on some technical aspects of photography
Slideshow of Student Work from this quarter, selected by the course staff
Final Project information here. Deadline: Wednesday December 12, by 11:59 p.m., via email.
List of Completed Final Projects and TA photo selections.
Course Schedule (subject to constant revision, and posted shortly before starting date):
Lecture and Demo topics, by week |
Section topics and assignments |
Week 1-Choosing a camera |
Join Google Plus; get acquainted in sections Applet: Variables that affect exposure |
Week 2- Optics I |
Photo Assignment 1: Push your camera toward the edge Due:11:59PM, Sunday, October 7, 2012 Applets: Thin Lens; Gaussian Lens Formula |
Week 3: Image Composition |
Photo Assignment 2: Digital Storytelling Due:11:59PM, Sunday, October 14, 2012 |
Week 4:Oct 14 - 20 |
Photo Assignment 3: Macro Photographs Due:11:59PM, Sunday, October 21, 2012 Section Walkabout, Tuesday/Thursday |
Week 5: Oct 21 - 27 |
Photo Assignment 4: Action Photographs Due:11:59PM, Sunday, October 28, 2012
Quiz 2 Friday Oct. 27 on-line |
Week 6: Oct 28 - Nov 3 |
Photo Assignment 5: Architecture and Interiors Due: 11:59PM, Sunday, November 4, 2012 |
Week 7: Nov 4 - 10 |
Photo Assignment 6: Nature Photographs Due: 11:59PM, Sunday, November 11, 2012 |
Week 8: Nov 12 - 17, Veterans Day |
Photo Assignment 7: Night and Color Photographs Due: 11:59PM, Sunday, November 18, 2012 |
Week 9: Nov 18 - 21, Thanksgiving Reading: Horenstein Ch. 5 |
Photo Assignment 8: Portraits Due: 11:59PM, Wednesday, November 28, 2012 |
Week 10: Nov 25 - Dec 1 |
Work on Final Project; add revision photos to assignments |
Week 11: Dec 2 - 8 |
Work on Final Project Quiz 4 on line |
