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Instructor: Bruce Hemingway --photos here and here.
Office hours: Monday and Wednesday 2:30 to 4pm, and by appointment. Office CSE464, Allen Center.
Teaching Assistants:Yuxiang (Bill) Chen, Wes Wolanski, Lixiang (Bryant) Zhu, Korn Toongtong,Ben Sukys,
Celina Kim, Alan Lin, Nick (Shiyu) Liu, Eon (Yantong) Shen, Debosmit Ray and Lokita Metta
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.
Album List: We encourage all participants to look at each other's photos on Google+, and to leave (constructive) comments on them as well.
Flash applets on some technical aspects of photography
Slideshow of Student Work from previous years, selected by the course staff
Final Project information here. Deadline: Wednesday June 10, by 11:59 p.m., via Dropbox on your myUW page.
Course Schedule (subject to constant revision, and posted shortly before starting date):
Lecture and Reading notes, by week |
Section topics and assignments |
Week 1 March 30-April 3-Choosing a camera |
Join Google Plus; get acquainted in sections Applet: Variables that affect exposure |
Week 2 April 6-10- |
Photo Assignment 1: Push your camera toward the edge Due:11:59PM, Sunday, April 12, 2015 Applets: Thin Lens; Gaussian Lens Formula |
Week 3 April 13-17: Optics Fri April 17: Exam 1 |
Photo Assignment 2: Digital Storytelling Due:11:59PM, Sunday, April 19, 2015 Photo Essays by John Paul Caponigro Photoessay: the arches of Prague by Ming Thein |
Week 4:April 20-24 |
Photo Assignment 3: Macro Photographs Due:11:59PM, Sunday, April 26, 2015 |
Week 5: April 27- May 1 Reading: Horenstein Ch. 4 |
Photo Assignment 4: Action Photographs Due:11:59PM, Sunday, May 3, 2015
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Week 6: May 4- 8 Friday May 8: Exam 2 |
Photo Assignment 5: Architecture and Interiors Due: 11:59PM, Sunday, May 10, 2015 |
Week 7: May 11-15 |
Photo Assignment 6: Nature Photographs Due: 11:59PM, Sunday, May 17, 2015 |
Week 8: May 18-22 History of Photography 4: Tools |
Photo Assignment 7: Night and Color Photographs Due: 11:59PM, Sunday, May 24, 2015
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Week 9: May 26-29, Memorial Day May 25 History of Photography 5: the 20th Century Reading: Horenstein Ch. 5
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Photo Assignment 8: Portraits and Light Due: 11:59PM, Wednesday, June 3, 2015 |
Week 10: June 1-5 |
Work on Final Project; add revision photos to assignments |
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