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Syllabus
What is Photography?
Depth of Field Control, Motion Control, Exposure, Equivalent Exposures

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All About Cameras: Camera care, aperture at work, working of the shutter, focus modes, reading the light meter, using the light meter with equivalent exposures, and all else to do with camera basics. Bring camera to class.

-7 Steps for Sharp
-Sharp to Blur
-Depth of Field
-Motion Control
-Craft and Control

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Class Shooting Time for Assignment
Bring camera to class.

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Metering: High Key, Low Key, Using the Gray Card
Bracketing, Meter Modes, Sunny 16
Film: Structure, Terms, Types, Color Balance, Color Temperature, Latitude, Latent Image, Electromagnetic Spectrum, Reciprocity Failure

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Cameras: Small, Medium & Large Formats and their uses, advantages and disadvantages.
Lenses: Zoom vs. Fixed Focal, Focal Lengths, Eliminating Camera Shake

Chapter 3 Continued

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Review Bracketing, Metering and Exposure
Assess understanding of Chapter 1-3
Review any trouble areas

-Quiz on
Camera Controls

Chapter 6

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Dewitt Jones Video
Discussion on Creativity

-Reaction Paper
(in class)

-Dewitt Jones Collection
-Low Angle, Part 1
-Low Angle, Part 2

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Digital Photography - White Balance, Pixels, Digital Media, File Types (Compare / Contrast), Bit Depth, Overview of Digital Cameras

-Art Gallery
Reaction Paper

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Digital Photography In Class Assignment

-Quiz - Composition
-Figure / Ground Study (In-class)

-Digital camera turns 30
-The bit-depth decision
-Lighting for Digital
-Zone System for Digital
-Resolution Resolved

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Class Field Trip
Bring camera to class.

-Composition
Scavenger Hunt

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Class Slide Show of Field Trip

-Quiz on
Digital Photography

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Qualities of Light
Specular & Diffuse Light, Direction, Color, Contrast and Brightness.

Chapter 7
-Controlling Light
-Illumination
-Dimensional Contrast

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Qualities of Light In-Class Activity

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Image Editing Lesson 1 (Photoshop Demo)- Creating Contact Sheets, Opening, Saving, Cropping, Resizing, Resolution

-Test 1

Chapter 11 Continued
-Lighting for Digital
-Color to B/W
-Nature B/W
-Expanded Tones

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Portraiture - Direction of light: Butterfly, Loop, Rembrandt, Side Light, Back Light

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-History Photog Report
-Quiz on
Qualities of Light

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Printing in the Dark Room

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Printing in the Dark Room

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Chapter 10
-Color Scheme Swatches

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Documentary Film on a Historical Photographer:
W. Eugene Smith - Photography Made Difficult

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Discuss Final Project
History of Photography, Part 2

-Final Project -
Photo Essay

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Quiz - Hands-on. Bring camera to class.
Library time for research on history report

-Quiz - Hands-on
Camera Quiz

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In-Class Group Digital Shooting Project

-Self Assigned
Group Project

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Image Editing Lesson 2 (Photoshop Demo 2)

-Test 2

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Class Field Trip #2
Bring camera to class.

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Student's History Reports
Near and Far Class Slide Show

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Cumulative Review - Baseball
Last Day to turn in any work

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Final Projects Presentation

Finals

Final Exam

-Final Exam

-Flash Basics (GN)
-Action Flash

-Nature Photos
-Stormy Weather
-Astrophotography
-Rainy Days
-Mastering Light

Documentary Film on a Historical Photographer

-Painting with Light
-Extreme ND

Studio Techniques