Content
Intro to 35mm Digital Photography. Digital Workflow and Photoshop Basics, including image sizing & RGB to CMYK conversion. Digital Black & White Photography.
Location Lighting - All about qualities of light. Different kinds of available light.
Controlling available light. Using portable flash in different situations, indoor and outdoor. Essential filters for controlling light.
Creativity Elements of design, colour and 'seeing'. History of Art & History of Photography.
Photojournalism Researching stories. Writing story proposals. Spot News. Single Picture story. Location Portraiture. Human interest stories. Photo-montage. Sports Photography. Photo Essay. Picture selection. Giving appropriate captions for images. Multimedia presentations. Meeting deadlines with the help of technology. Legal & ethical issues involved in Photojournalism. Business aspects of Photojournalism.
Evaluation
This is an intensive course. Your assignment submissions will be judged based on the communicative value, quality of content, creativity, originality and how publishable an image is, in a newspaper or magazine or on a news website where standards correspond to the industry-wide norm.
Punctuality in submission of assignments, attendance and participation in class and in-class activities, and written materials such as captions will be important components in the process of evaluation.
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One
Year Photography Course