Photography for Artists & Designers

Art & Design 265

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Week 4

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Do you have a topic and a date for your History of Photography presentation?
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History of Photography — a prehistory
Camera Obscura
Daguerre
Wet Plates, Tin Types...

 

Crit Shooting Modes image series.
Review Aperture Priority DOF variations

Depth of Field shooting... How did it go?
What differences do you see in images shot at various apertures?
What frustrated or confounded your efforts?
How might DOF be used for creative or expressive effect?
How does effect compositional choices?

Review Shutter Priority motion-study variations

Motion-blur shooting... How did it go?
What differences do you see in images shot at various speeds?
What frustrated or confounded your efforts?
How might motion-blur be used for creative or expressive effect?
How does motion blur and shutter speed effect compositional choices?

 

Prep for HDR post-processing.
Image-stacking in Photoshop

Digital Editing: High Dynamic Range Images (HDR):  
Q: How do you capture a "deeper" range of luminance than your camera can record?
A: Stack a series of exposure-bracketed images and create an HDR image.

Week 4 | Exposure | Aperture | Shutter Speed | ISO | HDR

Presentations on the History of Photography

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