There are 2 sessions per week for 6 weeks.....
Wednesday classroom session starts at 6:00 p.m.
Practical training session is arranged each Wednesday.... time and location vary to take advantage of different lighting conditions.... field trips to take photos are arranged
all sessions are 2 hours long.
Other courses I teach at University of the West Indies are.... here
Class Notes for this Photography Course are.... here
Additional Notes: 1. This is an INTERACTIVE course.... and you learn by doing.... on Wednesday's we spend some time looking at the photos you have taken during the practical.... this is facilitated using a projector and screen and to avoid losing the shooting data, please bring the flash card from your camera (or the whole camera) to the Wednesday class.... it is best if you have 2 flash cards (if you will be using your camera for other purposes during the course) 2. You get out of this course what you put in... but you WILL be taking better photos after the course IF you are very serious about your photography.... some of my past students have gone on to careers as professional photographers. 3. You need a digital camera capable of MANUAL control of shutter speed, aperture and focus to benefit fully from this course.... and I encourage you to practice in between classes.... your camera must become very familiar to you.... and the only way to achieve this is with constant practice and use.
The course includes teaching instruction (Wednesday) and practical FIELD TRIPS..... students will participate in actual photography during field trips spanning a wide cross section of photographic opportunity. Course Outline: -------------- PART 1 - LIGHT AND COLOUR -------------------------- additive and subtractive colour mixing, coloured light reflection and absorption properties of objects. white light, white balance primary and secondary colours specifying colour using RGB, HSL ( HSB), CMYK, hue-value-chroma PANTONE, TRUMATCH, FOCOLTONE, characterization calibration and transformation, spectrophotometer, colorimeter gamma, chromaticity and white point brightness, contrast, black level, white level, highlight, midtone, shadow histogram distribution of luminance and colour psychovisual perception, colour correction, degradation grain, noise and resolution PART 2 - CAMERAS ---------------- lenses, light transmission, flare, coatings, aperture, focus, focal length, focal ratio f-numbers, angle of view, care and use, cleaning body types, viewfinder types and displays, light metering and sensitivity, Exposure Values shutter types, diaphragm, focal plane, shutter speeds, flash control and timing CompactFlash cards, SmartMedia, memory sticks batteries, chargers and power sources PART 3 - COMPOSITION -------------------- importance of a subject, simplicity, shapes and forms within the picture, framing contrasts, patterns, balance and unity, focal point and prime centre of interest perspective, colour, positioning, "rule of thirds" preparation, making the best of unprepared situations, backgrounds PART 4 - PHOTOGRAPHING PEOPLE ----------------------------- tips for taking successful pictures of people babies, young people, out-and-about, party pictures holiday pictures modelling, studio modelling, shows, sets weddings, lighting, formal and informal, church, reception, beach weddings PART 5 - PHOTOGRAPHING PLACES AND NATURE ---------------------------------------- preparing your equipment and planning for your pictures landscapes, coasts and beaches, real estate and aerial photography buildings, townscapes and architectural photography pictures after dark, time exposures and natural lighting flowers, insects and macro photography photographing sunsets, silhouettes, special effects photos using juxtaposition, models or filters PART 6 - DIGITAL IMAGING ------------------------ scanning prints or transparencies cleaning, color correcting and sizing photos with popular software file formats, compression types and their effects on images
Homepage