PHOT 331 A (3 Credits)
SCHEDULE
Session: Winter
Time: Wednesdays from 8:30 AM–12:30 PM.
Location: EV 5.709 SGW unless otherwise noted.
Please note that the following schedule is subject to change.
WEEK #1 (EV 5.709)
January 15th
SLIDES
- Introductions.
- Review course outline.
- Welcome survey.
- Introduction to digital photography, digital cameras, and Adobe Photoshop.
- Overview of the digitial photography workflow.
- Shooting Digital.
- Image Management (DAM.)
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WEEK #2 (EV 5.709)
January 22nd
SLIDES
- Colour management: colour spaces, profiles, and calibration.
- From analog to digital
- Flatbed and Imacon scanning.
- Working with scanned images.
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WEEK #3 (Remote)
January 29th
SLIDES
- RAW conversion workflow.
- Getting comfortable with Adobe Photoshop: histogram, cropping, smart objects, organizing layers, etc.
- Basic image correction: tools, levels, curves, and channels.
- Assignment #1 Overview.
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WEEK #4 (EV 5.709)
February 5th
SLIDES
- Image correction techniques: selections, masks, reparing, etc.
- Printing workflow.
- Class discussion on reading #1.
– The Digital Divide by Claire Bishop.
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* Course fees due Please email receipt to your professor.
WEEK #5 (EV 4.709)
February 12th
SLIDES
- Printing workflow.
- Printer demo.
- Assignment #2 Overview.
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* Assignment #1 due.
WEEK #6 (EV 5.709)
February 19th
- Printing Studio Time
WEEK #7 READING WEEK - NO CLASS
February 26th
WEEK #8 (EV 5.709)
March 5th
SLIDES
- Workflows for consistency across a series of images.
- Photoshop AI and Image Generation.
- Composite images.
-
Lecture on contemporary artist using composite images.
- Assignment #3 Overview.
* Assignment #2 due.
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WEEK #9 (EV 5.709)
March 12th
SLIDES
- Composite images.
- File sizing & resolution, upsampling, noise reduction, etc.
- Extending Photoshop: actions, plugins, etc.
- Large format printing demo (Photography Majors.)
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WEEK #10 (EV 5.709)
March 19th
SLIDES
- Preparing files for various outputs; web, projectors, etc.
- Individual Meetings.
- Free studio time.
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WEEK #11 (EV 5.709)
March 26th
- Digital Asset Management (DAM) Part II.
- Class discussion on reading #2:
– In Defense of the Poor Image by Hito Styerl.
- Individual Meetings.
- Free studio time.
WEEK #12 (EV 3.635)
April 2nd
- Final presentations and critiques: Group A.
* Assignment #3 due during your presentation
WEEK #13 (EV 3.635)
April 9th
- Final presentations and critiques: Group B.
* Assignment #3 due during your Presentation.
OTHER IMPORTANT DATES
- January 27th, 2025
Deadline for withdrawal with tuition refund (DNE) from fall-term and two-term courses. - April 12th, 2025
Deadline for academic withdrawal (DISC) from winter term courses.