Course: Photography - Digital

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Course title Photography - Digital
Course code KAU/AFOD
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kodera Radovan, MgA.
  • Zbořilová Zuzana, MgA. Ing. arch.
Course content
1. Introduction to studio techniques and equipments 2. Still Life photography 3. Still Life photography 4. Still Life photography 5. Photography of people 6. Photography of people 7. Photography of people 8. Living photography 9. Living photography 10. Living photography 11. Abstract photography 12. Abstract photography 13. Abstract photography.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Collaborative instruction, Cooperative instruction, Project-based instruction, Discussion, Instruction based on dialogue, Multimedia supported teaching, Students' portfolio, One-to-One tutorial
  • Contact hours - 39 hours per semester
  • Individual project (40) - 40 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 30 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to prove knowledge of photographic techniques and technology that can be used in digital studio photography, to recognize basic settings and parametrs of a camera (aperture, time, expositure) and photographic lens (their types, characteristics, space display), to prove theoretical knowlegge of roles of color, lines and structures, to analyze the difference between digital and analog photography, to analyze photography genres and their important authors,
Skills
to work with light and to compare possibilities of lights in photography, to use objects of composition of photography image, to practically use a camera in different enviroments and in specific situation of photoatelier, to apply the knowldge of expoometry, types and differences between lens and methods of measuring the exposition,
Competences
N/A
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N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
of dependance of proper light of an object for a given project and photographic genre: portrait, figure, still life, abstraction and detail, of technical and technological processes of digital photography during work with different types of light, of different types of lighting of particular stereotyphical objects (portrait, figure, still life)
Skills
to understand how to work creatively with the theme, composition and structure of the photographic image to correctly set and use digital camera and other devices (flash device with suitable density form right angles, other lightin devices), to able to apply the basic types of photographic lighting to their own specific project and thus create their own fully valuable work usable from both the technical and the artistic points of view, to correctly use flashmeter to measure light intensity, thus recognize and solve the problems of lighting of the object or the model
Competences
N/A
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N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Self-study of literature
Multimedia supported teaching
Discussion
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Interactive lecture
Skills
Lecture with visual aids
Multimedia supported teaching
Project-based instruction
Students' portfolio
One-to-One tutorial
Individual study
Competences
Project-based instruction
Lecture with visual aids
Multimedia supported teaching
Individual study
Students' portfolio
assessment methods
Knowledge
Continuous assessment
Test
Written exam
Skills
Project
Practical exam
Combined exam
Self-evaluation
Portfolio
Continuous assessment
Competences
Project
Self-evaluation
Portfolio
Recommended literature
  • Fotovideo. Praha : ATEMI, 1999.
  • Tvůrčí fotografie : praktická ilustrovaná příručka. Praha : Slovart, 1997. ISBN 80-7209-029-1.
  • Freeman, Michael. DSLR : naučte se fotografovat digitální zrcadlovkou. Brno : Zoner Press, 2007. ISBN 978-80-86815-79-4.
  • Hedgecoe J. Velká kniha fotografie. Praha, Svojtka a Vašut, 1996.
  • Jiráček, Milič. Technické základy fotografie. 1. vyd. Praha : Komora fotografických živností, 2002. ISBN 80-02-01492-8.
  • J.Šmok. Teorie skladby fotografického obrazu. skripta ITF FPF SU, Opava, 1998.
  • Kelby, Scott. Digitální fotografie. Brno : Zoner Press, 2007. ISBN 978-80-86815-56-5.
  • Mrázková, Daniela. Příběh fotografie : Vyprávění o historii světové fotografie prostřednictvím životních a tvůrčích osudů významných osobností a mezních vývojových okamžiků. Praha : MF, 1985.
  • Mrázková, Daniela; Remeš, Vladimír. Cesty československé fotografie : Vyprávění o historii čs. fotografie prostřednictvím životních a tvůrčích osudů vybraných osobností a mezních vývojových okamžiků. Praha : MF, 1989. ISBN 80-204-0015-X.
  • Neff O., Březina J., Podhajský P. Zpracování digitální fotografie. IDF, 2003.
  • Neff, Ondřej. Digitální fotografie polopatě. Praha : Institut digitální fotografie, 2007. ISBN 80-903210-7-0.
  • Novák, Jan. Digitální fotografie a video v praxi. Praha : Grada, 2001. ISBN 80-247-9071-8.
  • Ponec, Jan; Jiráček, Milič. Digitální fotografie. Olomouc : Univerzita Palackého, 2002. ISBN 80-244-0533-4.
  • Sawyer, Ben; Aitken, Peter G.,; Pronk, Ron. Digitální fotografie. Praha : Computer Press, 1999. ISBN 80-7226-185-1.
  • Varis, Lee. Pleť & fotografie : naučte se dobře nasvítit, fotografovat, upravit a retušovat pleť. Brno : Zoner Press, 2007. ISBN 978-80-86815-84-8.


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