The course takes place on Mondays at 16:15–17.45 in M-543 computer lab.
04.09.2023 — Introduction to the course. History of photography. Photography genres. Choosing a digital camera and lenses: camera types, sensor size, lens types, focal length, aperture.
11.09.2023 — Understanding camera settings: aperture, shutter speed, ISO, exposure compensation, file format, focusing mode, shutter mode, histogram.
18.09.2023 — Basic principles of composition: leading lines, rule of thirds, layering, sub-framing, rule of odds, symmetry, negative space.
25.09.2023 — Photo walk in Kadriorg park
02.10.2023 — no class
16.10.2023 09.10.2023 — Introduction to Adobe Lightroom. Importing and managing photos: storage and backup, culling and comparing photos, albums and collections, flags, ratings, labels, keywords, metadata, location tags.
23.10.2023 16.10.2023 — Developing basics: lens corrections, cropping and straigthening photos, camera profiles, white balance, histogram, exposure and contrast, tone curve, shadows and highlights, clarity, vibrance and saturation, sharpening and noise reduction, virtual copies and snapshots, exporting images.
30.10.2023 — Local adjustments: linear and radial gradients, masking brush, selecting sky, subject and background, selecting objects, adding and removing masks, color range and luminance range selections. Content-Aware Remove tool, healing, cloning.
06.11.2023 — HSL/Color editing, color grading, effects, black and white photography. Lens transformations. Making panoramas and HDR images.
13.11.2023 — Portrait editing. Using the people mask, removing skin blemishes, fixing red eyes. Applying previous corrections, synchronizing corrections, creating develop presets.
20.11.2023 — Alternative RAW editors: Capture One Pro, DxO PhotoLab, Luminar Neo, Darktable, Apple Photos, Digital Photo Professional. Editing plugins: Nik Collection, DxO FilmPack, DxO ViewPoint.
27.11.2023 — Copyright and legal considerations. Online platforms for publishing photos. Building a photography portfolio.
04.12.2023 — Mobile photography: camera apps, editing apps, camera connection apps, geotagging and photo location apps.
11.12.2023 at 16:15-19:45 — Presentation of portfolios. Assessment.
Assessment:
- 1st attempt: 11.12.2023 at 16:15
- 2nd attempt: 22.01.2024 at 16:15
Using the lab: Independent work time in M-543 lab