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The entire syllabus of Basic Photography plus the following
1. The nature of light and colour
Nature of light. Spectrum of light. Colours and their characteristics, attributes, colour synthesis and colour vision.
2. Advance exposure techniques
Understanding exposure, built-in exposure meters in SLR and their various patterns such as average, centre weighted and spot reading. Hand held external exposure meters. Exposure bracketing. Incident light reading, grey card reading.
3. Source of light and lighting
Natural light: Advantages and disadvantages of bright sun light. Controlling contrast by filling in shadows with reflectors and portable flash. Back lighting, silhouettes. Artificial light: Tungsten lighting, flash units, fluorescent lighting etc.
4. Studio lighting
Studio flash unit and its accessories such as umbrellas, soft boxes, spot grids, snoot etc. Various lighting techniques for portraiture (modelling) and tabletop. Incident light reading with flash meters.
5. Colour films and Image Sensors
Integral tripack construction of a colour film. Types of colour film such as negative (print) film, transparency (slide/reversal) film. Choosing a film. Image sensors CCD & CMOS, colour filter array etc.
6. Digital Imaging
Digital Camera. Image recording systems. Memory cards. White Balance systems. Transferring images to a computer. Printing photos on papers. etc.
7. Introduction to Digital Photo Editing
Using different software programs like Photoshop for editing images.
Practical sessions
1. Outdoor
Outing-1
a) Advanced exposure techniques: To learn Auto exposure settings, different metering modes such as average, matrix, evaluative, partial, centre weighted and spot.
b) To learn Auto Exposure Lock, exposure compensations, exposure bracketing etc using a pro digital camera
Outing-2
a) To shoot portraits, landscapes taking meter reading from camera's built-in meter..
b) To shoot subjects with incident light reading. To learn the use of external exposure meter (Minolta Meter)
c) To shoot subjects with exposure bracketing techniques.
Outing-3
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Shooting landscapes, actions with panning and zooming techniques. |
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Shooting portraits with outdoor model lighting. Frontal lighting, back lighting, use of reflectors and flash to fill the shadows. |
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Shooting flowers and other small objects with macro techniques, close-up lenses. |
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To learn technique of multiple exposures. |
Outing-4
Shooting flood lit buildings, street scenes etc in available light during night time.
2. Indoor Practical Work
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Studio Modelling with multiple flash set up using umbrellas, soft boxes, snoots and spot grids. Flat lighting and various model lighting set-ups for head shots. |
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Studio Modelling for half length and full length portraits with Digital Camera. To learn Auto Focus Lock |
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Commercial product shooting. Tabletop arrangements. |
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Shooting a Table Top on Digital Camera |
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To transfer digital images from camera to computer. Photo Editing |
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Shooting studio-like portraits with portable flash. (Digital Camera used for this practical) |
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