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Date	Presentation	Hand-Outs	Assignments	Due
Week of 7/4/11 Week 1	Introductions Syllabus Class Photo		Bring to class your digital camera and it's manual if you have one. Don't forget to bring in the cable with which it connects to the camera.
	Set up Black Board Beginnings of Photography Discussion about Snapshot Vs Photograph Pinhole Photography to Digital Photography Discussion about digital cameras Film vs. Digital Discuss camera basics and terminology Basic camera operation •ISO •Shutter Speed •Aperture and Depth of •Field •Reciprocity •Focus Project Alphabet	Handout 1 (Film Vs Digital) Handout 2 (Camera Specs) Handout 3 (Exposure) Handout 3 Sup (Aperture & Shutter)	Worksheet 1 (Film Vs Digital) Project Alphabet
	Discuss issues of exposure including aperture, shutter speed, and ISO In class exercise: Experiment with exposure. Exposure Modes		Worksheet 2 (Exposure)
Week of 7/11/11 Week 2	Review Handout 3 (Exposure) Seeing the light Characteristics of Light Basic Studio Lighting In class exercise: Experiment with color temperature, inverse square law, light direction, light quality Project Bracketing Flash Photography and Basic Studio Lighting	Handout 3 Sup (Bracketing) Handout 4 (Characteristics of Light) Handout 5 (White Balance) Handout 5 sup (White Balance) Handout 6 (Studio Lighting)	Project Bracketing Example
	Flash Photography and Natural Light In class exercise: Flash Photography and modifying natural light The Bridge In class exercise: Picture process from start to finish.	Handout 7 (The Bridge)	Worksheet 3 (Lighting)	Due Wednesday:Project Bracketing Be able to download your images onto the computer (Bring the appropriate cable or card reader)
	The Bridge Composition •Intro to Composition •Things to Avoid •Simplicity •Rule of Thirds •Lines •Balance •Framing •Get Close Project Composition	Handout 8 (Composition)	Project Composition
Week of 7/18/11 Week 3	In class exercise: Picture process from start to finish. Prep-Project Composition (Contact Sheet, Print) Review Project Composition	Handout 9 (Photoshop)		Project Composition Due Tuesday Be able to download your images onto the computer (Bring the appropriate cable or card reader)
	Project Light & Shadow Introduction to Photoshop: Image Enhancement/Optimization Using Photoshop to edit photographs Mid Term Reports Due (4 Jesse)	Handout 10 (Photo Editing)	Project Light & Shadow
	Mid Term Test Thursday			Be able to download your images onto the computer (Bring the appropriate cable or card reader) Half of Alphabet Project Due Thursday Mid Term Test Thursday
Week of 7/25/11 Week 4	Discuss lens selection Lenses Landscape photography Project Landsacape Photography Review Light and Shandow	Handout 10.1 (Adobe Camera Raw) Handout 10.2 (Looking at Photographs)	Project Landsacape Photography	Project Light & Shadow
	Discuss resolution, file types and file compression.	Handout 11 (Resolution)	Worksheet 4 (Resolution)
	Review Landscape			Project Landscape Be able to download your images onto the computer (Bring the appropriate cable or card reader)

Week of 8/1/11 Week 5	Color Correction Photographing people	Handout 12 (Photographing People) Handout 13 (Color Correction)	Project People Photography
	Filters Discuss Final Project	Handout 14 (Filters)	Final Project - Emotion	Project People Be able to download your images onto the computer (Bring the appropriate cable or card reader)
	Review People Photography Work on final project			Full Alphabet Project Due
8/4/11	Final Project and Presentation due			Final Project & Presentation: Come Prepared

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