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HANDBOOK
DPHOT
2013/14
This handbook provides essential information on the tutorial tasks, blog, tips and helpful guides for the Digital Imaging
Unit
Unit Blog
http://dphot.tumblr.com/
The unit blog will provide you with handouts and links and keep you informed of practical
knowledge in getting to know your camera, software and also taking photographs. Please make sure
you visit the blog as much as possible.
As part of the unit you will have to provide a working journal of your visual ideas and photography. You
have a choice of what to use - blog, sketchbook or both perhaps. Each of you will be used to working in
a particular way and as long as you keep your blog or sketchbook up to date on a weekly basis then
the choice is yours. We will need to see your progress every week.
The unit Flickr group is a great way for you to share your photographs with other students on the
unit. I encourage you to seek comments and also look for inspiration. Perhaps join some other
groups?
GETTING STARTED
With any new unit you will need to start thinking about managing your time and work from the start.
You will be handed a series of tasks that will get you using your camera from week 1. Please prepare
your files, camera/s and decide on how you will present your work at the sessions. You will be asked
to discuss your work each week. Please BE PREPARED.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT - digital cameras enable you to upload your images to a computer with
cables and some now have wireless capabilities.
FOLDERS - Prepare folders on your student drive (5gb storage).
COLLATING / EDITING - Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, Apple Aperture and Apples iPhoto all have
image browsers to view your work, edit and collate.
EXTERNAL STORAGE - A good way to have easy access and carry around your master files/images
from home and uni. Try and buy 500gb+
CrashPlan - http://www.crashplan.com/ or similar - online data back-up
Drop Box, Google Drive are good for storing data and transfer - also available as mobile apps.
WEBSITES
Flickr Free Account - 1 terabyte upload free. Flickr Pro Account - Unlimited uploads and ad free for
16 per year.
Also Google Picasa which is free
CAMERA - you will be required to have your own camera for this unit. It needs to be digital and
have if possible, manual controls. Students in the past have used mobile phone cameras and
borrowed high end digital cameras from the photography department. If you are planning on
buying a camera then talk to Gary, Chris or Claire for advice.
Get to know your camera inside out. Experiment with the settings, visit the cameras website and also
look at the Flickr group for your cameras make/model as there are some great discussions forums
with hints and tips about use and experimentation.
SOFTWARE - In class we have access to Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop and iPhoto. You can
get 30 day free trial of Adobe products from their website at www.adobe.com and iPhoto is free on
Macs. Other solutions are the online version of Photoshop - http://www.photoshop.com/tools and
they also have an iPhone app. Open Source - Photoshop Gimp a free clone of Adobes software http://www.gimp.org/
Look around as there are plenty of other similar products http://www.apple.com/aperture/ (Mac
and used by professional photographers), Camera Bag 2 - http://www.nevercenter.com/
-http://www.pixelmator.com/, http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/index.php , and if you are an
iPhone user then see the next page.
Mobilography / iPhoneography
Apps for photography via mobile phones have become very popular since Apples iPhone and a quick
scan on the app store will give you thousands of choices. Some of the best free apps are:
Photoshop Express
Retro Camera Plus
Mill Colour
Camera Plus
instagram
EyeEm
Best Paid Apps:
Camera Bag
Hipstamatic
Quad Camera
Toy Camera
Tilt Shift Gen
Pro HDR
Loads on the Android too . . apparently.
Flickr Groups:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/mobilography/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/iphoneography-portsmouth/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/iphoneography/
There are hundreds . .
What Camera?
What Camera?
DIGITAL SLR
DIGITAL COMPACT
MICRO CAMERA
POLAROID
SCANNER AS CAMERA
WWW.POLANOID.NET
PHONE CAMERAS
What Camera?
Digital Photography
DPHOT HEMIS Code U20192
ABSTRACT
This course introduces the underlying principles of digital photography. Students will learn how digital cameras work
and how to create digital images, appreciate experimental, abstract and traditional photographic techniques and
learn how to display, compress and store photographs on a variety of platforms.
AIM
1. To enable students to appreciate the fundamental principles, the technical resources and the creative potential of
digital photography.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
On successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:
1. Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of the application of Digital Photography as an integral element
within design
2. Understand the physical technology and methods responsible for creating digital images
3. Identify how digital photography benefits the industry and aids the print process
Hand In Date: Friday April 24th by 3pm
ASSESSMENT PATTERN
Coursework (100%) The students will produce an evaluative, working journal and a presentation of photographs.
The work will be unsupervised and tutor assessed. You must choose and present your work with close attention to the
relationship/theme. There will be a series of assignments which all relate to the unit aims and generate content for
your final body of work.
Students MUST select core subjects from the 18 listed in the handbookt.
Students will then produce photographs from their selected core subject areas. (a max of 30 photographs)
Delivery
1.
2.
Students are expected to produce a portfolio of photographic work and associated journal of process experiments,
image plans, drawings, written and visual material, demonstrating both thematic and technical research and
experimentation in technique, format and media.
This needs to be completed either in a blog or a sketchbook format.
Completed photographic prints and online showcases should be executed with high regard
to presentation and photographic convention and wherever appropriate work should be
fully edited and presented in a professional manner.
Marked on:
Screengrabs (video and/or still) | Idea Process | Behind the scenes | Planning | Editing | Subject Analysis &
Feedback | Software Use. Use of blog | sketchbook to present the above effectively.
Presentation / Evaluation (40%) - Is the final presentation of photographs suitable for display as a showcase?
Have you evaluated your final photographs?
Marked on:
Presentation Quality of work / Relevance / Advertising - online & offline / Display options and professional
presentation of work / Flow
Evaluation - Have you described your subjects processes clearly and concisely ? Have you considered and
examined the merits and problems of the subjects? Have you evaluated your subject matter, equipment and
editing? What you would do differently?
OVERALL MARK
Assignment
CoreSubjects
(chooseupto5)
DIGITAL DARKROOM
NIGHT LIGHT
CANDID
PORTRAIT
SEASIDE
StudentsMUST
selectcore
subjectsfromthelist
(30photographs)
WEATHER
LANDSCAPE / CITYSCAPE
COMMERCIAL
NATURE
ARCHITECTURE
FASHION / CULTURE
ABSTRACT
HUMAN FORM
SELF - INITIATED
Students
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workingjournal(blogor
sketchbook)anda
professionalpresentationof
Binalimages
BLOG EXAMPLES
http://sd-digialphotography.tumblr.com/
http://jack-daly.tumblr.com/
http://katana1.tumblr.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCw9Ff-1Q6k&feature=player_embedded
http://katana1.tumblr.com/
http://blog.getdesigns.co.uk/
http://robertstocktondigitalphotography.tumblr.com/
http://www.selfpublishbehappy.com/
http://www.designersandbooks.com/book/basics-d
esign-02-layout-second-edition
http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/basics-design-06-p
rint-and-finish-9782940373420/
http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/basics-illustration03-text-and-image-9782940373505/
CORE SUBJECTS
SUBJECT
EXAMPLE
TIPS
Urban
Always carry your camera, shoot from the hip, turn off
sounds - be quiet, get dirty
Motion
Music/Gig
Digital Darkroom
Night Light
Candid
SUBJECT
EXAMPLE
TIPS
Portrait
Seaside
Many people take shots looking out to sea so why not turn around
at the seashore and look for interesting opportunities. One common problem with landscape beach photographs is that while
they might capture a beautiful scene they actually have no point
of interest and can as a result be rather empty and boring. When
taking a shot look for a point of interest or focal point that will
give those looking at your photo a place for their eye to rest. Perhaps its a pattern in the sand, a set of footprints, the crashing of
waves over a rock, a pier etc. Also look for the little things that
tell the story of going to the beach like shoes at the waters edge,
sand castles, sunglasses, etc.
Lastly protect your camera against the salt..it will
kill it!
Weather
Landscape/
Cityscape
SUBJECT
EXAMPLE
TIPS
Commercial
Nature
Architecture
Fashion
Abstract
Human Form
Self Initiated
Open
Open
RESEARCH LINKS
Large list here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_photographers
Annie Leibovitz - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Leibovitz
Robert Mapplethorpe - http://www.mapplethorpe.org/
Rankin - http://rankin.co.uk/
Steven Klein - http://kleinstudio.us/
Diane Arbus - http://diane-arbus-photography.com/
Bill Brandt - http://www.billbrandt.com/
Lee Friedlander - http://www.atgetphotography.com/The-Photographers/Lee-Friedlander.html
Herb Ritts - http://www.herbritts.com/
www.day19.com/v6/polaroidproject.html
www.christophehuet.com/
www.janvonholleben.com/dof_extra.html
www.andrewzuckerman.com/
www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Pop-up-Photograph
www.learn.adobe.com/wiki/display/lr/home
www.shamptonian.org/2008.02.13/the-worlds-first-ihole/
www.afcook.co.uk/index.html
www.jpgmag.com/
www.lomography.com/
www.rankin.co.uk/
www.mattstuart.com/
www.estevanoriol.com/
www.books.google.com/books?client=safari
www.simonhoegsberg.com/
www.andreagalvani.com/
www.zwartekoffie.com/
www.creativebits.org/cool_business_card_designs
http://www.mattsills.co.uk/#/
http://www.perou.co.uk/
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