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Check out the Spring 2009 webpage to see the assignments given last semester

Assignments

Discussion section (optional for lecture students)

Week 2 Assignment: Self-portrait
Week 3 Assignment: Low-light
Week 5 Assignment: Action
Week 6 Assignment: Noise Reduction (Optional)
Week 6-7 Assignment: Creative uses of blur
Week 7 Assignment: Lighting (Optional)
Week 10-12 Assignment: The Portrait Project

Photojournalism section

Week 2 Assignment: Self-portrait
Week 3 Assignment: Photojournalism examples
Week 5 Assignment: News photojournalism
Week 7 Assignment: News photojournalism 2
Week 9 Assignment: Sports
Week 11-12 Assignment: The Portrait Project

Lesson Materials - Lecture

It is highly recommended you download the .pptx versions and view them in Powerpoint 2007/2008 or a compatible viewer. The .ppt files and pre-2007/2008 Powerpoint may not be able to display all the slides correctly. If you do not have Powerpoint 2007/2008, you can download the free viewer from Microsoft here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=048dc840-14e1-467d-8dca-19d2a8fd7485&displaylang=en (Windows only)

Week 01: Sensor, Photo Basics

In week 1 we'll covered some history, the digital imaging sensor, and some basics of photography.

week01_sensorbasics.pptx (6.1MB, download this if you have Office/Powerpoint 2007)
week01_sensorbasics.ppt (11.5MB, download this if you have an older version of Powerpoint)

Week 02: Metering, Exposure Parameter Side-effects

In Week 2 we covered the side-effects of changing the three exposure parameters, the basic autoexposure process, and various metering algorithms to determine correct exposure.

week02_advanced_meteringsideeffects.pptx (5.9MB, download this if you have Office/Powerpoint 2007)
week02_advanced_meteringsideeffects.ppt (6.1MB, download this if you have an older version of Powerpoint)

Week 03: Program Modes

In Week 3 we covered various program modes, and which to utilize given the situation.

week03_advanced_programmodes.pptx (1.2MB, download this if you have Office/Powerpoint 2007)
week03_advanced_programmodes.ppt (1.8MB, download this if you have an older version of Powerpoint)

Week 04: Blur

In Week 4 we covered blur, and specifically blur due to camera shake, and discussed some of the methods to reduce it.

week04_advanced_blur.pptx (0.3MB, download this if you have Office/Powerpoint 2007)
week04_advanced_blur.ppt (1.9MB, download this if you have an older version of Powerpoint)

Week 05: Noise

In Week 5 we covered noise and its relation to sensor size and pixel density, and discussed the noise vs. detail tradeoff.

week05_advanced_noise.pptx (5.2MB, download this if you have Office/Powerpoint 2007)
week05_advanced_noise.ppt (8.4MB, download this if you have an older version of Powerpoint)

Week 06: Noise Reduction, Creative Blur

In week 6 we discussed noise reduction, and various tools that can be used to remove noise from images. We also discussed creative uses of blur

week06_advanced_creativeblur.pptx (7.0MB, download this if you have Office/Powerpoint 2007)
week06_advanced_creativeblur.ppt (7.2MB, download this if you have an older version of Powerpoint)

Week 07: Lighting

Week 7 covered lighting using a flash, and how a to improve flash beyond the typical direct flash images.

week07_advanced_lighting.pptx (1.9MB, download this if you have Office/Powerpoint 2007)
week07_advanced_lighting.ppt (2.5MB, download this if you have an older version of Powerpoint)

Week 08: Lighting

Week 8 covered some of the finer points of lighting, specifically how the direction and size of light sources can affect images. We also did a demo to demonstrate how flash is very effective at freezing motion. The powerpoint file from last week has been replaced with an updated one, so please download it again if you'd like.

week07_advanced_lighting.pptx (4.6MB, download this if you have Office/Powerpoint 2007)
week07_advanced_lighting.ppt (5.4MB, download this if you have an older version of Powerpoint)

Week 09: Perspective

Week 9 starts our second unit on lenses. We start by explaining the relation between focal lengths (optical property of the lens) and angle of view (property of the resulting image). We also discussed perspective (relative size of objects to one-another).

week09_advanced_lenses.pptx (3.9MB, download this if you have Office/Powerpoint 2007)
week09_advanced_lenses.ppt (4.5MB, download this if you have an older version of Powerpoint)

Week 10: Depth of field

Week 10 discusses focusing and depth of field (limited range of distances which will be "in focus").

week10_depthoffield.pptx (6.4MB, download this if you have Office/Powerpoint 2007)
week10_depthoffield.ppt (9.4MB, download this if you have an older version of Powerpoint)

Week 11: Dynamic Range

Week 11 covered dynamic range, contrast, color image sensors, and color balance/white balance

week11_dynamicrange.pptx (1.4MB, download this if you have Office/Powerpoint 2007)
week11_dynamicrange.ppt (2.4MB, download this if you have an older version of Powerpoint)

week11_color.pptx (0.8MB, download this if you have Office/Powerpoint 2007)
week11_color.ppt (1.3MB, download this if you have an older version of Powerpoint)

Lesson Materials - Discussion

Week 05: Sports

In Week 5 we covered sports photography

week05_discussion_sports.pptx (13.6MB, download this if you have Office/Powerpoint 2007)
week05_discussion_sports.ppt (18.4MB, download this if you have an older version of Powerpoint)

Week 07: Night Photography

In Week 7, Sean gave a presentation on night photograhy, including long exposures and timelapses

week07_discussion_night.ppt (5.3MB)

Week 10: Portraits

In Week 10, we had an overview of how to take portrait images. These slides have been updated to the version given to the photojournalism section

week11_portrait.pptx (15.9MB, download this if you have Office/Powerpoint 2007)
week11_portrait.ppt (16.1MB, download this if you have an older version of Powerpoint)

Lesson Materials - Photojournalism

Week 03: What is photojournalism?

In Week 3 we define photojournalism.

week03_photojournalism_whatisphotojournalism.pptx (7.1MB, download this if you have Office/Powerpoint 2007)
week03_photojournalism_whatisphotojournalism.ppt (7.3MB, download this if you have an older version of Powerpoint)

Week 05: Shooting News

In Week 5 mostly discussed visual variety. There is a second cutline section of the presentation, but this was not presented in-class.

week05_photojourn_shootingnews.pptx (11.1MB, download this if you have Office/Powerpoint 2007)
week05_photojourn_shootingnews.ppt (11.1MB, download this if you have an older version of Powerpoint)

Week 09: Sports

In Week 5 mostly discussed visual variety. There is a second cutline section of the presentation, but this was not presented in-class.

week09_photojourn_sports.pptx (13.3MB, download this if you have Office/Powerpoint 2007)
week09_photojourn_sports.ppt (18MB, download this if you have an older version of Powerpoint)

Week 11: Portraits

A presentation on shooting portraits.

week11_portrait.pptx (15.9MB, download this if you have Office/Powerpoint 2007)
week11_portrait.ppt (16.1MB, download this if you have an older version of Powerpoint)