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Check out the Fall 2008 webpage to see the assignments given last semester

Assignments

Week 1 Assignment: Self-portrait
Week 2 Assignment: Low-light
Week 3 Assignment: Shake reduction
Week 4 Assignment: Creative Blur
Week 5 Assignment: Fast Shutter Speed
Week 6 Assignment: Lighting
Week 6 Assignment (optional): Noise reduction
Week 8 Assignment: Perspective
Week 9 Assignment: Depth of Field
Week 10 Assignment: Portraits
Week 10 Assignment (optional): White Balance

Lesson Materials

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 00: Class Info

Class info presentation from the infosession

week0_intro.pptx (6.4MB, download this if you have Office/Powerpoint 2007)
week0_intro.ppt (6.4MB, download this if you have an older version of Powerpoint)

Week 01: Sensor, Photo Basics

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

week01_advanced_sensorbasics.pptx (5.8MB, download this if you have Office/Powerpoint 2007)
week01_advanced_sensorbasics.ppt (8.7MB, download this if you have an older version of Powerpoint)

Week 02: Metering, Program Modes

We talked about autoexposure - how the camera comes up with a correct exposure, and the different program modes that allow you to control how the exposure parameters factor into that exposure.

week02_advanced_meteringsideeffects.pptx (6.6MB, download this if you have Office/Powerpoint 2007)
week02_advanced_meteringsideeffects.ppt (7.9MB, download this if you have an older version of Powerpoint)

Week 03: Blur

We start our low-light unit with one of the most common problems, blur. Specifically camera-shake blur. This lecture covers what is blur, some of the math behind it, and techniques to reduce blur.

week03_advanced_blur.pptx (0.3MB, download this if you have Office/Powerpoint 2007)
week03_advanced_blur.ppt (1.8MB, download this if you have an older version of Powerpoint)

Week 04: Creative Blur

We examine creative uses of blur

week04_advanced_creativeblur.pptx (5.9MB, download this if you have Office/Powerpoint 2007)
week04_advanced_creativeblur.ppt (6.0MB, download this if you have an older version of Powerpoint)

Week 05: Noise

A look at noise and the causes behind it.

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

Week 06: Noise Reduction, Lighting

We took a short look at noise reduction, and had a quick lesson on lighting. See the assignment pages for more details on these subjects

week06_advanced_flash.pptx (1.9MB, download this if you have Office/Powerpoint 2007)
week06_advanced_flash.ppt (2.3MB, download this if you have an older version of Powerpoint)

Week 08: Perspective

We start our unit on lenses, focusing on focal length and its relation to angle of view first. We discuss the tradeoffs in perspective when interchanging focal length and subject distance.

week08_advanced_lenses.pptx (2.7MB, download this if you have Office/Powerpoint 2007)
week08_advanced_lenses.ppt (3.3MB, download this if you have an older version of Powerpoint)

Week 09: Depth of field

Discussion of depth of field, which defines the range of distances in our scene that will be in focus in the image

week09_advanced_depthoffield.pptx (6.4MB, download this if you have Office/Powerpoint 2007)
week09_advanced_depthoffield.ppt (8.5MB, download this if you have an older version of Powerpoint)

Week 10: Color and White Balance

How digital cameras derive color, how to color-balance for non-neutral light sources

week10_advanced_color.pptx (1.2MB, download this if you have Office/Powerpoint 2007)
week10_advanced_color.ppt (0.8MB, download this if you have an older version of Powerpoint)