Digital Image (5cr)

Objectives (course unit)

Student is able to use the basic methods of digital photography. Student is able to master the techniques connected with producing, processing and presenting digital pictures. Student is able to collaborate in an international student team.

Content (course unit)

Student learns the technical features of digital SLR cameras, the digital processing and production of high quality files. The course includes lectures in technique and exercises in photographing, editing and printing.

Prerequisites (course unit)

Basics of the subject.

Location and time

Photography mainor starts on Monday 27th August in Big Kick-Off for all DMA´s mainors in Kino. Digital Image starts on Tuesday 28th at 10 in 30015/16.

Assessment methods and criteria

Attendance, activity, technical and express level of the exercises.

Teaching methods

Lectures and excercises

Learning materials

Lectures as pdf-files.

Content scheduling

DIGITAL IMAGE / IM00CK78-3003 / Autumn 2018


MON 27.8. at 12 in Kino

- Kick-Off for the semester and the minor

TUE 28.8. at 10-16 in 30015 and 30016

- Start of the course; aim, content, evaluation and feedback
- Panorama photography –lecture, tasks
- HDR photography –lecture, tasks
- Additional tasks in the course (optional)

TUE 18.9. at 13 – 17 in 30015 and 30016

- Blurb POD–book and Adobe InDesign

WEDs 19.9. at 10 – 12 in 30015

- Middle feedback for HDR and Panorama tasks: How to merge HDR and panoramas

WEDs 26.9. – 10.10. at 10 – 13 in 30015

- Photoshop and InDesign guidance

WEDs 24.10. – 7.11. at 10 – 13 in 30015

- Technical and content guidance by Haapio for all tasks in Photo Mainor (panoramas, HDR, portraits, pod-book, applied photo project and additional/optional tasks)

THU 25.10. at 10 – 15 in 30015 and 30016

- Guidance for portrait editing; how to edit complexion in the portrait

MON 10.12.

- Deadline to upload all tasks into the tabula implementation

Assessment criteria - fail (0) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

No attendance in contact teaching, no course exercises.

Assessment criteria - satisfactory (1-2) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Under 80 % attendance in contact teaching, weak course exercises.

Assessment criteria - good (3-4) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

At least 80 % attendance in contact teaching, active working, expressive and technically suitable exercises.

Assessment criteria - excellent (5) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Full or at least 80 % attendance in contact teaching, very active working, brilliat exercises in the express and techinical point of view.