Level/category

Professional studies

Teaching language

Swedish

Type of course

Compulsory

Recommended year of study

1

Total number of ECTS

5 cr

Competency aims

The aim of this course is to teach students to use
cameras and to understand methods of photography,
both technical and aesthetical.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student is expected
to be able to use still camera equipment and to
understand photography methods, be acquainted
with picture language and its rules, and have a
basic understanding of digital imagery.

Course contents

Basics and components of picture language
Picture analysis
Story telling with pictures
Technical basics in photography
Portrait photography
Ethical questions
Color systems
Practical picture editing with Adobe Photoshop

Prerequisites and co-requisites

None

Recommended or required reading

Astrid Haugland: Digital fotobehandling. Pagina
2005
Photography: a Critical Introduction. Edited by
Liz Wells.
Routledge 1997
Langford's Basic Photography, Ninth Edition. Focal
Press 2010
Adobe Photoshop Classroom in a Book by Adobe
Creative Team

Study activities

  • Lectures - 30 hours
  • Individual- and group instruction - 30 hours
  • Project- and production work/artistic activities - 60 hours
  • Individual studies - 13 hours

Workload

  • Total workload of the course: 133 hours
  • Of which autonomous studies: 133 hours
  • Of which scheduled studies: 0 hours

Mode of Delivery

Multiform education

Assessment methods

Essays, reports, productions and portfolio

Teacher

Scherbakov-Parland Andrej

Examiner

Shcherbakov Andrey

Group size

No limit

Assignments valid until

Until date 2013-10-30

Assessment methods

2013-10-26 - Reports and productions

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