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Dan Armendariz, Instructor
danallan@mit.edu
http://danallan.net/
Photography has exploded in recent years as digital cameras have become affordable and easier to use. There are many courses that teach students the artistic aspect of "how to become a better photographer" or "how to improve your eye," but this is not one of them. Instead, students—from one-time users to professionals—become better photographers through an understanding of the technical aspects and terms of a digital camera. Learn why photos look blurry at night, why color management is important, what the difference between sports mode and portrait mode on the camera's dial is, and how to manipulate the camera without the need of these modes in the first place. Topics include exposure and metering, flash, dynamic range, CMOS and CCD sensors, color filter arrays, RAW versus JPEG formats, color spaces and profiles, editing photos with Photoshop, and optical and computational artifacts. Through lectures and hands-on assignments, students understand the jargon and compromises of digital photography that ultimately expose the workings of digital cameras. You are not required to own a digital camera, but if you do, one with a manual mode and an option for RAW is recommended.
These lectures were filmed in Sever Hall in HDV by Chris Thayer.
If you have questions or would like to discuss the material with others, you may want to join the Google Group at right.
Below are projects.
If you have questions or would like to discuss the material with others, you may want to join the Google Group at right.
Below are problem sets.
If you have questions or would like to discuss the material with others, you may want to join the Google Group at right.
This is OpenCourseWare.
Computer Science E-7 is a course at Harvard Extension School. The course strives to offer students a more thorough understanding of digital photography through an exploration of technical, rather than strictly artistic, details. With a better understanding of the limitations and compromises behind digital photography, students will be better prepared for unexpected and dynamic photographic situations.
Even if you are not a student at Harvard, you are welcome to "take" this course via tv.cse7.org by following along via the Internet. Available at left are videos of lectures along with PDFs of the projects and problem sets. Sample solutions to the latter are not available, but if you have questions or would like to discuss the material with others, do join the course's Google Group.
If you're a teacher, you are welcome to adopt or adapt these materials for your own course, per the license.
If you'd like to take this course for real (on Harvard's campus or via the Internet) in order to receive feedback on work, grades, and a transcript, the course will next be offered through Harvard Extension School in Fall 2012. You can register online in August 2012.
Special thanks to Chris Thayer for the course's videos.
Dan
Copyright © 2011 – 2012, Dan Armendariz
This course's content is licensed by Dan Armendariz under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License, which means that you are not only welcome to watch, listen to, download, and/or read this content,
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