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Basics of Digital Photography

Course code

HKI5032.HK

old course code

HKI5032

Course title in Estonian

Digifotograafia alused

Course title in English

Basics of Digital Photography

ECTS credits

3.0

Assessment form

assessment

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Aile Nõupuu (language of instruction:Estonian)

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

To give an overview of the basics of photography, the development of digital photography, handling a digital camera, composition, processing a file.

Brief description of the course

History of photography. Development of the camera. Film and digital camera. Mirror camera and lenses. Principles of taking photos: sensitivity, aperture, shutter speed, sharpness, composition. Photo genres. Hard- and software of the digital darkroom . Photo files. RAW-file. Processing a file. Output devices. Printmedia. Saving files and photos.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- knows about the essence of photography;
- can use a digital camera;
- follows the principles of photo shooting;
- can evaluate results and make choices;
- can process files and choose an appropriate output for one’s photos.

Teacher

Laura Hein

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