Photographic Laboratory

Code:

LF102

Acronym:

LF

Instance: 2010/2011 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Departamento de Pintura
Institution Responsible:	Faculty of Fine Arts

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
DC	9	Licenciatura em Design de Comunicação	3	-	4,5	-
			4

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The program is the same of 2009/2010, under Susana Lourenco Marques’s responsibility.

Objectives, Competencies and Learning Outcomes:

The aim of Photography Lab is to provide an introduction to photographic device, developing procedures implicit in laboratory practice: handling of equipment and materials used in the context of the photographic record in small and medium format cameras, lighting techniques, developing and enlarging on film and paper.
The technical instruction classes provide students with the competence to correctly use the equipments and materials of the black/white photographic process, as well as other primitive photographic techniques.

Program

The course is organized in sequential practical work modules:

1. ANALOG CAMERAS CAMCORDERS
- Image Format (Large, Medium and Small Format).
- Viewfinder: Direct and Reflex (Mono Lenses - SLR / Dual Lens - TLR).
- Other formats camera: Pinhole, Polaroid, and Panoramic.

2. LENSES
- Focal Length.

3. DIAPHRAGM AND SHUTTER
- Scale of apertures.
- Definition of depth of field: variation factors.
- Types of Shutter: leaf and focal plane.
- Range of exposure times and their proportionality.
- Definition of movement and speed.

4. LIGHTS AND FILM
- Incident light and reflected light.
- The components of the film.
- Speed and film grain.
- Exposure of the film.

5. LABORATORY WORK
- Developers and revelation: components and conservation.
- Process development, washing and drying.
- Characteristics of photo papers.
- Multigrade Filters.
- Contact Proof/ Proof Test.
- Mask: Decrease and increase localized exposure.

6. LIGHT IN STUDIO
- Lighting with flash sync.
- Control of the background tones.
- Flash meter and other accessories.
- Reflectors.
- Introduction to medium format cameras.

7. EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY TECHNIQUES

8. PHOTOMONTAGE

Through this teaching schedule, we expect and intend to encourage an experimental work that reflects about photographic device and leads to the creation of images, both from the technical and conceptual points of view, giving emphasis to their integration into a narrative context.

Mandatory literature

Frade Pedro Miguel; Figuras do espanto. ISBN: 972-41-1127-X
Fontcuberta Joan; El^beso de Judas. ISBN: 84-252-1480-7
Wall Jeff; Essais et entretiens 1984-2001. ISBN: 2-84056-098-4
Adams Ansel; A^cópia. ISBN: 85-7359-137-4
Adams Ansel; O negativo. ISBN: 85-7359-144-7
Freund Giséle; Fotografia e sociedade
Ades Dawn; Photomontage. ISBN: 0-500-20208-7
Langford Michael; Fotografia básica
Barthes Roland; A câmara clara. ISBN: 972-44-0076-X
Mah Sérgio; A^Fotografia e o privilégio de um olhar moderno. ISBN: 972-772-361-6
Adams Ansel; A câmera. ISBN: 85-7359-124-2
Benjamin Walter; Sobre arte, técnica, linguagem e política. ISBN: 972-708-1770
Krauss Rosalind; O^Fotográfico. ISBN: 84-252-1858-6
Sontag Susan; On photography. ISBN: 0-14-005397-2
Dubois Philippe; O^acto fotográfico. ISBN: 972-699-280-X
Fontcuberta Joan; Foto-diseno. ISBN: 84-329-5613-9
Flusser Vilém; Ensaio sobre a fotografia

Software

Adobe Light Room
Adobe Photoshop

keywords

Humanities > Arts > Visual arts > Photography

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	84,00
	Total:	-	0,00