Photography Practises I

Code:

PFI211

Acronym:

PFI

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Fine Arts

Instance: 2011/2012 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Fine Arts Department
Course/CS Responsible:	Fine Arts

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
AP	24	Official Study Plan 2011	2	-	4,5	64	121,5
			3
			4

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The aim of Photography Practises I 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.
The course is organized in sequential practical work modules:

Program

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

Teaching methods and learning activities

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 contaxt.

Software

Photoshop

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	76,00
	Total:	-	0,00