-> Day 1
Meet and greet with the teacher and students
Analysis and discussion of the photographs sent by the students
Introduction of the schedule
IMPORTANT: for the trial lesson please send the teacher 2 of your best pictures.
Format: JPEG; Size: 1280px max long side;
Please send the picture via email: photography@marcoristuccia.com
Email object: “Corso Fotografia base – Berlino Schule”
-> Day 2 – What is photography?
Project assignment to students.
What is photography?
Lie or reality?
Fallacies of photography.
Photographer’s task.
Bibliography and Filmography on photography.
-> Day 3 – The photographic device
Photographic device, opticals.
Sensors, format, resolution.
ISO, digital noise.
RAW format e digital development.
A contemporary artist.
-> Day 4 – Exposure
ETTL.
White balance.
Depth of field.
Dynamic range and HDR.
Mechanical and electronic shutter.
A contemporary artist.
Exposure triangle.
-> Day 5 – Photographic excursion n°1
Topic: working on the language through exposure and depth of field.
Day 6 – Composition
Checking the pictures took on Photographic excursion n°1.
Purpose of the composition: aesthetics or functionality?
Composition Rules.
Composition examples by remarkable authors.
A contemporary artist.
-> Day 7 – Photographic excursion n°2
Photographic excursion: image composition.
-> Day 8 – Categories: photographic portrait
Checking the pictures took on Photographic excursion n°2.
Hints on artificial light (flash).
Hints on mixed lights (natural + flash).
Lights outline.
Composition.
Remarkable portrait artist.
-> Day 9 – Other photographic categories
Landscape photography:
Long exposures.
Photo stitching.
Architecture Photography:
Perspective Correction.
Reportage and story-telling:
Near action.
Black and White Photography and IR:
Procedure and software’s conversion.
A contemporary artist.
->Day 10 – Last day
Examination and presentation of the project assigned on Day 2.
Hints on photographic editing.
Open presentation on topics/doubts proposed by students.
Advanced course presentation.