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ISMAT 7946

Photography I

Communication Design
  • ApresentaçãoPresentation
    Understand the basic concepts of digital imaging, becoming capable of processing and archiving them in a coherent and organized manner. Understand the functionalities of a digital camera. Acquire and develop technical skills in terms of processing digital images. Acquire knowledge to optimize digital workflow processes, fundamentally through Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom software. Understand the basic principles of using artificial lighting to reproduce flat and three-dimensional objects.  
  • ProgramaProgramme
    The image and the digital camera Focal Length Types of Lenses: Standard; Wide-angle; Telephoto The Shutter The Aperture and Depth of Field Reflected Light Meter Digital Image and Digital Color Lighting The Camera and Its Components: Aperture, Shutter, Lens, Reflected Light Meter Light: Color formation, photographic sensitivity, direct and reflected light, color temperature, and the relationship between light and image capture Studio Lighting: Electronic (flash) and continuous lighting The different qualities of light and its manipulation in the studio Development of studio lighting techniques: Basic principles — key light, reflected light, fill light, rim light Photographic Post-Production Basic principles of digital image processing in Lightroom Photoshop: Selection and cutting tools Ongoing practice  
  • ObjectivosObjectives
    Understand the functionalities of a digital camera. Grasp the basic concepts of digital imaging, becoming capable of processing and organizing images in a coherent and structured manner. Acquire the skills necessary to carry out a diverse range of tasks inherent to the digital photographic process. Interpret histograms, adjust contrast, color, and brightness, retouch images using various available tools, work with layers, and prepare images for print and/or web. Begin to familiarize themselves with the studio environment and all of its components, developing individual and group working methods with the aim of gaining a better understanding of artificial lighting. Adapting lens focal lengths to specific objectives. Understand photographic composition as an operation on a two-dimensional plane (with a suggestion of three-dimensionality).
  • BibliografiaBibliography
    Langford, Michael,Fotografia Básica (5 ª Edição Revista e Aumentada), Dinalivro/Focal Press, 2003 Barthes, Roland, A Câmara Clara, Edições 70, Lisboa, 1981 Hunter, Fil, Light: Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting, Focal Press; 3rd edition (March 21, 2007) Shore, Stephen: The Nature of Photographs; Phaidon Press; 2007 Kadinsky, Wassily, Ponto Linha Plano, Lisboa, Edições 70, 2002 Arnheim, Rudolf, Arte e Percepção Visual, Pioneira / Thomson Learning, São Paulo 2004 Aumont, Jacques, A Imagem, Edições Texto&Grafia Lda. Lisboa 2009 Adams, Ansel, The Zone System: A Câmera, O negativo, A Cópia, Editora Senac, São Paulo, 2000 Weston, Cris, The Essential Lighting, manual for digital and film photographers, Rotovision, 2004, Brighton, UK   Outra Bibliografia será disponibilizada dentro do contexto específico de cada projecto
  • MetodologiaMethodology
    -
  • LínguaLanguage
    Português
  • TipoType
    Semestral
  • ECTS
    4
  • NaturezaNature
    Mandatory
  • EstágioInternship
    Não