Digital Media E-10: Exposing Digital Photography

This course tries to combine the art and science of digital photography. It looks at tools, techniques and philosophies, enabling students to craft their own approach to photography that produces unique art with consistent quality.

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Created by: Dan Armendariz

Produced in 2015

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Course Description

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This course explores the artistic aspects, scientific foundations, and techniques of digital photography with the goals of enabling students to expand their knowledge of photography as an art form, to develop a deeper and broader understanding of the scientific basis of photography, to improve their photographic technique, and to effectively use photographic software tools. Although the primary focus is on digital photography, many concepts apply to other photographic disciplines including film and video. Topics include quality of light, exposure control, depth of field, aesthetics, composition and patterns, perspective, color science, the human visual system, spatial and color perception, exposure, metering, digital sensors, optics, analogies to biological systems, color filter arrays, file formats, sensor linearity, color spaces and profiles, optical and computational image artifacts, and software tools and techniques for modification and enhancement. Through lectures, hands-on assignments, and critiques, students expand their understanding of digital photography while exploring their creativity to broaden the possibilities and improve the quality of their photographs. Upon successful completion of the course, students can expect to take photographs with an intuition of the camera's behavior, and its limitations, and an ability to think critically about light and the resulting appearance of a photograph.

Students should have access to a camera with a manual mode and an option for RAW for the duration of the course.

Beginner Level

Time: 20.5h

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- Class is run by Harvard and comes with Harvard prestige.
- Class does a good job of covering digital hardware and software.
- The final project ensures that students are building a good portfolio while taking the course.
- If the instructors created the website, it does not speak well of their aesthetic skills.
- Photographic theory is light. Students can succeed in the course without a deep understanding of how to capture a great photo.
- Class has in-person practicals that make it inaccessible for many potential students.

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Dan Armendariz

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Dan is a Software Development Engineer for Amazon Web Services at the Amazon Development Center in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, working on the Cloud9 IDE. Previously, he was a Preceptor in Computer Science at Harvard University working on curriculum design and research for the introductory sequence of Computer Science classes at Harvard College. Further back, he was a masters student at UC Berkeley studying Computer Science with a focus on online education, advised by Professors Dan Garcia and Armando Fox. His work investigated student metacognition in online courses through an adaptive exercise system that customized the progression of question topics to each student. Since 2007, Dan has taught numerous courses at Harvard Extension and UC Berkeley. Outside of work, he enjoys photography and climbing.