Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
ODUS0005BASIC PHOTOGRAPHYElective232
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The aim of the course is • to teach photography technologies and equipments, cerative photography technics. • to equip students with the knowledge and skills of photographic aesthetic. • to give students the opportunity to learn processes of photography, optics, color theory and measurement. • to allow students become proficient in photography. • to give the students basic information about photography.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1To have the knowledge and skills of photography, technic, photographic aesthetic, and ethic.
2Effectively be able to take a photograph
3Able to explain visual perception
4To have knowledge about and awareness of art of photography
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
• kinds of camera types • lenses, lights, apertures, shutter, flash • visual perception theories • photographic aesthetic • digital photography • ethic in photography • rules of composition
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Theoretical background of photograph
2Structure of camera, basic aparts (lenses, shutter, viewfinder and other parts), and types
3Types of objectives, lenses, wiev angles, focus types and their functions for cameras, depth of field
4Posing term. Main factors which effects posing as shutter and film sensitivity (ISO, ASA, DIN etc.), flashes
5Ligth usage in photography
6The other aparts of camera and their functions
7Filters
8Midterm Exam
9Composition rules in image design and its usage
10General history of digital photography and its development
11Dijital cameras and DSLR (Dijital Single Lens Refleks)
12Photographing of moving objects
13Applications in the field of medical photography
14Professional photography
15Professional photography
16Final Exam
Recommended or Required Reading
John Hedgecoe, Her Yönüyle Fotoğraf Sanatı, İstanbul, Remzi Kitabevi, 1995. Erkan Terzi, Dijital Fotoğrafçılık, Sistem Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2004. Nadi Kafalı, Siyah-Beyaz ve Renkli Fotoğrafçılık, İstanbul, İmge Kitabevi, 2000.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
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End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
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Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination122
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures14342
Individual Study for Final Examination11010
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)56
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