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The definition of photography
History of photography
-Invention of the darkroom
-Invention of photosensitive materials
-Invention of the lens
-Black&white photography
-Colour film-photography
-Digital photography
-Important names in the history of photography
-The photograph as a communication form
-The photograph as an art form
-Photography and the press
-Why you should study photography
Photography techniques
The Photo camera
-The darkroom
-How does the photo camera work?
-The lens
-The focal distance
-The aperture
-The exposure
Classification of the photo cameras
-Compact film cameras
-Compact film cameras with zoom
-SLR film cameras
-Digital compact cameras with zoom
-Digital SLR
SLR film cameras
-What is the pentaprism?
-The camera shutter
-The aperture/exposure balance
-Light measuring systems: spot, matrix
-Lens types (superangular, normal, tele, zoom)
-Focus (manual, automatic)
-Exposure (choosing the right exposure time, aperture, light)
Measurement
-Depth of field (maximum/minimum depth)
-Shooting speed
-ISO sensitivity
-Photosensitive support (film, CCD, CMOS)
-Granulation, noise
-Colour temperature
-White balance
-Light types
Photocomposition
-Eye training
-Subject frame-placement
-The golden rule
-Using the photo lines
-Using the geometrical forms in fotocomposition:
diagonals, the circle, the triangle etc
-Foregrounds
-Linear perspective
-Scale
-Using shadows, reflections, contours, silhouettes
-Using textures, tones, colours and contrasts
-Monochrome images
-Black & white images
- If you've mastered this level and want to get to the next step of knowledge about photography then accesses the tab INTERMEDIATE.
- If you participated at the BEGINNER course at LIFEOGRAPHIES Photography School and want to advance in knowledge then apply for INTERMEDIATE and you will get 25% discount for this classes.
*Knowledge deepening of the beginner course.
Photography techniques
SLR film cameras
-What is the pentaprism?
-The camera shutter
-The aperture/exposure balance
-Light measuring systems: spot, matrix
-Lens types (superangular, normal, tele, zoom)
-Focus (manual, automatic)
-Exposure (choosing the right exposure time, aperture, light
Measurement
-Depth of field (maximum/minimum depth)
-Shooting speed
-ISO sensitivity
-Photosensitive support (film, CCD, CMOS)
-Granulation, noise
-Colour temperature
-White balance
-Light types
Photocomposition
-Eye training
-Subject frame-placement
-The golden rule
-Using the photo lines
-Using the geometrical forms in fotocomposition: diagonals, the circle, the triangle etc
-Foregrounds
-Linear perspective
-Scale
-Using shadows, reflections, contours, silhouettes
-Using textures, tones, colours and contrasts
-Monochrome images
-Black & white images
Portraits and people
-Exterior and interior portraits
-Studio portraits
-The photo session - communicating with the model
Architecture
-Architectural documentary photography
-Architectural artistical photography
-Abstract architecture
-Industrial landscapes
-Sculptures and monuments
Landscapes
-Seasonal landscapes
-Landscapes at different times of the day
Commercial product photography
-Advertising studio photography
-Advertising outdoor photography
Preparing the photo location
-Collecting the necessary data for the photoshoot
-Placing the lights
-Placing the objects in the frame
- If you've mastered this level and want to get to the next step of knowledge about photography then accesses the tab ADVANCED.
- If you participated at the INTERMEDIATE course at LIFEOGRAPHIES Photography School and want to advance in knowledge then apply for ADVANCED and you will get 20% discount for this classes.
- If you participated at the BEGINNER & INTERMEDIATE course at LIFEOGRAPHIES Photography School and want to advance in knowledge then apply for ADVANCED and you will get 30% discount for this classes.
*Knowledge deepening of the lower courses.
Portraits and people
-Exterior and interior portraits
-Studio portraits
-The photo session - communicating with the model
Architecture
-Architectural documentary photography
-Architectural artistical photography
-Abstract architecture
-Industrial landscapes
-Sculptures and monuments
Landscapes
-Seasonal landscapes
-Landscapes at different times of the day
Commercial product photography
-Advertising studio photography
-Advertising outdoor photography
Preparing the photo location
-Collecting the necessary data for the photoshoot
-Placing the lights
-Placing the objects in the frame
Night photography
Journal photography
Fashion photography
Still life photography
Animals
Sport
Macros
Processing and finishing the digital photo by using Adobe Photoshop , Lightroom and Specific software for other RAW file source
-Colour management
-Colour models
-Depth of colour
-Calibrating the monitor
-ICC colour profiles
-The importance of colour management
-Resolution
-The pixel
-Pixel count - MP
-Embedded resolution
-PPI
-DPI
-LPI
-Choosing the right resolution
-Interpolation
-Graphical file formats
-Graphical file sizes
-Graphical files compression
-Lossless compression
-Lossy compression
-Vectorial formats
-Raster formats
-JPEG/RAW/PNG/GIF
-EXIF infos
Digital photography - workflow
-Basic processing of the digital images
-Distortion correction
-Rotating and cropping images
-Correcting the chromatic aberration
-Noise reduction
-Histogram correction
-White balance correction
-Exposure correction
-Contrast and brightness correction
-Saturation correction
-Detail enhancement
Steps in processing and finishing Raw images
-Interpolating/demosaicing the RAW image
-Noise/artefact reduction
-White balance and exposure correction
-Choosing the correct colour profile
Advanced processing of the digital images
-Preparing the images for web usage
-Mass-processing of images using actions - simplifying the work with the help of actions
Preparing the images for printing
-Using the colour profiles for image preview
-Using the correction tools: healing brush, spot healing, brush, patch tool, red eye, stamp tool, history brush
-Methods for turnig colour images into black & white images
-Using adjustment layers
-Using layer masks
Professional processing of portraits
Panoramic images
HDR images
- If you participated at the BEGINNER, INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED course at LIFEOGRAPHIES Photography School you will get 50% discount for other PRO Workshops.
7 hours of study plus an hour break for meals and relaxation: 250 CHF
Depending on the applicant's knowledge we will work over topics described in details in the courses from above. The topics that will be studied will be determined in a preliminary discussion with the student