Under new curriculum

Its Introduces to all discipline

3 credit hours

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Class requirements
Bring yours camera every time you come to class
(DSLR or Compact-pro-summer digital camera)
Marking system
Based on assignment
In class quiz
Commitment (class attendance, punctuality)
Photographic Imaging Theories &
Techniques
Scope of presentation
Why we learn photography
Photography (definition)
Camera (basic principle, type and format)
Short history of photography
Analog Vs Digital
photography
 Method of recording permanent images by the action of light projected by a
lens in a camera onto a film or other light-sensitive material
 Photography is the process, activity and art of creating still or moving
pictures by recording radiation on a sensitive medium, such as a
photographic film, or an electronic sensor. Light patterns reflected or emitted
from objects activate a sensitive chemical or electronic sensor during a timed
exposure, usually through a photographic lens in a device known as a camera
that also stores the resulting information chemically or electronically.
Photography has many uses for business, science, art and pleasure.
 The word "photograph" was coined in 1839 by Sir John Herschel and is based
on the Greek φῶς (phos) "light" and γραφή (graphê) "representation by means
of lines" or "drawing", together meaning "drawing with light
Basic Development of photography-

principles principles
started from basic
of pinhole camera
(a camera without
lens)
Explained “ that light rays reflected
from a subject will pass through the
tiny opening and form an exact
image on the other side”
Characteristic of pinhole image:
inverted, real, dim .
This principle : applied as drawing
aid called camera obscura..
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Type of camera

According to viewing system

Direct Vision
Twin lens reflect camera (TLR)
Single Lens reflect camera (SLR)

According to format:
 Small format
 Medium Format
 Big format
Type of camera according to
viewing system
TLR CAMERA
Direct Vision Camera
Direct Vision Camera (range Finder Camera)
DSLR Camera
(Digital Single Lens Reflect Camera)
 CAMERA FORMAT

Medium

Big or large Format

Small
Digital Camera
Compact digital camera (point and shoot, pocket
size)
Compact digital camera (prosumer – has features as a
professional cameras)
DSLR (beginner, intermediate and professional)
Medium Format + digital back
Large Format + digital back
Remarks
Basically all cameras (film camera or digital camera)
are similar (in their body construction, part and its
function)
Light is very basic material in photography-no light
mean no vision and no light also no photography.
Without ‘film / image sensor’ camera cannot record
any image itself.
A camera cannot work by itself without photographer
who operate it.