Topic outline

  • Course schedule

    Welcome to Photography Workshop! 

    You don't need to know anything about dslr-cameras, you'll learn the basics during the course. I emphasize artistic approach and using camera as a tool for thinking and making art.

    Upload assignments to Padlet in jpg-format for comments and discussion!

    Studio E005 Online Course: mandatory for students who need to work in the studio!
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    DIY printing online course: mandatory for students who want to print at printing space.


    Studio E005 + DIY Printing Bookings through ARTS infra.

    25.4. mon 9.15–16.00  / F001

    • Introduction 
    • You don’t take a photograph, you make it 
    • Pick up cameras from Väre Takeout 10.30–12.00 + Lunch
    • Introduction to photography 
    • Basic controls of the camera 
    • Break
    • Assignment: Composition 

    26.4. tue 9.15–16.00 / F001

    • Shutter speed and motion blur 
    • Lunch
    • Aperture and DOF 
    • Break
    • Assignment: Photography and fiction 
    • Discussion: Composition 

    27.4. wed 9.15–16.00 / F001

    • Manual exposure and dynamic range 
    • Histogram and exposure 
    • Lunch
    • Focusing and focus points
    • Automatic Exposure Compensation
    • Break
    • Assignment: Light, shadow, minimalism 

    28.4. thu 9.15–16.00 / F001 + E005

    • Lenses 
    • Studio photography & lighting: Vuokko Meriläinen, introduction to studio equipment (10.00–10.30)
    • Group A (11.00–13.30)
    • Group B (13.30–16.00)

    E005 studio is reserved for the course projects on Tue 3.5. 9–16 and Wed 4.5. 9–16. 

    9.5. mon 9.15–16.00 / F001

    • Discussion: Light, shadow, minimalism 
    • Lunch
    • Focal length & camera sensor 
    • Copyrights and publishing images
    • Camera panning - photographing moving objects
    • Rules of exposure
    • Break
    • Studio assignment 
    • Planning the studio assignment in groups (portrait photography) 

    10.5. tue 9.15–16.00 / E005

    • Studio assignment
    • group A 9.00–12.30
    • group B: 12.30–16.00

    11.5. Wed 9.15–16.00 / F001

    • Shutter speed scale
    • Editing in Photoshop Camera Raw
    • 10.00 Visit to Print Lab
    • Lunch
    • Editing & digital portfolio 

    12.5. Thu 9.15–16.00 / F001

    • Discussion: Photography and fiction + studio assignment


    Contact:
    Outi Laine
    050 535 9396
    outi.sunila@aalto.fi