UNIT 1 – The Photograph
- Invention and Implications
- Photography, the photograph and culture
- The Black and White, Color and its Impact
- Image and Text- The Captioned Photo
UNIT 2 – Photographic equipment, controls & tools
- Camera: point & shoot, SLRs, DSLRs, SLDs, SLT, Mirrorless, Digital
- Camera Settings, Menus, Exposure, Shooting modes and their significance
- Photographic Optics: Lenses their use, types & specifications
- Aperture – role & significance in image making
- Kinds of Shutters – significance & application
- ISO settings and their significance
- Depth of field as an image making tool
UNIT 3 – Understanding Light and its Uses
- Light: Visible spectrum, Colour temperature, units & significance in photography
- Quality of light: hard light soft light
- Lighting equipment: On camera flash, its use and limitation, studio flash, and accessories
- Lighting ratio
- Types of lights: indoor, outdoor & mixed
- Three point lighting
UNIT 4 – Production
- Photography/ Photoshop
- Cropping, Morphing, Picasa/faststone
- Pixel & Megapixels
- Working with image & text
Evaluation Method
Written Examination – Practical+ Viva