ADVANCED PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES

OBJECTIVE OF THE COURSE

The technique of photography as a series of synthetic courses is at the core of the discipline’s field of study and aims to build basic knowledge that will enable students to respond to any type of photographic process, by choosing the appropriate technique. The main objective of the courses is to link cause and effect through the photographic process, where cause is the “reality” to be photographed and the how the resulting photograph is produced. The transformation of the real event into a photographic image is done by changing the dimensions of reality, namely the third dimension of depth and time.
The second lesson of this course introduces advanced knowledge on the control of photographic equipment and material quality. This knowledge enables the qualitative photographic imaging and the foreseeability of the result (pre-imaging-provisualization) which are essential features of holistic knowledge in photography.

Method

The course is organized into two parts, theory and its application. The theoretical part consists of a series of lectures by the lecturers of the course using visual material, where the topics presented are analyzed and discussed with the active participation of the students / three. In addition, students do theoretical individual work. The theoretical part is the background for the applied part of the course.
The applied strand performs a series of individual exercises, with escalating degrees of difficulty, which relate to advanced photographic techniques and knowledge. Students make public presentations of their work in the classroom with a critical attitude (peers / teachers) and the potential for improvement.
Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:

• Check the quality performance of its equipment and materials.
• Know the difference between different file templates.
• Check the relationship between scene-shooting – print photography.
• Know different photographic methods, such as zone system, practical sensitometry, etc.
•  Understand the means used in the photographic process and their relationships so that they can have the intended photographic effect

General Competences

• Search, analyze and synthesize data and information using the necessary technologies
• Adaptation to new situations
• Decision making
• Independent work
• Teamwork
• Working in an international environment
• Exercising criticism and self-criticism
• Project planning and management Respect for diversity and multiculturalism
• Demonstrate social, professional and ethical responsibility and gender sensitivity
• Promote free, creative and inductive thinking