DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
SYLLABUS

• 1. Introduction to Digital Photography:

  What is Photography, Different aspects of Photography, Photography as an Art, History of Photography, Various branches of Photography.

• 2. Digital Camera :

  Categories of Camera, Classification of Cameras, Advantages of Digital Camera over Film Camera, Digital Image obtained by Digital Camera & Film Camera, Parts of Digital Camera and their functions, Camera Accessories.

3. Lens:

How lens is made, Characteristics of lens i.e. Focal length, Lens speed, Lens elements, Angle of View, Depth of field, Depth of focus, Types of lenses i.e. Standard lens, Wide angle lens, Telephoto lens, Zoom lens, Fisheye lens, Mirror lens, Perspective lens, Macro Lens, Close-up lens attachments, Extension tube attachments, Bellows, Reversing ring, Teleconverter, Coated lens, Care of a lens.

• 4. Diaphragm & Shutter:

  Diaphragm

  What is a diaphragm, What is a f-number, Marking off-number, How diaphragm is made, Depth of field, Factors affecting the depth of field. How to know the depth of field for a particular setting of a camera.

  Shutter

  What is a shutter, What is shutter speed, marking of shutter speed, How shutter is made, Flash synchronization for SLR camera, Rule of thumb for holding a camera in hand.

• 5. Exposure

  What is exposure, Correct exposure, Permissible combinations of correct exposure, Selection of proper exposure, Methods to know the correct exposure, Built-in

• exposure meter, Metering such as Center weighted, Matrix evaluate, Spot, Partial External exposure, meter: Incident light type & reflected light type metering, Ambient & flash light metering, 18% Gray card, Exposure Guidance Table, Exposure, Overrides & Exposure Bracketing.

• Modes of Exposure:

  Manual Mode (M), Aperture Priority Mode (Av/A), Shutter Priority Mode (Tv/S), Program Mode (P), Exposure Compensation, To decide proper automatic mode of exposure, Bracketing, Subject Program.

• 6. Film (B/W)

  Introduction of a film, Characteristics such as emulsion, colour sensitivity, film speed (ASA /ISO), grains, exposure latitude, halation, Irradiation.

• 7. Focusing in Digital SLR Camera :

  What is focusing, Manual focusing, Automatic focusing, Active system of focusing & Passive system of focusing, Auto focus lock, Single & continuous auto focus, Macro focusing, Selective focusing, Depth of field.

• Type & Trend in Digital Camera:

  Prosumer Point & Shoot Camera,Professional Small format, Medium format,large format Camera, Cameras available in the market.

• 8 Characteristics of Digital Camera 1:

  Image Sensor, CCD Vs CMOS, ISO Setting, Bits and Bytes, Bit Depth, Image File Size, Memory Card, File Format : JPEG and TIFF / RAW, Resolution, Memory Card Capacity at Various Digital Format Settings. Pixel Per Inch (PPI), Dots Per Inch (DPI).

• 8 Characteristics of Digital Camera 2:

  Resampling and Resizing, White Balance, Sharpness, Colour, Contrast, Histogram, Saturation, Movies, Panorama, Drive Modes, Histogram, Black & White, Sepia, Solarization, Posterization.

• 10. Filter (B/W and Colour)

  What is a filter, Types of filter i.e. Correction filters, Contrast Filters, Special Effect Filters.

• UV Filter, Infra Red Filter, Polarizing Filter, Neutral Density Filter, Salt Focus Filter, Multi Image Filter, Star Effect Filter Graded Filter.

11. Scanning and Printing:

Scanner :

Film Scanner, Flatbed Scanner, Drum Scanner,

Printer :

Dot Matrix Printer, Dye Sublimation Printer, Dedicated Digital Camera Printer, Inkjet Printer, Archival Life Inks.

• 12. Natural Light:

  Suitable position of the sun, Main light, Fill-in-light, Diffused light, Against sunlight, Rim light, Light contrast ratio, Light intensity ratio, Reflector, Diffuser.

• 13. Artificial Light :

  Lights used in Photography in general :

• i)   Studio Lamp, Photo Flood, Halogen Tube:

Direct Light, Diffused Light, Bounced Light, Intensity of light falling on an object

• ii)   Spot Light: a) Spot light used as back light         b) Spot light used as background light c) Spot         light used as rim light.
• iii)   Flash Light: Electronic Flash Unit, Guide            Number, Calibrated Scale, Operation of a            flash : Manual Computerized, Dedicated (TTL)
•         Flash Synchronization:
            1) By Hot Shoe     2) By Cord
            3) By Slave Unit    4) By Transmitter
•         Ways of using Flash Light:
•         1) Direct Flash Light
•         2) Diffused Flash Light
•         3) Bounced Flash Light
•         Use of one flash, Use of number of flash units.

• 14. Composition

  What is composition, Basic elements of composition, Rule of one third, Composition in different subject such as Portrait, Landscape, Action, Nature, Framing etc. Perspective to create an illusion of third dimension by line effect, figure elect, haze