PM 101 - Introduction to Photography:Materials and Processes

Institution:

Northwest College of Art & Design

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Description:

(3 credits) This course serves as a basic introduction to the study of how photography works: it is a survey course on the technology of photography, with the emphasis on applications to real photographic problems. Among the topics studied are image formation and evaluation, photosensitive materials, exposure, processing, tone reproduction, visual perception, color theory, variability, quality control and photographic effects. The course introduces and discusses technical issues such photographic chemistry, the structure of film emulsions and bases, and obscure printing processes such as Platinum, Diazo, and Carbo. Upon this foundation, the course strives to build a conceptual understanding of formal evaluation of image quality given postulates of human visual perception capabilities.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.NCAD.edu

Phone Number:

(360) 779-9993

Calendar System:

Trimester

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