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  Course Description
Course Name : Photography 2

Course Code : GRA118

Course Type : Compulsory

Level of Course : First Cycle

Year of Study : 1

Course Semester : Spring (16 Weeks)

ECTS : 2

Name of Lecturer(s) :

Learning Outcomes of the Course : Students will be able to compare history and development of photography.
Students will be able to categorize types of photography machines and their qualities.
Students will be able to use objective types and their effects in accordance with the decided target
Students will be able to apply speed/movement and depth-of-field effects.
Students will be able to solve problems resulting from light differences by comparing different light conditions.
Students will be able to use studio equipments and stil-life tables.
Students will be able to take prints from black-white negative films.
Students will be equipped about digital photo processing.

Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face

Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None

Recommended Optional Programme Components : None

Aim(s) of Course : Using photograph in expressing human life. Learning basic and aesthetic concepts of photograph.Educating students with making fictional and stil-life photograph composition application with digital,colorful,black-white techniques in studio.

Course Contents : Equipping students about basic principles of photography and current techniques , in addition to black-white, dark-room techniques with combinations of techniques of photography and forming students’ perception of nature of conventional and digital photography within aesthetics of photography , and teaching logic of fictional phptograph are selected as central purpose for this elective course.

Language of Instruction : Turkish

Work Place : Fotography Studio


  Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities
Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Information on the topics covered in the spring semester. Lecture, practice
2 Light painting, the issue of communication. Lecture, practice
3 Light painting the issue as a practical demonstration. Lecture, practice
4 Sample images taken by the instructor, technical analyzes. Lecture, practice
5 Files using the technique of light painting studio, students do practical. Lecture, practice
6 Technical analysis of the photos taken by the students. Lecture, practice
7 Evaluation of the photographs taken by the students. Lecture, practice
8 Mid-term exam.
9 Examination of the work of different photographers. Lecture, practice
10 Analysis of these studies done by selecting the sample. Lecture, practice
11 Reproduction studies selected on the basis of the works of photographers. Lecture, practice
12 Works on the subject of reproducing photographs shown previously applied. Lecture, practice
13 Technical analysis of students´ applications. Lecture, practice
14 Technical analysis of students´ applications. Lecture, practice
15 The evaluation of the students. Lecture, practice
16/17 Final exam


  Required Course Resources
Resource Type Resource Name
Recommended Course Material(s)  *Dr. Özer Kanburoğlu - Temel Fotoğraf Bilgisi – İstanbul: İÜ İletişim Fakültesi Rektörlük Yayını 2002 ISBN:975-404-609-X * Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları; “Temel Fotoğraf Bilgisi”, 1998. * Mehmet Arslan Güven; Atatürk Kültür Merkezi ”Cumhuriyet Dönemi Türk Kültürü” Ansiklopedisi, Sanat’’Fotoğraf’’ Makalesi 3.cilt, 2010 *Levent Kılıç; Fotoğraf’a Başlarken, Dost,2002, ISBN-975-298-006-6. *Prof. Sabit Kalfagil – Fotoğrafın Yapısal Ögeleri ve Fotoğraf Sanatında Kompozisyon- İstanbul:Fotografevi Yayınları. 2006 ISBN:975-98089-78 *Prof. Güler Ertan – Fotoğraf Terimleri Sözlüğü – İstanbul:AFA Yayınları 1994 ISBN:975-414-218-1
Required Course Material(s)


  Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria
Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 60
    Homeworks/Projects/Others 3 40
Total 100
Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success 40
 
Final Assessments 100
Rate of Final Assessments to Success 60
Total 100

  Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes
# Key Learning Outcome Contribution*
1 Recognition of the basic elements and principles of art and design. 5
2 Recognition of national/international artistic and cultural elements which can effect Graphic design practices. 0
3 Following and using the current applications, innovations and technological devolopments in line with the visual communication world. 5
4 Identification of communication methods, communication elements and mass communication media 1
5 Using the basic criteria of art and design, preparing creative, original, aesthetic and economic alternative solutions for visual communication problems. 2
6 Using the information of ther field with the practices of other diciplines. 1
7 Being competent in at least one foreign language to be able to understand and communicate in the field. 0
8 Using different materials, paints and technological tools in the process of design. 0
9 Using research methods, techniques and dialectic to make access to information. 1
10 Operating information and communication technologies effectively, both in learning process and design process. 4
11 Being a responsible citizen with his/her awareness of social, cultural, scientific and artistic values. 0
12 Ability to work effectively and take responsibility during individual or group work. 3
13 Using time efficiently with planned, careful and disciplined work. 4
14 Ability to read, understand and interpret his/her acquirements with a critical perspective. 0
15 Having the self-confidence and ability of communicating, written, orally and visually. 0
16 Establishing effective communication with his/her colleagues, employers and persons he/she works with. 0
17 Showing personal and professional care in protecting the environment and defending the ethical and legal values of the profession. 0
18 Being aware of the role and importance of graphic design in social life. 1
19 Taking responsibility in the use of correct language when designing. 0
20 Creating designs that serve its purpose, communicates successfully and reaches the target audience. 1
* Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum).

  Student Workload - ECTS
Works Number Time (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
    Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 14 2 28
    Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 2 5 10
Assesment Related Works
    Homeworks, Projects, Others 3 6 18
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 1 1
    Final Exam 1 1 1
Total Workload: 58
Total Workload / 25 (h): 2.32
ECTS Credit: 2