1st Class

8.00 a.m. - We entered the Photo Studio, dragging our feet in the process like zombies from the walking dead. Unlike other classes, we need a key to open the Studio. Inside the studio, there are lots of photography equipments, an Xbox 360, a PS3, light stands, blue screens, and 3 television sets (No wonder it's locked).

Mr. Vinod introduces himself as our lecturer on Introduction of Photography. He listed down the mark distributions on this subject which is:

   

40% – Exercises

5% − Exercise 1 (Presentation)

15% − Exercise 2 (Aperture, Shutter Speed & ISO)

10% − Exercise 3 (Zone System)

10% – Exercise 4 (Composition)

40% − Project: 5 Thematic Pictures

25% − Exposure

15% − Composition

5% − Editing (software manipulation)

5% − Consistency in the series

20% − Portfolio

-A personal academic blog (which is this exact blog)

-A hardcopy portfolio

Mr. Vinod also lectured us on what makes a good DSLR. Criterias that we should look out for a good DSLR body includes the CCD size of the DSLR and the effective pixels. Preferably find a DSLR that has an APTS-C sized CCD first instead of just comparing the pixels. 

We also got around to know which lens should we buy.The power of the lens and how it effects the quality of the picture. The difference of quality between standard lens and zoom lens.

I learned a lot about cameras and it's specs. With this knowledge in mind, I hope to be able to know how to compare camera models and buy the ones that suit my needs.

At the end of the lecture, we were given our first assignment which is to prepare a presentation of 10 photographs(5 from our own collection and 5 from different professional photographers) for the next class.