Studio Photography 1

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Code Completion Credits Range Language Instruction Semester
307ESPH1 exam 2 26 hours (45 min) of instruction per semester, 31 to 41 hours of self-study English winter

Subject guarantor

Rudolf PREKOP, Marcel STECKER

Name of lecturer(s)

Rudolf PREKOP, Marcel STECKER

Contents

This is a course of practical photography exercises in the studio. Its aim is to provide the basics of studio work with a model and lighting.

Students will improve technical skills in the studio, lighting with artificial light, flash, modulated daylight and combinations thereof. The course will focus on the human head as a spatial object as well as working with the human body and issues related to it and figure composition.

Learning outcomes

This is a course of practical photography exercises in the studio. Its aim is to provide the basics of studio work with a model and lighting.

Prerequisites and other requirements

No previous knowledge or skills required

Literature

Richard Avedon, John Coplans, Rineke Dijkstra, Robert Mapplethorpe, Helen van

Meene, Irving Penn, Ivan Pinkava, Yousuf Karsh, Annie Leibovitz, Bettina Rheims,

Thomas Ruff, Cindy Sherman, Josef Sudek, August Sander, Loretta Lux, etc.....

Evaluation methods and criteria

Portraits

photographs 30x40cm

Part A

  1. The head as subject matter/ spatial object / study of light
  2. Official portrait / I.D. photo
  3. Creative portrait
  4. Self-portrait

Part B

  1. Body / anatomical depiction a, b) the naked body in front of white and black backrounds
  2. Figure - a, b) in front of white and black backrounds

c) emphasis on mood and creative expression

Note

none

Schedule for winter semester 2023/2024:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2023/2024:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans