Schedule#
Week 1#
- Introductions
- Review course outline
- Welcome survey
- Introduction to digital photography, digital cameras, and Adobe Photoshop
- Overview of the digital photography workflow
- Shooting digital
- Image management (DAM)
Week 2#
- Colour management: colour spaces, profiles, and calibration
- From analog to digital
- Flatbed and Imacon scanning
- Working with scanned images
Week 3#
- RAW conversion workflow
- Getting comfortable with Adobe Photoshop: histogram, cropping, smart objects, organizing layers, etc.
- Basic image correction: tools, levels, curves, and channels
- Assignment #1 overview
Week 4#
- Image correction techniques: selections, masks, repairing, etc.
- Printing workflow
- Class discussion on reading #1: The Digital Divide by Claire Bishop
Course fees due. Please email receipt to the teaching assistant.
Week 5#
- Printing workflow
- Printer demo
- Assignment #2 overview
Assignment #1 due.
Week 6#
- Printing studio time
Week 7 — Reading Week (No Class)#
Week 8#
- Workflows for consistency across a series of images
- Photoshop AI and image generation
- Composite images
- Lecture on contemporary artist using composite images
- Assignment #3 overview
Assignment #2 due.
Week 9#
- Composite images
- File sizing & resolution, upsampling, noise reduction, etc.
- Extending Photoshop: actions, plugins, etc.
- Large format printing demo (Photography majors)
Week 10#
- Preparing files for various outputs: web, projectors, etc.
- Individual meetings
- Free studio time
Week 11#
- Digital asset management (DAM) Part II
- Class discussion on reading #2: In Defense of the Poor Image by Hito Steyerl
- Individual meetings
- Free studio time
Week 12#
- Final presentations and critiques: Group A
Assignment #3 due during your presentation.
Week 13#
- Final presentations and critiques: Group B
Assignment #3 due during your presentation.
Other Important Dates#
See Concordia undergraduate academic dates for official university deadlines.
- Before Week 3 — Deadline for withdrawal with tuition refund (DNE) from fall-term and two-term courses
- Week 7 — Reading week
- After Week 13 — Deadline for academic withdrawal (DISC) from winter term courses