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How so? I took a (very) quick look through the lecture notes and exercises and they seemed to relate mainly to the art of taking photos. The first exercise se
by luke_s 15y ago
How so? I took a (very) quick look through the lecture notes and exercises and they seemed to relate mainly to the art of taking photos. The first exercise seems to be about learning to use aperture, focus, and shutter speed to produce different effects. The first lecture is about "natural & linear perspective, pinholes and lenses,
aperture, shutter, motion blur, depth of field, ISO" which is pretty much what I would expect of a photography course.
- joeconway 15y agoI would suggest that this is much more towards the science of taking photos than the art of of taking photos
- phillmv 15y agoRight. Well, with a digital camera you can probably figure out all of that on your own just by futzing around with the camera for a weekend. The difficult part comes in understanding light and understanding composition, neither of which the course really seems to talk about. No one has ever needed to know about 3d colourspaces ( http://graphics.stanford.edu/courses/cs178-11/applets/locus.html http://graphics.stanford.edu/courses/cs178-11/applets/locus.... ) in order to take a good picture. However, good editing is about 30% of the effort behind a good photo; you might come out a better PHOTOGRAPHER but your photos won't necessarily be that much improved. Anyways, the secret is to look at what other people are doing and to take as many pictures as possible.