Photography (Practical)

1. Capturing conceptual creative images using a contrived approach.

2. Learning to document relevant social customs and traditions and also contemporary issues like social evils, unemployment, flood, famine, lack of basic amenities for the masses, illiteracy etc.

3. Understanding digital corrections like sharpening, histograms, saturation, white balance and contrast control.

4. Understanding available light and learning to capture images effectively in ambient light.

5. Getting to understand artificial light sources and light shaping tools to highlight object characteristics like form and texture.

6. The human factors to consider while shooting formal and informal portraits.

7. Exploring possibilities of applying digital image capture to various fields of interest ranging from Portraits to the Abstract, Wide angle scenic to the stunning details of Macro shots.

8. Understanding product characteristics to plan a perfect shoot. Developing the skills to translate a client's brief into an acceptable set of images.

9. Understanding technical limitations of photography in certain situations and find alternate viable solutions to improve efficiency and final quality of output.

10. Creative seeing and visualization.

11. Knowledge of present day industry standards and expectations and the day-to-day changes in benchmarks. Learning, discovering and identifying one's own inclination towards a specialization in one of the many avenues open in the imaging industry.

12. Developing skill sets to be able to prepare a meticulous presentation of one's work, both in the form of a soft copy and prints.

13. Mastering color management and color profile to be able to make consistently high quality prints of exhibition standards.

14. Learning to calculate light balance and lighting ratios with the aid of an ambient light meter and a flash meter.

15. Organizing and managing visual inputs in a system with the help of Adobe Light room software.

16. Understanding tonal qualities and tonal range.

17. Applying high dynamic range to achieve dramatic effects.

18. Learning to frame a subject in an interesting perspective.

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