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Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

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Module Title
Module Code (ITS)
Faculty School
Module Co-ordinatorSemester 1: Dragana Jurisic
Semester 2: Dragana Jurisic
Autumn: Dragana Jurisic
Module TeachersDavid O'Callaghan
Dragana Jurisic
NFQ level 8 Credit Rating
Pre-requisite Not Available
Co-requisite Not Available
Compatibles Not Available
Incompatibles Not Available
Repeat examination
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Description

An introduction to digital photography as a technology of communication and representation in a creative media based environment.

Learning Outcomes

1. Apply technical competence in the use of digital 35mm (DSLR) format cameras.
2. Apply a basic critical understanding of the history of photography and uses of lens-based practice in contemporary visual culture.
3. Be able to understand, creatively interpret, research, execute and present a resolved body of work based on a photographic brief.
4. Evaluate work in the field, including one's own work, using professional terminology.



Workload Full-time hours per semester
Type Hours Description
Lecture33No Description
Independent Study112No Description
Assignment Completion105No Description
Total Workload: 250

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Module Delivery
The module is delivered through a series of lectures, Lab sessions, workshop demonstrations, discussions and resource-based learning.

Photography: Contemporary Contexts
Overview of the lens based imaging across multiple media in contemporary visual culture.

Photographic Techniques 1: The Digital Camera
Image file basics. F- stops, shutter speeds, depth of field, ISO, exposure, bracketing, light and lens characteristics. Natural/artificial light. Flash on camera. Studio Flash

Photoshop Editing Techniques 1
Introduction to Photoshop CC. Basic image editing and interpolation

Photographic Techniques 2
Working with layers, typography and graphics to a creative/advertising brief

The Photographic Brief
Designing, writing and scheduling a project.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment% Examination Weight%
Course Work Breakdown
TypeDescription% of totalAssessment Date
ProjectDigital Photography Project: Image & Narrative. Attendance at presentations and critiques is mandatory and is assessed on a pass/fail basis50%Week 8
ProjectDigital Photography Skills: Digital Camera Basics, Photoshop and Blog design. Attendance at presentations and critiques is mandatory and is assessed on a pass/fail basis .50%Week 12
Indicative Reading List

  • Mary Warner Marien,: 2010, Photography: A Cultural History, 3rd Edition, Laurence King, 1856696669
  • Bruce Warren: 1993, Photography, West Pub. Co., Minneapolis/St. Paul, 0-314-92914-2
  • edited by Liz Wells: 2014, Photography, 4th Edition, London ; Routledge, 2014., 0415460875
  • Michel Frizot: 1998, A new history of photography, English Edition, Könemann, Köln, 3829013280
Other Resources

36236, Monograph references, Delivered during workshops, 0, Misc, 36237, Sofware/Technical Handouts, Delivered during workshops, 0, Misc,

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