COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BASIC PHOTOGRAPHY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GMS 4065 BASIC PHOTOGRAPHY COMPULSORY 2 2 0 5

Offered By

Gastronomy And Culinary Arts

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR YILMAZ AKGÜNDÜZ

Offered to

Gastronomy And Culinary Arts

Course Objective

To enable the student to work as an assistant in a food photography studio upon graduation or to cooperate with a food photography studio while working in a gastronomy business

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to list light, speed and quality settings on the camera
2   Ability to list daylight and indoor shooting techniques on the camera
3   Being able to interpret the composition of portrait, product, nature, architecture, advertisement and food photography.
4   Being able to list the materials used in food photography shoots

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Lens and other accessories of photography machine. Shutter and aperture.
2 ISO, shutter, aperture, white balance
3 Photographic composition and settings under the sun.
4 Photographic composition and settings under the sun.
5 Photographic composition and settings under the sun.
6 Photographic composition and settings under the sun.
7 Mid-term exam
8 Mid-term exam
9 Portrait and group photographs
10 Architectural and landscape photographs
11 Photography in studio
12 Fashion photography
13 Product photography
14 Taking photography at wedding parties
15 Final exam
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. KELBY, SCOTT, DIJITAL FOTOĞRAFÇININ EL KITABI, ALFA YAYINLARI, ISTANBUL, 2010
2. DEMIRBAŞ, YAVUZ KERIM, DIJITAL FOTOĞRAFÇILIK, PUSULA YAYINCILIK, ISTANBUL, 2007
3. KÜÇÜKKALFA, ESRA NAZLI, GRAFIK TASARIMINDA FOTOĞRAFÇININ ÖNEMI, YEDITEPE ÜNIVERSITESI GRAFIK TASARIM ABD YÜKSEK LISANS TEZI, 2009

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical, technical and theoretical information of photography is given accompanied by visual examples.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Case study 5 2 10
Tutorials 3 3 9
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 14 14
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 123

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.142
LO.24
LO.341
LO.44