PT2720:03
Medium and Large Format Photography
Townsville
Prerequisites: PT1720 PT2520
Inadmissable Subject Combination: VA2191 VA3190
39 hours practicals, 13 hours workshops. Second semester.
Available to Bachelor of Photography students.
Staff: Mr C Hutchison.
This subject will introduce students to the use of medium format cameras and to the theory and operation of large format monorail cameras. Students will also become familiar with processing and printing medium and large format films. Topics to be covered include: use and operation of Bronica GS-1 and ETR-S cameras; principles of a monorail camera; parallel displacement; swing and tilt; modifying perspective; changing the plane of focus; Scheimpflug Principle; depth of field; exposure measurement and bellows compensation; operation of large format enlargers.
Learning Objectives:
- understand the operation and achieve competence in the use of medium format cameras;
- acquire an understanding of the principles involved in large format photography;
- develop basic competency in the operation of large format cameras;
- apply creative maxims, strategies and outcomes to the production of a folio of work representing the student’s personal artistic direction, using medium and large format cameras.
Assessment by three practical assignments (60%); written examination (20%); folio of photographs (20%). Late submission of assessment items will attract penalties unless an extension has been granted in writing by the lecturer and work submitted by students with an attendance rate of less than 80% may not be eligible for assessment without prior written approval from the lecturer.