TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Master's Degree With Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	10
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Assistant Professor Erkan Özkarakaş
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Recognize digital photography and photography concepts, 2) Gain knowledge about the currents that feed the digital photo, 3) Can produce and exhibit a digital work. 4) 5)
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITION	The aim of the course is to provide students with the necessary knowledge and skills on how to produce and process a photograph with digital methods and make it ready for presentation in digital environments in interactive ways. As it is known, in the digital age we live in, the dynamics of photograph and photography have changed, just like everything else. In today's technology and pace, although digital photography is perceived as a job consisting of just pressing the shutter button, it is still a challenging process that requires intense knowledge. It is necessary to be aware of the secrets and limitations of digital in order to accompany time by taking photographs with high aesthetic value, creative and witnessing quality. Approaches such as digital modernism, hypertextuality that emerged with digital technologies have also been decisive on the aesthetic perception in photography. In this course, where contemporary photographic aesthetics and the possibilities of technological innovations will be discussed, ?beautiful? will be redefined and designed. Students will be able to experience editing and using digital photography as a communication tool with photography projects they will develop around a certain theme during the semester.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Meeting and general information about course content/operation 2nd Week Brief history of photography, information about cameras and their types, and digital cameras 3rd Week Lens selection, color, light, exposure, filter, ISO in digital photography 4th Week Information about recording media, memory cards, utilities, etc. in digital photography 5th Week Composing in digital photography 6th Week Introducing the software and technical possibilities used in digital photography. Introduction to Photoshop. Examining the menus, filters and possibilities of the program 7th Week Information about processes such as shading, coloring, cleaning and combining in digital photography. Photoshop and manipulation discussion 8th Week Theme selection and determination of student projects. Project drafting: answering questions such as what to shoot, how to shoot, how to manipulate 9th Week Discussion on the relationship between manipulation and montage and creativity, meaning and theory in photography 10th Week Discussion on digital modernism, digital photography, social media and show culture 11th Week Control and critique of projects. Development of projects 12th Week Associating photographs taken in the context of hypertextuality and constructing meaning 13th Week Evaluation of the possibilities for the exhibition of the projects. The relationship between exhibition space and photography in determining the content and tone of communication 14th Week Project presentations
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Textbooks: -Dijital Çağda Fotoğraf Sanatı, Onur Tatar, A7 Kitap. -Dijital Dünyada Fotoğraf, Faruk Akbaş, Say Yayınları. -Fotoğrafçının Zihni, Michael Freeman, Remzi Kitapevi.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Practice,Project,Report Preparation,Presentation,Other
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Project 1 90 Attendance 1 10 Total(%) 100 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 100 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 0 Total(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No