Archive of class business

CS 178 - Digital Photography
Spring Quarter, 2009
Marc Levoy

Handouts:
- Course outline (HO #1)
- Course schedule (HO #2)
Lecture notes:
- Image formation (part I)
- Choosing a camera
Reading for next time:
- London, chapter 2 - camera
- London, chapter 18 - history of photography
Other Coursework assigned:
- Assignment #1 - Bad Photos (due Sunday, April 5, 11:59pm)

Lecture notes:
Reading for next time:
- London, chapter 3 - lens
- Hecht, Optics, 5.1-5.2
Other Coursework assigned:
- Assignment #1 - Bad Photos (due Sunday, April 5, 11:59pm)

Lecture notes:
- Lenses and apertures
- Flash applet demonstrating that lenses perform a 3D perspective transformation
- Flash applet demonstrating depth of field
Reading for this week:
- London, chapter 3 - lens
- London, chapter 15 - view camera
- Hecht, Optics, 5.1-5.2
Other Coursework assigned:
- Assignment #2 - Sports & Action (due Sunday, April 12, 11:59pm)

Lecture notes:
- Finished Sampling and pixels
- Started Photons and sensors
Reading for this week:
- London, chapter 4 - exposure and sensors
- Articles on digital imaging by Hamamatsu (see links in schedule.html)
- Moller, Real-Time Rendering, 5.6.1 - sampling and reconstruction
Other Coursework assigned:
- Assignment #3 - Macro (due Sunday, April 19, 11:59pm)

Lecture notes:
- Added a whiteboard slide (slide #24) to Sampling and pixels
- Finished Photons and sensors, and added a whiteboard slide (#24)
- Covered Autofocus (AF) (includes sidebar on laser triangulation rangefinding)
- Sidebar on light field photography
Reading for this week:
- Goldberg, Dark Side of the Lens, 1.11-1.20
Other Coursework assigned:
- Assignment #4 - Architecture and Interiors (due Sunday, April 26, 11:59pm)

Lecture notes:
- Noise and ISO
- Astrophotography (presentation by Jesse Levinson)
Reading for this week:
- Article on noise by Hamamatsu (see link in schedule.html)
Other Coursework assigned:
- Study for your midterm! (Monday, May 4, 7-9pm, TCSEQ 201)
  - 2 hours, closed book
  - on lectures and assigned chapters in London
  - See these slides summarizing what will be on the midterm (this PDF file will be revised roughly mid-week)

Lecture notes:
- Exposure metering (AE)
Reading for this week:
- Article on noise by Hamamatsu (see link in schedule.html)
Other Coursework assigned:
- Study for your midterm! (Monday, May 4, 7-9pm, TCSEQ 201)
  - 2 hours, closed book
  - on lectures and assigned chapters in London
  - See these slides summarizing what will be on the midterm (revised 4/30/09)

Lecture notes:
- The video shown in class of assembling a Canon 10D camera
  (courtesy of Matthew Farrell, Michelle Pang, Michael Tom, UC Berkeley)
Reading for this week:
- London, chapter 17 - seeing photographs
- Bryan Peterson, Learning to See Creatively (read gradually)
- Ansel Adams, Making of 40 Photographs (in the course reader)
Other Coursework assigned:
- Assignment #5 - Still Life (due Sunday, May 10, 11:59pm)
Other announcements:
- The links to people's Picasa albums has been moved into the list below.
- A new link has been added (see the list below) to an archive of the "What's new?" announcements from each class.
  That web page will be updated regularly.

Lecture notes:
- History of photography (part 3)
- Composing good photographs
Reading for this week:
- London, chapter 17 - seeing photographs
- Bryan Peterson, Learning to See Creatively (read gradually)
- Ansel Adams, Making of 40 Photographs (in the course reader)
Other Coursework assigned:
- Assignment #5 - Still Life (due Sunday, May 10, 11:59pm)
Other announcements:
- The links to people's Picasa albums has been moved into the list below.
- A new link has been added (see the list below) to an archive of the "What's new?" announcements from each class.
  That web page will be updated regularly.

Lecture notes:
- Mid-quarter pep talk
- Color I: trichromatic theory
Reading for this week:
- London, chapter 7 - color
- Stone, A field guide to digital color, chapter 1
- Minneart, Light and Color in the Outdoors, chapter 11
Other Coursework assigned:
- Assignment #6 - Landscape and Nature (due Sunday, May 17, 11:59pm)
Other announcements:
- The links to people's Picasa albums has been moved into the list below.
- A new link has been added (see the list below) to an archive of the "What's new?" announcements from each class.
  That web page will be updated regularly.

Lecture notes:
- Finished Color I: trichromatic theory
- Began Color II: applications in photography
Reading for this week:
- London, chapter 7 - color
- Stone, A field guide to digital color, chapter 1
- Minneart, Light and Color in the Outdoors, chapter 11
Other Coursework assigned:
- Assignment #6 - Landscape and Nature (due Sunday, May 17, 11:59pm)

Lecture notes:
- Finished Color II: applications in photography
- Began Light and reflection
Reading for this week:
- London, chapter 13 - lighting
- Hunter, Light Science and Magic, 7
- Reinhard, HDR Imaging, 2.1-2.2
- Dorsey, Digital Modeling of Material Appearance, 3
Other Coursework assigned:
- Assignment #7 - Night and Color (due Sunday, May 24, 11:59pm)

Lecture notes:
- Finished Light and reflection
- Photographic lighting
Reading for this week:
- London, chapter 13 - lighting
- Hunter, Light Science and Magic, 7
- Reinhard, HDR Imaging, 2.1-2.2
- Dorsey, Digital Modeling of Material Appearance, 3
Other Coursework assigned:
- Assignment #7 - Night and Color (due Sunday, May 24, 11:59pm)

Lecture notes:
- History of photography (part 4)
Reading for this week:
- London, chapter 8 - digital darkroom
- London, chapter 9 - image editing
Other Coursework assigned:
- Assignment #8 - Portraiture and Light (due Wednesday, Jun 3, 11:59pm)
- Due to Memorial Day, the section meetings about portrait lighting will be extended through and including Monday, June 1.
  Section meetings for Tuesday - Friday, June 2-5, will be review sessions for your final exam. Attendance is optional.

Lecture notes:
- Began In-camera image processing
Reading for this week:
- London, chapter 8 - digital darkroom
- London, chapter 9 - image editing
Other Coursework assigned:
- Assignment #8 - Portraiture and Light (due Wednesday, Jun 3, 11:59pm)
- Due to Memorial Day, the section meetings about portrait lighting will be extended through and including Monday, June 1.
  Section meetings for Tuesday - Friday, June 2-5, will be review sessions for your final exam. Attendance is optional.

Lecture notes:
Reading for this week:
- London, chapter 10 - digital printing
- London, chapter 11 - organizing and storing
Other coursework assigned:
- Assignment #8 - Portraiture and Light, assigned last week, is due Wednesday, Jun 3, 11:59pm