Archive of class business

CS 178 - Digital Photography
Spring Quarter, 2009
Marc Levoy

Note: these archives are for historical purposes only. Don't try to use them to access lectures or assignments after the course is over, as the links are liable to be broken. Instead, use the links in the course home page or course schedule.

What's new March 31?

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)

What's new April 2?

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)

What's new April 7?

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)

What's new April 9?

Lecture notes:
- Optics II: Practical photographic lenses

What's new April 14?

Lecture notes:
- Optics redux - more about DoF and lenses
- Sampling and pixels (will be finished on April 16)

What's new April 16?

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)

What's new April 21?

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)

What's new April 23?

Lecture notes:
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)

What's new April 28?

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)

What's new April 30?

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)

What's new May 5?

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.

What's new May 7?

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.

What's new May 12?

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.

What's new May 14?

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)

What's new May 19?

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)

What's new May 21?

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)

What's new May 26?

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.

What's new May 28?

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.

What's new June 2?

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