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Re: Exposing Digital Photography (2015)

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Post by evolve2k »

> "There’s also a thirteenth module which serves as an assessment of all you know. If you pass this with a score of 80 percent or higher, and you can get yourself a diploma to print and hang on your wall."

Anyone know if it's a Harvard Diploma/Certificate that you get? I'm guessing it's probably not.

Re: Exposing Digital Photography (2015)

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Post by leejo »

evolve2k wrote: post #2

> "There’s also a thirteenth module which serves as an assessment of all you know. If you pass this with a score of 80 percent or higher, and you can get yourself a diploma to print and hang on your wall." Anyone know if it's a Harvard Diploma/Certificate that you get? I'm guessing it's probably not.

> Anyone know if it's a Harvard Diploma/Certificate that you get? I'm guessing it's probably not.

I doubt it, and the certificate isn't free:

    PDF Certificate: € 21
    Certificate Parchment: € 27
    Framed Certificate Parchment: € 37
    Diploma Parchment: € 96
    Framed Diploma: € 115
Also - you need to enable Flash to be able to do the final assessment.

Re: Exposing Digital Photography (2015)

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Post by pvdebbe »

Sounds excellent. In essence, this course doesn't teach you photographing but rather, how to maximise what you get out of a digital photograph. Definitely taking it, such a short course anyway.

I wonder if the actual photographying is taught in any (free) online courses? I've enjoyed the little nugget called "FART for Fantastic Photos" [0] by Ken Rockwell, especially how it in its simplicity reminds one to focus on the subject, that's what matters in the picture. Kinda hope there would be courses that take the same idea but for 10 hours or so.

[0] http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/fart.htm

Re: Exposing Digital Photography (2015)

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Post by benesch »

This appears to be an (illegitimate?) republishing of a course that Dan Armendariz has taught at the Harvard Extension School since 2008. (The course number has since changed from CS E-7 to Digital Media E-10.) You can find the fall 2015 materials available online for free, better-organized and without advertising, at http://digitalphotography.exposed.

If you find these materials helpful, or want feedback on your work, consider enrolling in the course through the Extension School [0]! Part of your tuition inevitably supports the Harvard bureaucracy, but Dan and his teaching fellows's stipends are directly tied to the number of students who enroll in the course, and they've kindly made the entire course available for free. You can also apply that course credit to an Extension School degree, which is worth more than whatever certificate of completion Alison is providing.

[0]: https://www.extension.harvard.edu/academics/courses/exposing...

Edit: I suppose I should note that the instructor for the current Extension School offering appears to have changed in the last year, so your mileage with the current version of the course will vary.

Re: Exposing Digital Photography (2015)

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Post by yread »

pvdebbe wrote: post #6

Sounds excellent. In essence, this course doesn't teach you photographing but rather, how to maximise what you get out of a digital photograph. Definitely taking it, such a short course anyway. I wonder if the actual photographying is taught in any (free) online courses? I've enjoyed the little nugget called "FART for Fantastic Photos" [0] by Ken Rockwell, especially how it in its simplicity reminds one to focus on t…

SEX for composition is also good

http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/composition.htm

Re: Exposing Digital Photography (2015)

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Post by jfernandez »

pvdebbe wrote: post #6

Sounds excellent. In essence, this course doesn't teach you photographing but rather, how to maximise what you get out of a digital photograph. Definitely taking it, such a short course anyway. I wonder if the actual photographying is taught in any (free) online courses? I've enjoyed the little nugget called "FART for Fantastic Photos" [0] by Ken Rockwell, especially how it in its simplicity reminds one to focus on t…

> Sounds excellent. In essence, this course doesn't teach you photographing but rather, how to maximise what you get out of a digital photograph. Definitely taking it, such a short course anyway.

I had a similar thought when I was browsing the content.

If anyone knows any classes that get closer to the idea of teaching concepts around composition, intent etc. I'm also interested! It's been a struggle to find something in this middle ground between 'this is a digital camera' all the way to a full on BFA. FWIW, I'm in NYC and open to in-person classes too if anyone knows anything in the area.

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