POV3344 Fashion PhotographyBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs SOFTWARE ENGINEERINGGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
POV3344 Fashion Photography Fall 2 2 3 5
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction: English
Type of course: Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Instructor DELIZIA FLACCAVENTO
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: This course aims at introducing the basic concepts of fashion photography.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1. Understand fashion photography genre within its historical context.
2. Identify different styles and types in fashion photography.
3. Analyze the agents of fashion industry that are related to photographic practices.
4. Develop techniques for working collaboratively with the agents of this specific industry.
5. Gain ability to practice fashion photography in studio and on location.
6. Show dexterity in the use of formal issues of fashion photography.
7. Analyze local needs of the local fashion market.

Course Content

It offers practices that combine fashion and photography in outdoor and studio shootings. And it provides basic information on the functioning of the fashion industry and major brands. All these topics will be studied with examples from all over the world. Digital workflow, lighting, styling, make-up and use of accessories will be introduced and exemplified by the works of notable fashion photographers.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Recent history of fashion photography. The relationship between advertising and fashion photography. Comparing the situation in Turkey and in the world. Documentary film screening: Richard Avedon.
2) Fashion photographers and brands in Turkey. Digital and printed examples. Working on the assignments.
3) The difference between the product and its image in fashion photography. Documentary film screening: Helmut Newton. Working on the assignments.
4) Assignment evaluation. Basic technical information. Using camera and equipment, lighting methods. Working on the assignments.
5) Assignment evaluation. The crew and the model in fashion photography. Styling, hair, make-up and composition. Working on the assignments.
6) Practice session in the studio. Working on the assignments.
7) System, history and technique in fashion. Digital retouch in Photoshop. Working on the assignments.
8) Assignment evaluation. Portrait in fashion photography. Documentary film screening: Annie Leibowitz. Working on the assignments.
9) Guest photographer. Working on the assignments.
10) Backstage and outdoor choices. Challenges, production and preparation. Working on the assignments.
11) Practice session in the outdoors. Working on the assignments.
12) Assignment evaluation. Documentary film screening: Masters of Photography. Working on the assignments.
13) Guest photographer and styler. Working on the assignments.
14) Discussion about final projects. Working on the final project.

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Will be given weekly. And a reading list will be announced according to the student profile.
References:

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 14 % 10
Homework Assignments 4 % 30
Midterms 1 % 20
Final 1 % 40
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 40
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 4 56
Study Hours Out of Class 13 3 39
Homework Assignments 4 8 32
Midterms 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
Total Workload 129

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Be able to specify functional and non-functional attributes of software projects, processes and products.
2) Be able to design software architecture, components, interfaces and subcomponents of a system for complex engineering problems.
3) Be able to develop a complex software system with in terms of code development, verification, testing and debugging.
4) Be able to verify software by testing its program behavior through expected results for a complex engineering problem.
5) Be able to maintain a complex software system due to working environment changes, new user demands and software errors that occur during operation.
6) Be able to monitor and control changes in the complex software system, to integrate the software with other systems, and to plan and manage new releases systematically.
7) Be able to identify, evaluate, measure, manage and apply complex software system life cycle processes in software development by working within and interdisciplinary teams.
8) Be able to use various tools and methods to collect software requirements, design, develop, test and maintain software under realistic constraints and conditions in complex engineering problems.
9) Be able to define basic quality metrics, apply software life cycle processes, measure software quality, identify quality model characteristics, apply standards and be able to use them to analyze, design, develop, verify and test complex software system.
10) Be able to gain technical information about other disciplines such as sustainable development that have common boundaries with software engineering such as mathematics, science, computer engineering, industrial engineering, systems engineering, economics, management and be able to create innovative ideas in entrepreneurship activities.
11) Be able to grasp software engineering culture and concept of ethics and have the basic information of applying them in the software engineering and learn and successfully apply necessary technical skills through professional life.
12) Be able to write active reports using foreign languages and Turkish, understand written reports, prepare design and production reports, make effective presentations, give clear and understandable instructions.
13) Be able to have knowledge about the effects of engineering applications on health, environment and security in universal and societal dimensions and the problems of engineering in the era and the legal consequences of engineering solutions.