Field and Laboratory Photography
Photography has been long accepted as one method to assist in recording a site. It is also quite valuable in transmitting detailed information about artifacts. The course is concerned with the uses of photography in the field and the laboratory. This is not a technical photography course.
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Class Outline
- The role of photography in archaeology
- Responsibilities of the project photographer
- Basic equipment needed in the field & laboratory
- Cameras
- Accessories
- Lenses
- Film and digital storage cards
- Suggestions on equipment care
- Basic elements of photography
- Film speed
- Aperture
- Shutter speed
- Light exposure meter
- More about the digital world
- General instructions for taking photographs
- Field photography
- Types of photographs taken on-site
- Items to be included in the pictures
- Laboratory photography
- Types of photographs taken in the lab
- Information retrieved from lab photos
- Specialized photography used in archaeological field work
- Aerial photography
- Infrared photography