Applied Photographic Science

Here is some of what I was supposed to learn in my Applied Photographic Science class at Brooks Institute.


Exam 1

Convert inches to centimeters to millimeters and vice versa.

Understand the concept of “model” in science.

Explain and recognize examples of direct and inverse proportions.

Explain the difference between longitudinal and transverse waves.

Explain constructive and destructive interference.

Know the names of the regions of the electromagnetic spectrum in the proper order and relate the energy to the position in the spectrum.

Explain beating, resonance, and interference and use the vocabulary of waves and vibrations properly.

Know the order of the colors of the visible spectrum and relate this to their frequency, wavelength, and energy.

Explain infrared film and predict the color shifts. Contrast the performance of film with that of sensors.

Understand the concept of “photon” and explain color, energy, frequency, and brightness in terms of photons.

Understand the cause of fluorescence and phosphorescence.

Recognize the spectral distribution of low pressure gases, high pressure gases, and solids.

Recognize how temperature and filtration affect the distribution of energy of a source. Interpret graphs of spectral distribution.

Use the concept of “energy level” to explain how atoms produce spectra. Be able to predict the spectra from the energy level diagram.

Relate “object color”, “perceived color”, and “illumination source”.

Contrast sound waves and light waves.

Predict the color shift of film with different sources.

Apply the inverse-square law to the calculation of illumination levels. Use the terms candle, foot-candle, lumen, lux.

Explain the fundamental principles of holograms.

Understand the concept of stimulated emission.

Explain the concepts “color temperature” and “black body”.

Explain the behavior of safelights as a photoelectric phenomenon.

Know the speed of light and relate the variables “speed”, “frequency”, and “wavelength” to each other.

Vocabulary: velocity, frequency, wave length, continuous spectrum, line spectrum, emission spectrum, absorption spectrum, interference, diffraction, hologram, Kelvin temperature, direct proportion, inverse proportion, quantum, inverse square, stimulated emission, photoelectric, phase angle, amplitude, resonance, beats, opaque, coherent light, color shift, intensity, illumination, foot-candle, candle, temperature, color temperature, black body, spectrum, spectra, constructive, destructive, radiation, graph slope

I got a B- in the class.