C6150 Photographical chemistry and techniques

Faculty of Science
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 1 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Vítězslav Otruba, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Vítězslav Otruba, CSc.
Department of Chemistry – Chemistry Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable of Seminar Groups
C6150/01: Fri 9:00–9:50 AK1, V. Otruba
C6150/02: Thu 13:00–13:50 AK1, V. Otruba
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The main objective of the course is to acquaint students with historical and contemporary techniques of analogue and digital photos, including the physiology of vision, which can be applied in the treatment, examination and documentation of objects of cultural heritage in the process of their conservation and restoration.
Syllabus
  • 1. The history of photography, historical processes (daguerrotype, collodium process); photometric terminology and metrology (terminology, units, the standard observer)
  • 2. Black and white photographs: the principle, chemistry, spectral properties of emulsion, the negative-positive, slide, BW materials processing (developing, fixation, stabilization).
  • 3. BW properties of photographic materials: slope, sensitivity, resolution, transmission functions. Photos in the IR and UV spectrum.
  • 4. Colorimetry, color spaces, the principle of additive and subtractive systems, color temperature, lighting for color photography and visual assessment of color images.
  • 5. The history of color photographs, subtractive, additive and holographic (interference) procedures, advanced materials color negative and positive slide. Automatic error correction mask, masked materials.
  • 6. Advanced materials processing negative and positive slide, subjective and objective evaluation.
  • 7.Automation in color photography, archival color images.
  • 8. Basic principles of digital photography, CCD and CMOS sensors, scanning and one-shot device.
  • 9. Digital Photo Processing, technical color space (RGB, Adobe RGB, sRGB, Lab), computer processing and programs (Photoshop, Corel, etc.)
  • 10. Monitors for color photography, calibration. Archiving digital images.
  • 11. Print technology for digital color photography: sublimation, ink-jet, laser. Offset printing. CMYK system, Hexachrome, concepts gamut, color space. testing technology.
  • 12. Restoration photographic images: the original image processing chemical. restoration photographic images, digital technology and digitization and subsequent computer processing.
  • 13. Photographic documentation and archiving.
  • 14.The use of photographs in the IR and UV radiation for the restoration of historic objects.
Literature
  • NEFF, Ondřej, Jan BŘEZINA and Petr PODHAJSKÝ. Fotografování s digitálním fotoaparátem. Praha: Institut digitální fotografie, 2003, 96 s. +. ISBN 80-903210-1-1. info
  • NEFF, Ondřej. Tajná kniha o digitální fotografii. 3. upr. vyd. Praha: Mobil Media, 2003, 192 s. ISBN 80-86593-44-4. info
  • ĎUROVIČ, Michal. Restaurování a konzervování archiválií a knih. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Paseka, 2002, 517 s. ISBN 8071853836. info
  • TAUSK, Petr. Praktická fotografie. 1. vyd. Praha: SNTL - Nakladatelství technické literatury, 1972, 382 s. URL info
Assessment methods
Lecture, oral examination
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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