Emphasizes how to refine lighting and post-production techniques. Expands on the concept of aesthetics for seeing, thinking, constructing, and manipulating various photographic forms and meanings. This class meets for six (6) hours a week.
Goals, Topics, and Objectives
Designed to expand a student’s knowledge and photographic training in preparation for creating lens-based imagery in professional applications.
- Advanced use of digital single lens reflex camera.
- Light temperature.
- Light sources, including natural, artificial and mixed.
- Advanced ‘non-destructive’ image processing.
- Techniques for printing.
- Producing and selecting images from a large body of work.
- Professional industry practices including juried exhibitions.
- Survey of photography both contemporary and historic with emphasis on discussing formal qualities and methods, for use and critique.
- Presenting of large bodies of work.
- Demonstrate the proper use of the manual camera settings accounting for light temperature, light sources, and types of lighting.
- Perform image processing techniques at a level acceptable for industry employment.
- Perform photo printing techniques at a level acceptable for industry employment.
- Demonstrate refined skills in selecting and editing imagery.
- Describe current industry practices including juried exhibitions.
- Apply knowledge of contemporary and historic photography by presenting of a series of photo works.
- Critique photo works using learned criteria.*
- Describe and demonstrate the process for applying for a juried exhibition.
Assessment and Requirements
Photographic projects:
- A series of 20 sequenced lens based works.
- Presentation with successful image sequencing for the images final form (ex. book format, work portfolio for website, etc.).
- A series of photographs using controlled lighting sources such as: continuous artificial light (tungsten) is employed, discontinuous artificial light (strobe/flash), and mixed lighting is used.
- Completion of an application for a professional exhibition.
- Images prepared for the student gallery show.
A Short Course in Digital Photography, by London & Stone
Outcomes
Credit for Prior College-Level Learning
Provide, in writing, a request to the department. Indicate the rationale for requesting credit and describing the type of college-level learning or course descriptions. Portfolio must contain 3-5 pieces of evidence that illustrates competency in all course learning objectives. Department faculty will evaluate submitted portfolios based on the evaluation rubric. Evaluation rubric and student checklist located in Division Office. Interview with appropriate departmental faculty to discuss the request and work samples.
Interview, given in department by department faculty. Faculty will interview applicants based on submitted portfolio and will assess against evaluation rubric. Evaluation rubric and student checklist located in Division Office.