ART 149 - Composition & Story Telling With Digital Photography

5 Credits

This class will focus on creating photos with emotion that tell stories. Students will learn the fundamentals of exposure and advanced composition techniques, as well as advanced digital photography workflow practices using photo-editing software. Students will be required to have their own digital camera with manual exposure controls and interchangeable lenses.

FeesAD CF

Quarters Typically Offered
Fall Day
Winter Day
Spring Day

Designed to Serve Multimedia Students, VICOM Students and students interested in photography.
Active Date 20200330T21:14:23

Grading Basis Decimal Grade
Class Limit 24
Contact Hours: Lecture 55
Total Contact Hours 55
Degree Distributions:
AA

Humanities Area II
Performance

Transferable Elective Yes
Course Outline

Exposure (Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO)
White Balance, Exposure Compensation, Image File Formats
Camera Types and Properties of Each
Properties of Light
Composition
Elements of Story in Photography
Organizing Photos in photo-editing software
Editing Photos in photo-editing software
Photo Critiques
Artificial Light, Light Modifiers
Resolution

Student Learning Outcomes
Produce images that exhibit evidence of appropriate elements of exposure.

Produce images that exhibit appropriate use of compositional and story telling elements.

Communicate effectively using appropriate vocabulary for discussing, evaluating and critiquing photographs.

Execute proper basic and advanced digital photography workflow.

Produce images that exhibit the properties of light.