ART 177 - Applied Digital Photography Credits: 3 5 Studio Hours
Prerequisites: ART 144 or ART 168 or permission of the instructor
Description This course is for the more experienced student photographer. Topics include lighting, staging, in-depth camera functions and post image capture software enhancement techniques. This course will build the student’s portfolio with more applied photography related to the commercial industry. Learning Outcomes Upon successful completion of the course, the student will:
- Apply best practices related to lighting subject matter.
- Define aesthetic composition practices.
- Utilize on-camera functions to achieve the desired result.
- Explore digital software available functions.
- Exercise more advanced composition and psychological photography aesthetics.
- Define fields of photography that are more pronounced in the commercial world.
Listed Topics
- Camera lenses and other hardware
- Camera manual modes and functions
- Lighting and flash techniques
- Raster based software editing
- Subject matter and techniques related to a theme
- Gestalt theory as applied to composing a photograph
Reference Materials Instructor-approved textbook and materials
Digital Camera capable of 8MPs Approved By: Bullock, Quintin Date Approved: 12/17/2015
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