Students are introduced to medium and large format cameras, studio lighting, and more technical uses of both black and white and color photography. This course also includes portraiture, history, individual research, exploration of alternative films and chemistry, portfolio building, visits to galleries and stockhouses, and begins to build career awareness. CD221 This course explores the possibilities of creating and manipulating photography on the computer. In conjunction with Adobe Photoshop, students use photo CD technology, scanning and other acquisition means to create digitally refined and manipulated images. A course which introduces students to higher conceptual thinking through photographic problem solving.
Creativity is stressed through extensive exercises and high-end project work.
This course explores photojournalism as a tradition and the use of the camera as a tool of social conscience. An introduction to picture editing and magazine photography encourages attention to lighting, shooting, editing and printing. Students learn about the history of photojournalism and use writing as a reference for personal research. Prerequisite PH251 Students research the collaboration between photographers and writers from the 1850s to the present. Assignments are based on reading selections from authors who use the camera physically and descriptively in their work, as well as writings which explore collaborative projects.