The basic technical skills cover the operation of the small camera, exposing and developing film, making contact prints, enlarging and finishing of black and white photographs. In addition to class critiques, slide presentations acquaint the student with the photographers who have shaped the medium. Field trips are taken to gallery and museum shows. In this course students are introduced to color photography, including additive and subtractive color, the Kelvin Scale, and color negative developing and printing. Aesthetic possibilities in color photography are reviewed in slide presentations.
Students learn automatic processes.
Color darkrooms with appropriate chemicals and equipment are available for student use outside of scheduled class time.