ART 2863 - Digital Photography

Description
This is an introductory course in digital photography, including composing, lighting, exposing, printing, editing, critiquing, presenting, and more. Students are required to have a digital SLR camera with adjustable manual settings for aperture and shutter speed.

Pre-Requisite
NONE

Co-Requisite
N/A

Cross Listed Course
N/A

3 Credit Hour(s)

Contact Hours
30 lecture contact hours; 60 lab contact hours

4.67 Faculty Load Hour(s)

Semesters Offered
Fall, Spring, Summer

ACTS Equivalent
N/A

Grade Mode
A-F

Learning Outcomes
Students completing this course will be able to:

Produce photographs that demonstrate a thorough knowledge of camera usage and controls of a manual DSLR including depth of field, shutter speed, and ISO.
Execute fine quality, inkjet prints of digital photographs.
Effectively use Photoshop for editing images.
Create photographs that demonstrate understanding of light, composition, and principles of design including knowledge of basic color theory.
Produce written and/or oral analysis utilizing professional research practices.
Apply knowledge of principles of design, reading images, and communicate within the medium in the creation of works and in critique.
Execute a self-directed project by developing a concept and translating the concept into images.

General Education Outcomes Supported

Students develop higher order thinking skills.
Students develop effective oral communication skills.
Students will demonstrate technological fluency.

Standard Practices
Topics List

Subjects include but are not limited to the following:

Camera controls
Composition
Exposure
Depth of Field
Printing
Presentation
Criticism

Learning Activities

Required Methods of Instruction

Primarily lecture, visual aids, demonstrations, and studio work.
Areas covered must include instruction on the use of DSLR cameras and Adobe Photoshop and/or Lightroom software, manual camera controls, composition, presentations, and critiques.
Methods must include visual demonstrations, classroom discussions, studio work, presentation, and critiques. Instructors should closely monitor the progress of students and their use of the software to ensure that the students are gaining a thorough knowledge of the application.

Assessments

Assessment is based on a chosen project assigned across all sections of the course. The rubric and assignment must be very similar, and the project should demonstrate the learning progression of the students.

Grading guidelines

Grades in this course should be based on design aesthetics, creativity & originality, following instruction, execution with the prescribed software, and presentation of the work.
Percentages of each of the criteria may vary with each project, but Design and Execution should both be given nearly equal weight in grading of each of the major projects.