Course Details

Photography is a foundation course designed to offer experiences with point-and-shoot cameras. Various camera settings will be covered to offer creative and technical control. Students will learn framing within the viewfinder and explore various compositional principles. This course will build the foundation for visual literacy in both form and content of photographic images. From selfies to advertising images to fine art, students will have many opportunities to learn the elements and principles of design as they relate to photographic images. Students will examine images critically through weekly critiques. Digital processing techniques will be introduced using Adobe Photoshop.

Prerequisite: Art I