- Introduction to Photography

Catalog description

The emphasis of this introductory photography course is to give students a foundational background in the technical and conceptual underpinnings of photography. Students will be exposed to a wide variety of technical and aesthetic concerns involved in making photographs, including: aperture, shutter speed, depth of field, film-less photography, principles of darkroom image creation, composition, camera handling, selecting digital file formats, Lightroom CC, Adobe Photoshop and printing to the Epson printers. Equal to the acquisition of skills, and familiarity with digital SLR camera use, the goal is to enable students to see the photographic world all around us with criticality, and a sense of empowerment that allows students to both critique and respond to the world through photographs.