Personal Photographic Vision

Catalog description

Introductory course that examines the foundations of photographic seeing, thought and analysis with the use of photography's analog approaches and techniques, including photographic film cameras, black & white film processing, film scanning and darkroom and digital printmaking and use of artificial lighting in a photographic studio and/or on-location. The primary focus of the course will be to engage in photographic practice to respond subjectively as well as objectively to the conceptual and aesthetic experiences of the photographic image as a visual document of creative expression and communication. Historical and contemporary photographic works from diverse perspectives and approaches within analog photographic practice will be discussed. Discussion and practice with small-, medium- and large-format (film) cameras, image exposure methods, basic artificial lighting techniques, image optimization and use of the dynamic tonal range with film processing and digital imaging techniques, and photographic printing practices in both darkroom and digital environments. The Photography Program can provide a 35mm, medium- or large-format film camera for student check-out and use during the course. (CSU/UC)