Communications Photography

Catalog description

An introductory level course in photography as a communications medium. The course includes lectures, demonstrations, visual presentations, group critiques and supervised lab work. Material covered includes; the digital camera and its components, camera exposure techniques, digital editing and printing, commercial studio lighting, and electronic flash. The work of photojounalists and commercial photographers are shown and discussed in class. Assignments are geared toward the development of students' awareness of photography as a medium of mass communication. A compact digital camera or digital SLR camera is required. **There is a lab fee associated with this course.** Fulfills core Visual and Performing Arts requirement. (VPA).