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  • 2.00 Credits

    PREREQUISITE: PHO-121; Min. grade C. This course is a continuation of Photo Image Capture I and further develops camera operation skills and an understanding of digital imaging terminology. A more advanced control and application of camera techniques such as exposure, depth of field, optical effects, and zone focusing will be emphasized. In addition to demonstrating technical competency in the aforementioned areas, students will be expected to utilize these techniques as visual communication tools in order to clearly convey their photographic intent. Additional topics include: macro photography, the effect of image compression on image quality or resolution, the advantages and disadvantages of shooting JPEG vs. RAW, how and when to utilize fill flash, and copying flatwork. Clock Hours: 30 (LEC)
  • 3.00 Credits

    CO-REQUISITE: PHO-161; This course presents the fundamentals of visual perception, design, and seeing in the photographic medium. Topics include the psychology of seeing, value exercises, conceptual and perceptual exercises, depth representation, figure/ground, organization, gestalt principles, quality of light, and the development of ideas. Prev. Course Codes: (PHP-043) (PHP-243A) Clock Hours: 45 (LEC)
  • 3.00 Credits

    CO-REQUISITE: PHO-162; PREREQUISITE: PHO-143; Min. grade C. This course moves the foundation foundation of aesthetic principles into a more advanced stage. Through the use of historical examples students will create images that employ the same visual and philosophical concerns of their predecessors in photographic history. This course is fundamentally a photography history shooting class. Students are exposed to principle photo history genres and then the students create photographs using the same concerns and style. The photo genres include pictorialism, the bauhaus, documentary including the FSA, landscape, and post-modernism. Clock Hours: 45 (LEC)
  • 45.00 Credits

    This course will instruct the student in the use of specialized programs to manage the large collection of digital captures they are likely to encounter as professionals. The large number of files created by a digital photographer requires a systematic method of cataloging and offers various means of presentation. This course will teach a workflow for the cataloging and various methods of presenting the images to the public and clients using Microsoft Expressions Media (formerly iView Media) and other supplemental programs. Clock Hours: 45 (LECLB)
  • 2.00 Credits

    CO-REQUISITE: PHO-121, PHO-143; This course will cover post processing of the captured image. Methods of transferring files from camera to computer, image editing tools, optimizing files for print and screen, image sharpening, proper understanding of black and white tonal scale, methods of converting color captures to black and white images, printing, and matting are included. The lab portion of the class will also be used to assist the production of images required for Photo-image Capture I and Perception & Photography I. Clock Hours: 45 (LECLB)
  • 2.00 Credits

    CO-REQUISITE: PHO-122; PREREQUISITE: PHO-161 Min. grade C. This course is a continuation of Digital Capture Processing I and focuses on digital image processing and printing. Topics include visual understanding of print quality; further development of vocabulary of digital darkroom terminology; creating and utilizing actions in Photoshop; file formats; and further exploration of Photoshop tools, layers, channels, and palettes. Clock Hours: 45 (LECLB)
  • 6.00 Credits

    Provides students with a vehicle to pursue special topics of interest. The content of this course is designed on an as needed basis to provide current, up-to-date information.
  • 3.00 Credits

    PREREQUISITE: PHO-122; Min. grade C. This course instructs the student in technical and aesthetic aspects of studio and location portrait photography. Studio lighting techniques including lighting ratios, lighting styles, location lighting, fill flash, light modifiers for portraiture, metering, composition, equipment, and posing. Career paths in the field of portraiture such as weddings, environment and studio portraits, and school portraits will be covered.
  • 3.00 Credits

    PREREQUISITE: PHO-122; Min. grade C. Instruction in the use of the 4x5 inch large format camera and the use of studio lighting for product photography is the focus of this course. Product photography is one area where film is still used frequently. The large format camera is also the base for many of the highest quality digital captures. Topics include types of large format cameras; loading film; the use of tilts, swings, and shifts of the view camera for depth of field and perspective control; special lighting techniques; light modifiers; bellows factors; and the specific methods of lighting different objects and surfaces. Clock Hours: 30 (LEC) 30 (LAB)
  • 3.00 Credits

    PREREQUISITE: PHO-234 Min. grade C. This course is a continuation of View Camera and Lighting Techniques, emphasizing studio product illustration using color transparency film and digital capture. Advanced techniques in lighting, further development of proficiency with the view camera, and advanced aspects of commercial illustration photography are included. The focus is on design requirements, exploration of various subject matter, and printing reproduction requirements. Prev. Course Codes: (PHP-035) Clock Hours: 30 (LEC) 30 (LAB)
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