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PHT 192 - Photography IV


Last Date of Approval: Spring 2021

3 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 30
Total Lab Hours: 30
Total Clinical Hours: 0
Total Work-Based Experience Hours: 0

Course Description:
Technical proficiency with camera functions, composition skills, and posing techniques will be increased. Students will master advanced studio lighting techniques, which includes studio and portable lighting equipment and the use of mixed natural and man-made light. Photography projects and sketchbook assignments will encourage the development of a personal visual style. Students will explore the work of both historical and contemporary photographers. This course introduces historical and alternative photographic processes used in both the fine art and commercial world. Projects involving abstraction and character-portraits allow the student to creatively refine fundamental photography techniques. Via self- and class critiques, students will evaluate their own work and that of their peers. Participation in the student photography show is required. This course helps students build confidence in their visual communication skills while also enabling them to think critically, consider the viewpoints of others, and effectively express themselves, all of which will benefit them in the classroom, in life, and in the workforce.

Prerequisites: ART 184 - Photography  or PHT 183 - Photography I  
Mode(s) of Instruction: traditional/face-to-face

Credit for Prior Learning: There are no Credit for Prior Learning opportunities for this course.

Course Fees: Course Materials: $150.00

Common Course Assessment(s): None

Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
 

  1. Students will demonstrate the ability to analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and defend photographic production techniques in the studio and on location.
  2. Students will evaluate the use of natural and artificial light and its relation to the photographic process.
  3. Students demonstrate a working knowledge of the evolution of photographic processes from 1839 to present and identify photographers and images by their style and historic photographic process.
  4. Students will develop and describe the relationship involving the art maker, the process, the product and the viewer.
  5. Student will explore and implement advanced methods in alternative film and electronic processes.

Course Objectives

  1. Demonstrate proper use a digital SLR camera by varying such things as shutter speed, aperture, and ISO settings.
  2. Practice the basic elements and principles of composition as they apply to photography.
  3. Differentiate the need for, and apply, the systematic documentation of methods and processes.
  4. Employ about the handling, care, and storage of digital and photographic media.
  5. Manage basic techniques to refine an artist’s photographic vision through the use of digital-manipulation software like Adobe Photoshop.
  6. Integrate historical and contemporary issues related to photography through research and journaling.
  7. Demonstrate personal accountability through active and consistent class participation.



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