INTRO to PHOTOGRAPHY
This half year course is based on a series of mini projects with an emphasis on practical photography and image manipulations skills. Students will gain a wide range of the techniques and processes involved in digital photography and editing. Topics are designed to encourage students to cover a broad range of styles and to allow them to find their own style while also being exposed to the art history of photography.
Required Materials
• Smartphone to take photos. (REQUIRED)
If you don’t have enough data to download photos to your Google Slide App then you will need a usb cord that attaches your phone to the computer to download your photos there.
• Google Slides app
• Google Drive app
• RAW app
(these should all be free)
Course UNITS
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Still-Life Objects
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Portraiture (Headshots)
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Rule of 3rds Landscapes
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Light Painting
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Macro Patterns and Textures
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Leading Lines/Black & White
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Forced Perspective