Digital Photography (FOTO)

FOTO 111 Black and White Photography (A, W, SP, SU)

4 credits
This course introduces students to the basic principles of continuous-tone photography, emphasizing a balance of technical, aesthetic, and business concerns including composition and lighting, as well as manipulative functions, operative settings, exposure, and focus control of cameras and enlargers. Students will also learn to develop film and produce industry acceptable contact sheets and prints. A 35 mm SLR film camera with manual setting capabilities is needed. This course is film-based.
Lecture: 2 hours Lab: 4 hours
Prerequisite: None
Lab fee: $32.00

FOTO112 Photoshop for Photographers (A, W, SP, SU,–DL)

5 credits
This course familiarizes students with Photoshop and its relationship with digital photography as a business, design, and communication tool. The goal of this industry-based approach is to facilitate the integration of technical ability and visual problem solving skills in order to strengthen visual communication with the medium of digital photography. Students will need access to a version of Photoshop that best suits their needs.
Lecture: 5 hours
Prerequisite: None
Lab fee: $24.00

FOTO 113 Photoshop for Photographers II (On Demand,–DL)
 

5 credits
This course introduces students to advanced principles of Photoshop as they relate to digital image editing and digital workflow. The goal of this industry-based approach is to continue the integration of technical ability and creative visual problem-solving skills in order to strengthen visual communication and speed up the digital workflow of the medium of digital photography. Students will need access to a version of Photoshop that best suits their needs.
Lecture: 5 hours
Prerequisite: None
Lab fee: $24.00

FOTO 114 Introduction to Digital Photography (A, W, SP, SU)

4 credits
This course introduces students to the basic principles and applications of digital photography as a medium, a skill-set, and an integral part of today’s digital literacy needs. Students will capture images using digital cameras while emphasizing the manipulation of camera controls, exposure, lighting, on-and-off camera flash, essential imaging tactics, digital workflow for photography, print, Web and image storage and archival. Students are required to have a digital camera (point and shoot or DSLR).
Lecture: 3 hours – Lab: 3 hours
Prerequisite: None
Lab fee: $15.00

FOTO 115 Digital Photography and Design (A, W, SU)

3 credits
This course introduces students to the basic to advanced principles of design as they relate to digital photography as a business, design and communication tool. The goal of this industry-based approach is to facilitate the integration of aesthetics and technical ability and visual problem solving skills in order to strengthen visual design and communication with the medium of digital photography. Students are required to have a digital camera (point and shoot or DSLR).
Lecture: 3 hours
Prerequisite: FOTO 114
Lab fee: $24.00

FOTO 117 Digital Panoramic Photography (On Demand)

3 credits
This course introduces students to the basic and advanced principles of digital panoramic photography. Students will learn the latest technological advances in panoramic digital photography. Students will learn how to control exposure, focus, and white balance when taking 5 to 30 pictures of a single scene (e.g., landscape, building, room interior) that will be stitched together digitally in a current image-editing software. Focus will be on visual communications of natural and urban landscapes in the context of commercial utilization for marketing or advertising material. Students are required to have a digital camera (point and shoot or DSLR).
Lecture: 3 hours
Prerequisite: FOTO 114
Lab fee: $24.00

FOTO 118 Real Estate Photography (On Demand)

3 credits
This course introduces students to the basic through advanced principles of digital real estate photography as it is used for promotional flyers, brochures, magazine ads and Web sites. This course will cover all the techniques, skills, equipment and lighting needed to adequately document the interior and exterior of houses with minimal distortion and maximum marketing appeal. Students are required to have a digital camera (point and shoot or DSLR).
Lecture: 3 hours
Prerequisite: FOTO 114
Lab fee: $24.00

FOTO 119 Digital Infrared Photography (On Demand)

3 credits
This course introduces students to the basic principles of digital infrared photography as it is used for contemporary wedding portraiture and landscapes for client products, magazine ads and Web sites. This course will cover all the techniques, skills and equipment students will need to use their existing digital camera to photograph infrared radiation with spectacular, other-wordly results which attain maximum marketing appeal to service-based clients and business clients. Students are required to have a digital camera (point and shoot or DSLR).
Lecture: 3 hours
Prerequisite: FOTO 114
Lab fee: $24.00

FOTO 122 Landscape Photography (On Demand)

3 credits
This course is designed to provide students with a firm grounding in the digital photographic techniques and skills to create successful images of landscapes that could be used as stock photography or marketing and promotional materials for print or Web. Students will learn how to implement specific digital design elements and camera angles that aid in the digital translation of the three-dimensional world to two dimensions for display in print or on the Web. They also will explore the technical controls of the camera, from setting the hyper-focal distance to long, tripod-based exposures during the daytime, with reference to relevant theories to the work of recent and contemporary landscape photographers. Students are required to have a digital camera (point and shoot or DSLR).
Lecture: 3 hours
Prerequisite: FOTO 114
Lab fee: $15.00

FOTO 125 Night Photography (On Demand)

3 credits
This course introduces students to the principles and concerns of night photography using digital camera equipment. Students will learn effective motion control techniques, architectural documentation, light painting, and multiple exposure techniques commonly used in today’s commercial advertisements and promotional materials. Students will learn how to effectively use the law of reciprocity to create exposures that last up to a half an hour with minimal digital noise. Students will discuss many post-production alternatives to refine the night-time digital capture. Students are required to have a digital camera (point and shoot or DSLR) and a tripod.
Lecture: 3 hours
Prerequisite: FOTO 111 or FOTO 114
Lab fee: $15.00

FOTO 130 Macro and Close-Up Photography (On Demand)

3 credits
This course introduces students to all the concepts, equipment and techniques related to macro and close-up photography as it relates to commercial photography applications such as advertisements and promotions for both print and Web. Students will learn the technical considerations involved in using their DSLR to capture the smallest details. Students will implement the core design and exposure theories in digital photography to capture the details of a smaller world. Working with close-up filters, extension tubes and bellows, students will achieve professional macro-photographed subjects. Students are required to have a digital single lens camera (DSLR) and a set of close-up filters (+1, +2, +4) or a macro lens
Lecture: 3 hours
Prerequisite: FOTO 114
Lab fee: $35.00

FOTO 150 Advanced Black and White Photography (A, W, SP, SU)

4 credits
This course focuses on advanced applied still photography with emphasis on the technical side of exposure, development, advanced darkroom techniques, and advanced use of a 35mm camera. This course places an emphasis on advanced problem solving, pre-visualization and goal-based, visual communication. This course exposes the student to more extensive use of lighting, Zone System of exposure, development comparisons and its effect upon resulting exposure of films and printing papers. It is required that each student have a 35mm SLR camera with variable shutter speed and aperture as well as an incident light meter.
Lecture: 2 hours – Lab: 4 hours
Prerequisite: FOTO 111
Lab fee: $28.00

FOTO 160 Color Photography (A, W, SP, SU)

3 credits
This course is an introduction to color photography with emphasis on color theory, exposure control, scene and shot pre-visualization and composition. Students will examine color theory as it relates to light, the Web, and print, with color slide film. This reinforces the concept of pre-visualization, vigilant shot planning, and careful exposure consideration which also will help the student become a better digital photographer in future classes. Through reading, practice and class discussion, students will learn elements unique to color photography. Students are required to have a 35 mm SLR camera with manual setting capabilities. This is a slide-film based class.
Lecture: 3 hours
Prerequisite: FOTO 111
Lab fee: $15.00

FOTO 178 Photo Lab (A, W, SP, SU)

1 credit
The photo lab provides students currently enrolled in other photography courses the opportunity to enhance their film processing and printing technique skills. This course may be repeated.
Lecture: 0 hours – Lab: 3 hours
Corequisite: FOTO 111 or 150 or 220 or 250
Lab fee: $28.00

FOTO 214 Advanced Digital Photography (A, W, SP, SU)

5 credits
This course provides an in-depth look at the digital single lens reflex camera (DSLR), advanced digital shooting techniques in different lighting conditions, and digital workflow solutions with image editing software for taking full advantage of the DSLR’s range of capabilities. This course focuses on high resolution JPEG and RAW capture for photo-industry specific venues and outputs. A continuation of aesthetic and technical camera controls will be covered. This course assumes that the student has an understanding of basic digital photography and has access to a DSLR camera.
Lecture: 5 hours
Prerequisite: FOTO 114
Prerequisite: None
Lab fee: $15.00

FOTO 220 Studio Lighting (A, W, SP)

4 credits
This course has an emphasis on lighting problem solving in relation to indoor studio lighting techniques and equipment for product photography. This course exposes the student to more extensive use of product lighting, lighting techniques and the Zone System of exposure with the use of digital camera systems. This course will introduce the concepts of lighting required for basic commercial product photography with emphasis on lighting products based upon surface qualities and shape. Additional emphasis will be on designing sets and advertising arrangements for print and Web. It is required that each student have a DSLR as well as a hand-held incident light meter (analog or digital).
Lecture: 4 hours
Prerequisite: FOTO 214
Lab fee: $28.00

FOTO 232 Industrial Photography (On Demand)

3 credits
This course introduces students to the techniques and concerns of industrial photography. The course focuses on the needs of industrial photographers who photograph workers on the job, machinery, industrial layout, prominent places in an industry, etc. These photographs are used in company publications or for ad campaigns. Industrial photography demands knowledge of the industry as well as its equipment. This requires the student have access to a DSLR camera.
Lecture: 3 hours
Prerequisite: FOTO 114
Lab fee: $18.00

FOTO 250 View Camera Photography (SP)

4 credits
This is an advanced photography class dealing with large format photography. The student, using college-provided 4x5 equipment, explores the techniques used in large format film exposure, development, and printing. The emphasis is on discovering all of the benefits associated with a view camera in various aspects of the photographic field. Studio work outside of regular class time is required.
Lecture: 2 hours – Lab: 4 hours
Prerequisites: FOTO 150
Lab fee: $40.00

FOTO 260 Studio and Environmental Portraiture (SP)

4 credits
The focus in this class will be upon advanced posing, lighting and background creation of the single subject and multiple-subject portraiture. Basic-to-advanced studio portrait lighting techniques and on-location (indoor and outdoor) portrait lighting techniques will be covered, in addition to on-camera flash fill techniques and portable strobe use. This course assumes that the student has an understanding of advanced digital photography and has access to a DSLR camera and a hand-held incident meter (analog or digital).
Lecture: 4 hours
Prerequisites: FOTO 214
Lab fee: $40.00

FOTO 265 Photojournalism (A, SP)

3 credits
This course provided an introduction to the principles and theories of photojournalism in the digital era. FOTO 265 will increase technical understanding of digital photography as a medium, enabling the student to document newsworthy events with accuracy. The latest digital photographic techniques and technology will be employed throughout and the digital work output should be suitable for publication in newspapers, magazines, Web sites, company publications, brochures, pamphlets, announcements, circulars, folders, handouts, leaflets, throwaways, tracts, and digital slide-show presentations. This course will also cover media ethics, legal issues and the evolving technological impact of photojournalism. Student must have access to a DSLR camera.
Lecture: 3 hours
Prerequisites: FOTO 214
Lab fee: $18.00

FOTO 266 Photojournalism II (On Demand)

3 credits
This course presents advanced principles, concerns and theories of photojournalism in the digital era. This course will increase technical understanding of digital photography as a medium, enabling the student to document newsworthy events with accuracy. This course provides continued experience in shooting, digital processing, production-based projects, and deadlines, using current digital technology paralleling the photojournalism industry. The latest digital photographic techniques will be employed throughout and the digital work output should be suitable for publication in a variety of media. This course will also cover media ethics, legal issues and the evolving technological impact of photojournalism. Students must have access to a DSLR camera.
Lecture: 3 hours
Prerequisites: FOTO 265
Lab fee: $18.00

FOTO 290 Business of Photography (SP,–DL)

4 credits
This course introduces students to the business and marketing practices common in a professional photography business or in freelance photography work. Emphasis will be placed on developing professional objectives based upon careful consideration of the financial, legal, organizational, promotional, interpersonal and ethical practices particular to photography. This course is a research and business-planning course. No camera is needed.
Lecture: 4 hours
Prerequisite: None
Lab fee: $15.00

FOTO 292 Digital Portfolio Development (SP)

3 credits
This course is designed for digital photography majors to gain knowledge of photography portfolio book design and production as well as Web-hosted portfolio production as it relates to self-promotion for future clients, job placement, or pursuit of photo-education at a four year university. Since the course is focused on the printed page and Web-posted portfolio to enhance the multi-medium delivery of any visual information, its potential applications are almost limitless. This course can provide groundwork for continued study and/or a career in digital photography or related industries.
Lecture: 3 hours
Prerequisites: FOTO 114 and FOTO 214
Lab fee: $15.00

FOTO 297 Field Studies (On Demand)

1-5 credits
This hands-on course introduces students to a range of natural and man-made subjects that can range from field trips to the local zoo to foreign lands to study the indigenous people of the area, landscapes and architecture. Students learn ways of visualizing and capturing outside subjects at various times of the day or year. Course topics include studying equipment, portable digital storage devices, and other materials necessary to create the best digital photographs in a field environment. Students go on field trips lasting a day or several days depending on the location and topic to be covered. Students are required to have a DSLR and are responsible for the cost of any entrance fees, travel and lodging (if needed) and meal expenses TBA. This course can be repeated.
Lecture: 1 to 5 hours
Prerequisite: FOTO 114
Lab fee: $20.00

FOTO 299 Special Topics in Digital Photography (On Demand)

1 to 5 Credits
This course is a detailed examination of a selected topic in Digital Photography. This course can be repeated.
Lecture: 1 to 5 hours
Prerequisite: TBA
Lab fee: $15.00