Course Descriptions
ART 160 Black & White Photography I
ART 161 Black & White Photography II
ART 162 Black & White Photography III
ART 169 Medium & Large Format Photograpy
ART 166 Black & White Photography: The Digital Negative
ART 175 Color Digital Printing
ART 160 Black and White Photography I
This course is designed to introduce students to the basics of picture taking and picture making. Topics include use of 35mm camera and lens film processing, printing and photochemistry. Two-hour photolabs will provide practical darkroom experience.
Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
- Identify and apply camera handling and cleaning techniques.
- Define and describe characteristics of black and white films and print papers.
- Calculate correct photographic exposures under a variety of lighting conditions.
- Describe and apply basic principles of photographic composition.
- Apply principles governing use of contrast filters.
- Describe and apply the technical and aesthetic criteria by which photographs are evaluated.
- Prepare a portfolio of black and white enlargement prints that exhibit effective focus, depth of field, contrast, cropping and display.
Prerequisite: Students are required to have access to a 35mm camera with adjustable settings and are required to provide their own film and print paper. The College provides all other lab equipment and supplies and use of a modern photolab.
2 hours lecture, 2 hours laboratory each week 3 credits
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ART 161 Black and White Photography II
This course is a continuation of Black and White Photography I. Students learn more about the art of photography by exploring advanced approaches to composition lighting and printing. Using photochemistry and setting up a home darkroom are among the topics presented.
Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:
- Use a light meter and gray card to calculate scene brightness ratios.
- Adjust film-speed ratings to compensate for camera or lighting exposure factors
- Prepare commonly used photochemicals and describe their contents.
- Print “problem” negatives by altering local and overall density and contrast in the print.
- Adjust film development times to compensate for lighting conditions.
- Produce a portfolio of fully toned black and white prints that exhibit strong technical and aesthetic values.
Prerequisite: Black and White Photography I (ART 160) or permission of the instructor. Students are required to have access to a 35mm camera with adjustable settings and are required to provide their own film and print paper. The College provides all other lab equipment and supplies and use of a modern photolab.
2 hours lecture, 2 hours laboratory each week 3 credits
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ART 162 Black and White Photography III
This is a lab-intensive course for students with one year of previous course work in photography. The use of photography as an expressive tool is approached by study and application of advanced methods of working with camera and processing film and prints with specialized photochemistry. Student learn to select print papers that enhance image quality. The limits of the 35mm negative format are explored.
Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to:
- Previsualize subject matter for black and white photographs.
- Determine personal film speed.
- Adjust film processing to compensate for scene brightness.
- Produce their own gray scales and meter cards.
- Control the tonal ranges in prints from negatives made under a variety of lighting conditions.
- Prepare a portfolio of exhibition quality, archivally matted prints.
Prerequisite: Black and White Photography II (ART 161) or equivalent experience. Students are required to have access to a 35mm camera with adjustable settings and are required to provide their own film and print paper. The College provides all other lab equipment and supplies and use of a modern photolab.
2 hours lecture, 2 hours laboratory each week 3 credits
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ART 169 Medium & Large Format Photography
This studio and field course is an introduction to techniques including use of medium- and large-format cameras. The course teaches practical, hands-on approaches to the design and production of high-quality photographs. The use of studio lighting and cameras is provided. Assignments include portraiture, photographing glassware, silver and industrial products, architecture and macro photography. Emphasis is on studio rather than darkroom experience, though students will develop and contact print their negatives.
Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
- Arrange and light objects using tent lighting and studio light tables.
- Use basic tilt and swing movements to render correctly perspective and depth of field.
- Define, describe and apply principles of commercial studio photography.
- Apply large-format camera work to representative commercial studio subject matter.
- Use basic four-light artificial lighting set ups in portrait and still modeling.
- Use studio light meters to calculate correct flash, fill and main lighting exposure values.
- Control basic composition and design elements including subject-background relationships, brightness ratios, contrast, line, mass, movement and form.
Prerequisite: Black and White Photography I (ART 160) and Black and White Photography II (ART 161) or permission of the instructor. Students are required to have access to a 35mm camera with adjustable settings and are required to provide their own film and print paper.
2 hours lecture, 2 hours laboratory each week 3 credits
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ART 166 Black and White Photography: The Digital Negative
This course is a continuation of Black and White Photography which incorporates the use of digital darkroom techniques. Students will learn the art of conventional printing using enlarged digital negatives. Students will have the opportunity to learn the advanced changes offered to them through the use of digital photography, bridging the technological gap between traditional methods and rapidly changing digital methods in photography. The course is not intended to abandon traditional methods of photography, but to incorporate the technology. This course will not involve the use of digital cameras. The course will use computers to enlarge black and white negatives for contact printing.
Upon successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:
- Integrate knowledge of conventional analog into digital photography techniques.
- Monitor calibration for digital negative production.
- Apply the various methods of scanning for digital negative resolution.
- Practice with the digital negatives to enhance images for fine printing (dodging, burning, sharpening, masking, and contrast controls).
- Use storage and transfer media for file compression.
- Use a service bureau for output production of enlarged negatives for printing.
- Produce a portfolio of prints incorporating the use of digital negatives.
- Use computer software for image enhancement.
Prerequisite: Black and White Photography II (ART 161) and Electronic Imaging I (GRA 209) or permission from the instructor. Students are required to have access to a 35mm camera with adjustable settings and are required to provide their own film, printing paper, CDs, and ZIP disk. The College provides all other lab equipment and supplies and use of a modern photo lab and digital labs.
2 hours lecture, 2 hours laboratory each week 3 credits
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ART 175 Color Digital Printing
This course is an exploration into the art of color digital photographic printing. The course will incorporate the use of traditional color slides and negative films with the final process completed through the digital darkroom workflow and techniques. Students will learn about the correct exposure of color slides and negative films for calibration and how to balance color through the use of color correction filters in the field. The use of color as a design element in the photographic medium and the fine art of digital color printing techniques will be emphasized. Students will have the opportunity to learn about the advanced changes offered through the use of digital photography. This course will enable students to effectively and efficiently use and understand a digital workflow design for high quality color photographic printing.
Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
- Understand and bridge the gap from conventional analog to digital photography.
- Monitor calibration for digital negative production.
- Comprehend the importance of scanning for digital negative resolution.
- Practice and enhance images for fine art color printing.
- Use dodging, burning, sharpening, masking, and contrast controls.
- Use storage and transfer media for file compression.
- Use contrast control, light enhancement, and simple color correction.
- Produce a final portfolio of prints.
- Use appropriate software for image enhancement.
