McDyre, Margaret (Fine Arts)

PREREQUISITE:      Art I

DESCRIPTION:          Photography is a semester course serving as an introduction to black and white, and digital photography  The class will be offered to those students who have completed Art I, at a minimum, in order to assure that students have a background in basic design and composition.  The main objectives of this course are to learn about the workings of a 35mm single lens reflex camera, the chemistry of film and print development, digital photography, and the aesthetics of good quality compositional photographs.  Students will work in adobe photoshop to artistically alter and augment photos.  It is desired, although not required, that students provide their own cameras.  Some history of photography will also be introduced.

MAIN TOPICS:         STUDIO PRODUCTION

                                                Care and use of the camera

                                                Darkroom procedures

                                                Use of lighting techniques

                                                Camera types,lenses, film types and exposures

                                                     Manipulating images

                                                Producing original photographs

                                                     Producing a portfolio

                                    ART HISTORY

                                                History of photography (early pioneers)

                                                Trends in modern photography

                                    ART CRITICISM

                                                Describing good photographs

                                                Analyzing composition of photographs

                                                     Interpreting photographs

                                                Evaluating photographs

                                                Troubleshooting

                                    AESTHETICS

                                                Questioning

                                                Articulating

CREDIT INFO:          A fine or practical arts course is any state-approved course, grades 9-12, in art, music, drama, or vocational education; this course provides one half of one credit.  One credit is needed to graduate.