ART 120 - Digital Photography 1

3 credit hours - Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory weekly; one term.
Learn the technical and aesthetic properties of digital photography including camera operation, composition and lighting. Gain hands-on experience in photoediting software such as Photoshop and Lightroom. Explore the creative aspects of digital photography through assignments, lectures and demonstrations. Lab fee $60.

Note: Students are required to provide a manual operation DSLR camera and an external storage device. Typically offered at MC; fall and spring terms.

Course Outcomes:

Describe the history of digital path.
- Trace the history of the lithographic dot versus the digital pixel.
- Trace the litho screening technique versus the silicon chip image pixel.
- Use appropriate vocabulary for digital photography throughout the course.
Analyze the components of a digital camera.
- Differentiate between CCD and CMOS sensors.
- Describe the components of picture elements.
- Demonstrate the control of curves and levels.
Analyze image file formats.
- Differentiate between JPEG, TIFF and raw file data.
- Describe the loss of pixel information versus stability of the image.
- Explain the process of converting from image file to printer output.
Demonstrate image firmware characteristics.
- Format the memory card in camera.
- Differentiate between image size and memory card size.
- Demonstrate upgrading of camera firmware to newest format using available technology.
Demonstrate image firmware characteristics.
- Demonstrate the visual white light wavelength sensitivity versus equal parts of RGB sensitivity.
- Adjust the camera’s exposure control in relation to the 18% gray card reflection.
- Calibrate the camera’s white light sensitivity to equal corrected available light color balance.
Analyze principles of depth of field to image sharpness.
- Analyze the camera’s lens versus image sharpness.
- Analyze a given perspective versus its normal angle of coverage.
- Analyze image sharpness versus image selective focus.
Complete a visual theme with digital imagery.
- Design imagery of a given demographic area.
- Construct imagery of the demographic area.
- Present completed imagery or photographic essay to the class.