7210s

Digital Photography

Semester / 0.5 Credit / Grade 9 - 12

Prerequisites:

None

Students in grades 9-12 are offered the opportunity to take creative control of the content and appearance of their digital photos in order to produce new artworks. They will have a basic knowledge of photo editing software and they will explore the formal qualities of an image. They will research the relationship of photography to other visual arts and they will discuss its connections with journalism, advertisement, history, and science.

Required materials: Student-owned DSLRs / or compact cameras, card reader and flash USB drives or portable external disks to transfer and backup files.