Photography Courses that are Zero Textbook Costs

The following resources are used by several Photography faculty. If you have specific questions about classes and/or the materials that are used, please contact the department chair, Kathryn Mayo.

• PHOTO 260 The Eastern Sierra Landscape, Yosemite Valley:

  • No textbooks are required for this course. 

• PHOTO 263 Cell Phone Photography:

  • Smart Phone Smart Photography: Simple Techniques for Taking Incredible Pictures with iPhone and Android library ebook license

• Photo 265 Non Silver Photographic Applications:

  • No textbooks are required for this course.

• PHOTO 271 Color Management and Printing: 

  • Color Management & Quality Output: Working with Color From Camera to Display to Print library ebook license 

• PHOTO 273 Video Capture with DSLRs:

  • Videojournalism: Multimedia Storytelling for Online, Broadcast and Documentary Journalists  library ebook license

• PHOTO 274 DIgital Photography Basics:

  • No textbooks are required for this course. 

• PHOTO 275 Digital Applications for Alternative Processes:

  • No textbooks are required for this course. 

• PHOTO 277 Creating a Digital Portfolio:

  • No textbooks are required for this course. 

• PHOTO 278 Flash Photography: 

  • Understanding Flash Photography: How to Shoot Great Photographs Using Electronic Flash library ebook license

• PHOTO 301 Beginning Photography:

  • A Short Course in Photography: Film and darkroom library CDL

• PHOTO 302 Beginning Digital Photography:

  • Digital Photography (OER), Basic Photography Using a Digital Camera (OER), and A Short Course in Photography: Digital library CDL

• PHOTO 310 Intermediate Photography:

  • The Experimental Darkroom: Contemporary Uses of Traditional Black & White Photographic Materials library ebook license

• PHOTO 312 Intermediate Digital Photography: 

  • Langford's Advanced Photography: The Guide for Aspiring Photographers library ebook license and Read This if You Want to Take Great Photographs library ebook license

• PHOTO 320 Color Photography: 

  • Exploring Color Photography: From Film to Pixels library ebook license

• PHOTO 340 Careers in Photography: 

  • Photography Careers: Finding Your True Path library ebook license and The Photographer's Guide to Marketing and Self-Promotion library ebook license

• PHOTO 350 Photojournalism: 

  • Photojournalism: The Professionals' Approach library CDL

• PHOTO 360 Large Format Photography:

  • Kathryn Mayo: A User's Guide to the View Camera library ebook license 

• PHOTO 364 Advanced Black and White Photography: 

  • The Practical Zone System for Film and Digital Photography: Classic Tool, Universal Applications library ebook license

• PHOTO 365 Alternative Process Photography:

  • The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes library CDL

• PHOTO 366 Advanced Alternative Process Photography:

  • The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes library CDL

• PHOTO 370 Portraiture Techniques I:

  • Mastering Portrait Photography library CDL

• PHOTO 372 Portraiture Techniques II

  • The Photographer's Guide to Posing: Techniques to Flatter Everyone library ebook license

• PHOTO 390 Studio Lighting Techniques I:

  • Light--Science & Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting library ebook license

• PHOTO 392 Studio Lighting Techniques II: 

  • Product Photography: Lighting, Composition, and Shooting Techniques library ebook license

• PHOTO 420 History of Photography: 

  • Photography: A Cultural History and Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration library ebook licenses

• PHOTO 421 Photographic Theory, Concepts and Aesthetics: 

  • Approaching Photography : An Introduction to Understanding Photographs library ebook license and  Photography : The Whole Story  library CDL