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Course Description
Course Description
Digital Photography is a semester-long introductory course designed to develop students’ technical, creative, and visual communication skills through photography and digital imaging. Students will learn how to intentionally create photographs that communicate ideas, stories, and emotions. Students will learn about composition, lighting, camera operation, aperture, shutter speed, ISO, and visual storytelling while applying the Elements of Art and Principles of Design. Students will also explore influential photographers, experiment with creative photography techniques, and use computers and digital imaging applications to organize, edit, and present their work. Throughout the course, students will participate in critiques and reflections and create a digital portfolio website that showcases their strongest photographs and growth as photographers.
What is Photography?
What is Photography?
Essential Question:
Why do people make photographs?
Cyanotypes
Cyanotypes
Essential Question:
How does light create photographs?
In this unit, students will explore the history, science, and creative possibilities of cyanotype photography, one of the earliest photographic processes. Students will learn how light-sensitive materials react to UV light and how objects and photographic negatives can be used to create distinctive blue-and-white “sun prints.” After learning about early cyanotype pioneers such as Sir John Herschel and Anna Atkins, students will create a cyanotype self-portrait by transforming a photograph into a negative and combining it with natural materials, transparencies, and other objects to develop a thoughtful composition. Students will experiment with positive and negative space, contrast, layering, composition, exposure, and visual storytelling as they arrange their materials, expose their artwork to sunlight, and rinse the paper to reveal the final image. Through this process, students will discover how photography can combine art, science, experimentation, and personal expression to create a unique work of art.
Image and lesson sourced from @amslerartroom
Composition
Composition
Camera Functions
Camera Functions
Creative Photography
Creative Photography
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