Course Description: This beginning photography course explores the foundational concepts of light and exposure. Using dSLR cameras, professional lighting equipment and software, the student develops compositional skills and the ability to control photographic style to create visually engaging photographs. 

Course Objectives 

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES	ASSESSMENT
For the successful completion of this course, students should be able to:	Evaluation methods and criteria
Describe a photograph, using professional vocabulary.	Students will demonstrate competency in writing assignments and discussions.
Employ photographic style to convey a point of view. Use light, composition and exposure to create meaning in photographs.	Students will demonstrate competency by taking photographs of the same subjects using different stylistic choices to create different impacts on the viewer.
Develop visual literacy. Analyze the meaning, the aesthetic value and the technical competency of one’s own work, the work of one’s peers, and the work of professional photographers.	Students will display competency through in-class discussions, writing assignments, and the creation of an edited portfolio of prints.
Work with teams, including those of diverse composition. Build consensus.	Students will display competency through in-class team projects.
Operate compact digital cameras, dSLRs, tripods, light meters, continuous tone and strobe lighting equipment. Demonstrate proficiency in digital darkroom techniques and the color correction workflow.	Students will display competency through in-class hands-on exercises.

General Education 

General Education Goal:	Assessment:
Thinking Critically The student will demonstrate the ability to evaluate strengths and relevance of arguments on a particular issue.	Evaluate through class critique to determine how well students were able to advance their project concepts through creative, critical and technical decisions.
Social Interaction The student will demonstrate the ability to work in teams, including people from a variety of backgrounds, and build consensus.	Evaluate the collaboration and integration of the team with a rubric for creative and critical team performance and project outcomes.
Lifelong Learning The student will demonstrate an understanding of the important relationships between the student’s major, other academic disciplines, world events and life goals.	Evaluate through class discussion and written tests if students have developed a sensitivity and awareness of professional ethics.

Teaching/Learning Methods

• Hands-on photo shoots 
• Video resources, readings, discussions
• Editing, color correcting and printing photos
• Photo gallery visit
• Peer-to-peer review
• Self-reflective learning log

Required Equipment

Each student will need a camera to complete his or her assignments: 

• You may check out a camera to complete your assignments from V1102. Check out is between 9am and 5pm, Monday -Friday. The check-out period is 48 hours.
• You may use a camera phone if you have no other camera but you must use it intelligently! Use an app to give you manual control over shutter speed, aperture and ISO. When working with a camera phone, work outside in the day with good light and do not point the camera at the light source. 
• To get the most out of this class, your camera should allow manual control over exposure and flash.  Resource for buying a camera: http://www.dpreview.com

Required Materials 

• INSTANT DRY Inkjet paper for pigment ink printers. 

Recommended: Epson Ultra Premium Luster Photo Paper – 8.5×11″ – 50 Sheets – $24.29

Attendance/lateness Policy

Attendance is taken and is important to success in this class. Both absences and arrival more than 15 minutes after the start of class will be marked. If excessive, the instructor will alert the student that he or she may be in danger of not meeting the course objectives and participation expectations, which could lead to a lower grade.

Academic Integrity Standards 

Students and all others who work with information, ideas, texts, images, music, inventions, and other intellectual property owe their audience and sources accuracy and honesty in using, crediting, and citing sources. As a community of intellectual and professional workers, the College recognizes its responsibility for providing instruction in information literacy and academic integrity, offering models of good practice, and responding vigilantly and appropriately to infractions of academic integrity. Accordingly, academic dishonesty is prohibited in The City University of New York and at New York City College of Technology and is punishable by penalties, including failing grades, suspension, and expulsion.

Course Schedule

Week 1- Course Overview 

Week 2- Photographic Composition

Week 3 — Photographic Composition W

Week 4-Exposure

Week 5 –Creating Depth (or Perspective)  vs Depth of Field, Aperture

Week 6-Shutter Speed

Week 7-Digital Darkroom Workflow,  Printing

Week 8- Outdoor Portraits

Week 9- Photography Exhibit

Week 10 –Studio Lighting Basics

Week 11- Studio Portraits

Week 12-Portrait Lighting for Mood

Week 13- Painting with Light

Week 14 – Digital Darkroom, Final Project Support, Printing 

Dec 18-week 15- Final Project Presentations