ART 203 - Digital Photography (3)

Prerequisite: None
spring

Studio: Six studio hours a week.

An introduction to digital photography using software, graphic images, and photography as tools to create artwork. This course surveys photographic images’ production, manipulation, and output electronically and for print. Topics include meaning, aesthetics, historical and cultural context, image appropriation, and the implications of electronic photographic imaging to legal, ethical, and social issues in the commercial and fine arts fields. Students will learn how to operate a manual digital camera, raster and vector graphics, resolution, file formats, output devices, color systems, and image-acquisitions using industry art and design software standards. Visual elements, design concepts, and historical and contemporary artworks will be taught and shown using diverse, equitable, and inclusive examples. A digital SLR is preferred but not required. Limited Transfer - See advisor for more information. Limited Transfer - See advisor for more information.

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PCS: 1.1