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Mount Marty Watertown Campus ART 286W2 2 credits	Art in Digital Photograpy
Tutorials Free Software: GIMP and Picasa Websites Portraits Image Formats PhotoQuotes	Instructor: Gary Witcher Phone: 886-4559 (W) 882-2370 (H) e-mail: gwitcher@wat.midco.net Course Description: Art in Digital Photography explores basic techniques of digital photography. It involves training in the use of the camera, the studio and the computer. Emphasis is on composition, exposure, lighting, printing and presentation. Course Objectives: The students will: 1. practice and develop the skills needed to express themselves through the medium of digital photography. 2. learn the aesthetic elements of quality photography. 3. learn how to archive, improve and share digital photographs. Course Policies: 1. Students are expected to attend all class sessions. Partial attendance may be counted as an absence. 2. Plagiarism (submitting another person's work as you own) will result in action ranging from a zero for the assignment to failure in the course. (See pages 9 and 10 in the 2007-2008 student handbook.) 3. The instructor reserves the right to alter the syllabus over the course of the semester. Changes in scheduled activities will be announced in class; it is up to the individual students to keep abreast of these changes. Course Evaluation Method: The grade is based 50% on attendence/participation and 50% on projects. The instructor will assign a grade based on the following criteria. A= Superior completion of all requirements, outstanding work B= Excellent completion of all requirements, high quality work C= Meets all requirements, satisfactory work D= Below average completion of requirements, passing F= Failure to satisfactorily complete one or more requirements Text: materials provided by instructor and online resources Optional: Curtin, Dennis. The Textbook of Digital Photography, 2^nd Edition. http://www.photocourse.com. 2006. Class Schedule: Week 1: basics – history of photography camera (lenses, shutter, depth of field, exposure) general composition introduction to computer graphics program set up printing account assignment: materials for still life Week 2: mounting, matting studio session – still life, portrait Week 3: basic functions of Paint Shop Pro (Photoshop, Gimp) EVALUATION - still life, portrait assignment: elective subject Week 4: manipulating, improving, restoring images EVALUATION - elective subjects assignment: elective subject Week 5: special techniques - black/white, sepia, spot color, border, composite EVALUATION - elective subjects assignment: elective subject Week 6: EVALUATION - elective subjects; assignment: elective subject Week 7: EVALUATION - elective subjects; assignment: elective subject Week 8: EVALUATION - elective subjects; assignment: elective subject Week 9: EVALUATION - elective subjects; assignment: elective subject Week 10: EVALUATION - elective subjects; assignment: elective subject Week 11: EVALUATION - elective subjects; assignment: elective subject Week 12: EVALUATION - elective subjects; assignment: elective subject Week 13: EVALUATION - elective subjects; assignment: elective subject Week 14: EVALUATION - elective subjects; assignment: elective subject Week 15: EVALUATION - elective subjects Student may select from following subjects (others may be approved): family, nature, animals (domestic/wildlife), city, country, work, recreation, travel, religion, people, women, men, children, food, water, texture, speed, weather, abstract ideas (yesterday, tomorrow, time, emotions-anger/sorrow/love).
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