ART 194 - Portfolio Photography 1

1. Incorporate the basic features of digital cameras
   1. Demonstrate composition of a digital image and the factors that affect its quality and file size
   2. Show how digital images are transferred to a computer for storage and manipulation
   3. Explain the differences between normal-focal length for digital camera lenses and traditional camera lenses
   4. Identify how to make adjustments for contrast, color balance and exposure using a digital camera
   5. Describe the basic differences between various digital cameras on the market and weigh the relative advantages and disadvantages, conveniences and costs, associated with their use.
   6. Demonstrate how to use scanners
   7. Use histograms to create better images
   8. Describe what a color management does
   9. Demonstrate how to store digital images
2. Prepare a computer to correctly display digital images
   1. Adjust digital images using software tools
   2. Use filters to readjust or sharpen images
   3. Edit an image using software including: burning, dodging, levels, masks, retouching
   4. Discuss the ethics of altering images
   5. Describe the relative advantages and disadvantages of a number of kinds of printers and printer technologies
3. Evaluate understanding of photographic business practices
   1. Describe legal practices such as copyright, work for hire, royalties, and selling usage rights
   2. Show how to present your work to agencies and galleries
4. Use fundamental design elements
   1. Describe the impact that framing and cropping have on an image
   2. Demonstrate how to use the “rule of thirds”
   3. Use contrast to enhance your images
   4. Demonstrate how point of view can affect the interpretation of an image
   5. Identify some of the “rules of thumb” employed by photographers involved in portraiture and landscape including managing motion, balance, and tension
   6. Describe how to present your photographs to agencies and galleries
   7. Summarize how to compose for photographs for specific audiences
5. Incorporate various lighting conditions such as diffused, direct, directed diffused and back light, based on the analysis of various qualities of light
   1. Summarize the basic concepts of degree of diffusion and direction of light
   2. Analyze a variety of lighting equipment including lights, diffusers, and reflectors, supports for lighting devices
   3. Discuss the purposes for using more than one lighting device, and how to position fill lights to achieve certain effects, such as studio, on camera, existing, supplemental, (reflectors, etc)
   4. Identify a variety of flash units, flash meters, and flash accessories, and understand how they are used
   5. Calculate exposure meter reading
   6. Identify the arrangement used in lighting for portraits and reflective objects, and to enhance the appearance of textured surfaces
6. Analyze photographs using vocabulary for photography and art to discuss weaknesses and strengths of various photographs
   1. Discuss and debate the possible intention of various photographs
   2. Use reflection in evaluating own work
   3. Describe portfolio strategies that are audience specific
7. Prepare a computer to correctly display digital images
   1. Adjust digital images using software tools
   2. Use filters to readjust or sharpen images
   3. Edit an image using software including: burning, dodging, levels, masks, retouching
   4. Discuss the ethics of altering images
   5. Describe the relative advantages and disadvantages of a number of kinds of printers and printer technologies
8. Create an Electronic Portfolio.
   1. Demonstrate how to create a photography portfolio website
   2. Create different categories for photographic work on the website
9. Create a Gallery Quality Printed Portfolio
   1. Create photography prints for gallery display
   2. Demonstrate how to mount prints for gallery display
   3. Summarize how to display mounted prints for gallery display