GRADES: 9, 10, 11, 12
Prerequisite: None
Length: One trimester/one-half credit (may not be repeated for credit)
Course Description
In this course, students will be introduced to the basics of digital photography including: shutter speed, aperture, ISO, depth of field, camera operation, handling & safety, light quality & quantity, composition and professional photo editing software. Students use Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom to create various independent and group projects.
Course qualifies for Fine Arts and Career & Tech credit.
Required Material
- Chromebook (provided by the school)
- iMac (provided by the school)
- Headphones (provided by the school)
- Nikon D3500 (provided by the school)
Course Resources
- Nikon Website
- Digital Photography School Website
- LinkedIn Learning Website
- Adobe Website
- other texts and websites applicable to the field
Course Calendar
Activities
A – Classroom Introduction
- Student Questionnaire
- Course Introduction
- Classroom Introduction
- Classroom Computers
B – Photography Basics
- What is Photography?
- Fabulous Photography
- A Brief History of Photography
- Careers in Photography
- File Formats & Sizes (tentatively)
- Phone Photography vs. DSLR (tentatively)
C – Introduction to Photography Equipment
- Camera Expectations & Safety
- Camera Body Parts // D3500
- Camera Operation // D3500
- Shapes
- Tripod Basics
- Focus (tentatively)
- Lens Basics (tentatively)
D – Introduction to Composition
E – Introduction to Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Photoshop Basics
- Color Splash Effect
- Miniature World
- Warhol Portrait
- Doodle Portrait
- Double Exposure (tentatively)
- Text Portrait (tentatively)
- Photo in Text (tentatively)
- “Stacked” Portrait (tentatively)
F – Introduction to Aperture
G – Introduction to Shutter Speed
H – Introduction to Manual Mode
- ISO Sensitivity Basics
- Manual Exposure
- Lighting Basics
- Lightpainting
- Reflections
- Another project
Z – Classroom Checkout
- Portfolio
- Equipment (Camera) Return
- Computer Checkout
- Gallery Walk
- Knowledge Test (tentatively)