Photography

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

  1. Student Questionnaire
  2. Course Introduction
  3. Classroom Introduction
  4. Classroom Computers

B – Photography Basics

  1. What is Photography?
  2. Fabulous Photography
  3. A Brief History of Photography
  4. Careers in Photography
  5. File Formats & Sizes (tentatively)
  6. Phone Photography vs. DSLR (tentatively)

C – Introduction to Photography Equipment

  1. Camera Expectations & Safety
  2. Camera Body Parts // D3500
  3. Camera Operation // D3500
  4. Shapes
  5. Tripod Basics
  6. Focus (tentatively)
  7. Lens Basics (tentatively)

D – Introduction to Composition

  1. Composition Basics
  2. Composition Collection

E – Introduction to Adobe Photoshop

  1. Adobe Photoshop Basics
  2. Color Splash Effect
  3. Miniature World
  4. Warhol Portrait
  5. Doodle Portrait
  6. Double Exposure (tentatively)
  7. Text Portrait (tentatively)
  8. Photo in Text (tentatively)
  9. “Stacked” Portrait (tentatively)

F – Introduction to Aperture

  1. Aperture Basics
  2. Aperture Exposure Series
  3. Shallow Depth of Field
  4. Deep Depth of Field

G – Introduction to Shutter Speed

  1. Shutter Speed Basics
  2. Shutter Speed Exposure Series
  3. Frozen Motion
  4. Blurred Motion
  5. Camera Blur

H – Introduction to Manual Mode

  1. ISO Sensitivity Basics
  2. Manual Exposure
  3. Lighting Basics
  4. Lightpainting
  5. Reflections
  6. Another project

Z – Classroom Checkout

  1. Portfolio
  2. Equipment (Camera) Return
  3. Computer Checkout
  4. Gallery Walk
  5. Knowledge Test (tentatively)