Photography
Program Summary
While these courses are often taken for enjoyment and personal enrichment, they may also be taken for skills enhancement and as an introduction to a career as a professional photographer. They provide the technical training needed to produce photographs and to recognize good photography. Students are shown how to be photographers, how to deal with professional photographers, studio darkroom processing in black & white and color, and lighting techniques. Portfolio review is also stressed.
Provided that students meet the necessary prerequisites, courses may be taken individually or as a series to earn a Certificate of Continuing Education in Photography.
Requirements for additional course work can also be met with specialty classes, such as make-up application for photographers, processing film “on the road,” photojournalism, and nature photography, are also available as well as Photoshop and Photoshop with Digital Photography.
Requirements for Award of Certificates in Continuing Education
- Basic Photography
- Photography: the Basics (or consent of the Program Coordinator)
- Black & White Photography I
- Black & White Photography II
- Lighting Made Simple
- 12 hours of additional course work, which may include courses which meet the intermediate and advanced requirements)
- Intermediate Photography
- Certificate of Continuing Education in Basic Photography
consent of the Program Coordinator
- Color Photography I
- Portrait Photography
- Display Techniques for Photographs
- Nature Photography or
- 6 hours of additional course work (may include courses which meet the Advanced Requirements)
- Advanced Photography
- Certificate of Continuing Education in Basic Photography
consent of the Program Coordinator
- Color Photography I (repeated)
- 30 hours of additional course work which can include:
Make-up for Beauty; Black and White Photography II (repeated); Photojournalism or Nature Photography; Photoshop or Photoshop with Digital Photography; Fiber Print Processing