This course is an introduction to digital photography. Through assignments and projects, students will become familiar with the operation of a DSLR camera, while exploring the basic principles of lighting, depth of field, blur/stop motion, and accurate exposure. Lectures will address photographic aesthetics, contemporary and historical practices, and their applications. Students will learn to critique work through participation in discussions of photographic assignments. Students will have access to camera equipment through the Photo Cage and may also use their own digital SLR cameras. **Fee: A course fee applied via student account**

This is the first required course for students enrolled in the photography minor. This course will reinforce and build upon the skills learned in Introduction to Digital Photography. It will emphasize aesthetics, craft, visual problem solving, skill development, and critical thinking skills. In this course, students will work in the studio and be introduced to the skills needed to use, create, and control artificial lighting as well as develop skills for modifying found light on location. Students will also make photographic prints. The curriculum will emphasize both craft and visual problem-solving skills necessary to achieve industry standards and prepare students for other courses available in the minor. Fee required for non-majors.