Prerequisite Courses
Home Learning
Moderate
Course Description
This course bases the study of Digital Photography through a series of assignments focusing on advanced camera controls, color correction and digital manipulation with the use of both Adobe Lightroom Classic and Photoshop software. Students will be exposed to developing conceptual projects allowing them to cultivate personal ideas within their photographic practice. All students will be expected to keep a visual journal and to create an ongoing digital portfolio of their artwork.
Learning Outcomes
Students will:
- Incorporate an understanding of photographic and digital works from a variety of times, places and cultures into their own work.
- Use creative thinking skills to explore complex photographic and digital imagery problems.
- Use a variety of strategies to create a range of photographic images, digital images and graphic designs that fulfill a unit-specific brief.
- Translate complex ideas into visual imagery.
- Refine skills and techniques of digital photographic materials and processes, and creating digital imagery, art and design.
Assessment
Students are expected to keep a visual journal in which they record their ideas, experiments, research and self-reflections. All students will produce:
- Digitally Color corrected prints
- Personal and creative digital manipulations
- Personal Imagery in response to advanced camera control assignments
- Digital Portfolio of personal works, reflections and research
- Technical camera control & knowledge of editing software
Grades
9,
10,
11,
12
Grading Scheme
Standards-based Course