Photography I
(Grades 10–12)
Group II Course Number 805
Units: 1/2 Offered: Fall and Spring Semesters
Prerequisite: Foundations of Art
Requirements: Students must furnish their own 35mm SLR camera, b/w film, and photographic paper. Because one main objective of this course is to understand and utilize the camera, cameras with fixed focus lenses and cameras without a manual mode are not suitable.
This course is a beginning course in photography. Its objectives are to instruct the student in the use of the 35mm camera and in the techniques of developing and printing. This course develops the student’s powers of observation, inquiry, and imagination, and demands that the student learn to follow procedures which require careful timing close attention, patience, planning, cooperation with others, and the responsible handling of chemicals and photographic equipment. The primary objective is personal development and independent thinking. Some assignments may require students to shoot on location; therefore, a driver’s license or transportation is required.
(Grades 10–12)
Group II Course Number 805
Units: 1/2 Offered: Fall and Spring Semesters
Prerequisite: Foundations of Art
Requirements: Students must furnish their own 35mm SLR camera, b/w film, and photographic paper. Because one main objective of this course is to understand and utilize the camera, cameras with fixed focus lenses and cameras without a manual mode are not suitable.
This course is a beginning course in photography. Its objectives are to instruct the student in the use of the 35mm camera and in the techniques of developing and printing. This course develops the student’s powers of observation, inquiry, and imagination, and demands that the student learn to follow procedures which require careful timing close attention, patience, planning, cooperation with others, and the responsible handling of chemicals and photographic equipment. The primary objective is personal development and independent thinking. Some assignments may require students to shoot on location; therefore, a driver’s license or transportation is required.