4/24/2024 4:45:14 AM	ART 60A Course Outline as of Spring 2014	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  ART 60A	Title:  STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHY
Full Title:  Studio Photography
Last Reviewed:10/14/2019

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	2.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	35.00
Minimum	3.00	Lab Scheduled	4.00		3 min.	Lab Scheduled	70.00
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	6.00			Contact Total	105.00
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  70.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 175.00

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade Only
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
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Catalog Description:

Exploration and application of studio photo methods: lighting, printing and camera techniques, including the medium-format camera. Students will photograph a variety of subjects as encountered in professional situations.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion of ART 19 (or ART 36) or ART 59

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Exploration and application of studio photo methods: lighting, printing and camera techniques, including the medium-format camera. Students will photograph a variety of subjects as encountered in professional situations.

(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:Course Completion of ART 19 (or ART 36) or ART 59
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:	Spring 2018
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Certificate Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Work with various medium-format cameras, lights, and other studio equipment, in order to photograph successfully under controlled situations.

2. Employ creative thinking and decision-making skills in regard to lighting in the studio.

3. Utiliize a working vocabulary of studio terminology.

4. Refine their abilities to make darkroom prints.

5.  Create and critically analyze the content and usage of photographic images.

Topics and Scope

I.    Light

       a.  Natural or available

       b.  Artificial

II.   Studio lighting equipment and techniques

       a.  Varieties of lights and tripods

       b.  Lighting techniques

III.  Cameras, lenses and light meters

IV.  Studio portraiture

V.  Tabletop photography

VI.  Printing techniques

VII.  Critiquing work

      a.   Analytical examination

      b.   Aesthetic judgments

      c.   Composition

      d.   Visual literacy

      e.   Creative process

Assignments:

1. Weekly assignments including portraits and tabletop photography of techniques presented in class

2. Midterm print review

3. Final portfolio

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 0 - 0%
None
This is a degree applicable course but assessment tools based on writing are not included because problem solving assessments and skill demonstrations are more appropriate for this course.
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 10 - 30%
Homework problems and midterm print review
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 60 - 80%
Weekly assignments and final portfolio
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 0 - 0%
None
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 5 - 10%
Attendance and participation

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Photography, 9th Edition,  London, Barbara, Upton, John, and Stone, Jim . Prentice Hall:  2007.

 

A Short Course in Photography:  An Introduction to Photographic Technique, 7th Edition. London, Barbara and Stone, Jim.  Pearson Prentice Hall:  2008.

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