Description
This class is an introduction to digital photography emphasizing the technical and aesthetic issues and how these qualities inform image content. The course includes the history of still photography, applications of digital cameras, aspects of the digital medium, camera and computer equipment requirements, features of the digital still camera, memory and file formats in digital still cameras, digital still camera lenses, proper exposure, light, color, and temperature, using depth of field, using shutter speed effects, proper use of digital photography, lighting for digital stills, elements of composition, how composition informs content, photographic rendering, photographic reality, outputting and publishing, portfolio preparation, and career options in digital photography.