Art and Design (Photography)

Course summary

Students will develop integrated knowledge, skills, and understanding of the following: ● The principles of digital photography, including pixel and digital processing ● Viewpoint, white balance, composition, focus, aperture, shutter speed, exposure, shooting modes, histograms ● The use and qualities of image acquisition hardware and software, image manipulation, and analogies between digital and other forms of photography ● The relationships between color and tone for screen and print-based media, screen calibration, color gamut, file formats such as raw, jpeg, tiff, png ● The use of a range of source materials, software, and hardware in the generation and development of ideas.