PHOT V01 - Beginning Photography

    Recent Professors
    Jesse Groves, Steve Moulton, Monica Furmanski
    Recent Semesters
    Spring 2027, Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Summer 2025
    Class Size
    25 students
    Difficulty
    5.7Moderateout of 10
    Credits
    3
    Spring 2027 Sections
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    Transfers To
    CSUCSU GE Area C1
    Description
    This course introduces the basics of photography through its historical lens, visual aesthetics, and critical language as a visual tool for communication, from its analogue roots to contemporary digital platforms. Students will explore photography’s history as an art form and examine its major influential photographic styles. Students will be encouraged to analyze and critique photographic images within their cultural context. Students will learn fundamental techniques and how to operate SLR-style cameras for proper exposure. They will use both film and digital capture, learning appropriate workflows from capture to print. The course includes lectures, presentations, demonstrations, lab work, readings, photographic shooting assignments, and critiques. Students may work with their own cameras or check-out cameras through the department.
    Usually Held
    Mon Wed 8:00am–10:50am, Mon Wed 11:30am–2:20pm, Tue 11:30am–2:20pm, Tue 2:30pm–5:20pm