Students are introduced to the fundamentals of capturing visual images with a camera. The course is designed to provide a balance between strong technical skills and artistic vision. Topics include light, colour, optics and image storage, with an emphasis on effective composition and meaningful content. Students will study relevant historical and contemporary photographs. This course emphasizes critical thinking by requiring the student to examine past solutions; learn how to use technology safely; explore new and more efficient techniques and become critically active in evaluating both personal work and work by others.
Mengheng Wang
Paula Sojo
Kevin Walton
Kristin Lantria
John Paul Hibbert
Rebecca Broome
Liz Lopez
Glen Xu
Akshay Moncy
Rebecca Bugg
Williams Kivaughn
Zack Poulin
Paula Sojo
Akshay Moncy
Theresa Macdiarmid
Kevin Walton
Caleb Lahner
Glen Xu
Gibson Miller
One of the key assignments in first year photography is a 1000 picture stop motion short film. Students create their very own stop motion animated film using their newly learned audio and video editing skills combined with their photo capture and lighting skills. Objects are physically manipulated in small increments between individually photographed frames so that they will appear to exhibit independent motion when the series of frames is played back. The images are then combined with audio and edited into a finished film in video software.
