ART 146 - Lighting for Photography I

1. Demonstrate skill with professional quartz halogen lighting, studio equipment, incident light meter, and professional cameras and lenses.
2. Control light qualities including direction, contrast, size and scale, and diffusion.
3. Demonstrate skill in lighting for form by use of chiaroscuro.
4. Perform lighting for surface qualities that are smooth, textured, reflective, and transparent.
5. Photograph a still life by use of organization, composition, environment, and lighting.
6. Create portraiture by use of lighting patterns, poses, and lighting techniques.
7. Demonstrate skill in image composition.
8. Develop critical analysis and visual literacy, and an understanding of the roles of photography in the diverse contemporary society.
9. Produce basic portfolio building including technical and aesthetic unity and quality.

1. Lighting and Studio Equipment

1. Types of continuous light sources
2. Professional quartz halogen lights – use and safe handling
3. Studio equipment – use and safe handling
4. Incident light meters
5. Professional cameras and lenses
6. Assignments demonstrating competency

1. Light Qualities

1. Direct
2. Contrast

1. Light contrast
2. Subject contrast
3. Scene contrast

1. Size and scale
2. Diffusion
3. Assignments demonstrating competency

1. Lighting For Form

1. Differentiating shape and form
2. Creating chiaroscuro
3. Assignments demonstrating competency

1. Lighting For Surface Qualities

1. Smooth and textured surfaces
2. Reflective and metal surfaces
3. Transparent and glass surfaces
4. Assignment demonstrating competency

1. Still-Life Photography

1. Scale, organization, and composition
2. Background and environment
3. Applying learned lighting techniques
4. Assignments demonstrating competency

1. Portrait Photography

1. Portrait lighting patterns
2. Posing and posture
3. Applying learned lighting techniques
4. Assignments demonstrating competency

1. Image Composition

1. Elements of composition
2. Photographic rendering
3. Assignments demonstrating competency

1. Critical Analysis

1. Group and individual critiques
2. Discussions of photographic history and culture
3. Written review of exhibition

1. Portfolio

1. Types of portfolio
2. Technical and aesthetic unity and quality
3. Demonstrate competency by producing a final portfolio of ten 8 ½ x 11 inch prints with technical and aesthetic unity and quality