Beginning Photography - Photo 51 Face-to-Face MW 1:10-4pm-2

71182 Beginning Photography

A field of sunflowers in Provence, France

Course Information

PHOT 51 Beginning Photography
Face-to-Face
Lecture/Lab
3 Units
P/NP Available
Advise ESL188 or English 88 or readiness for college-level english
A basic course introducing photographic capture and output practices. Introduction to small-format cameras and use; exposure calculations, film and digital capture, scanning, digital printing, and presentation techniques. This course explores both the technical and aesthetic aspects of photography.
UC/CSU Transferability

Student Learning Objectives

After successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • Outcome 1: Select appropriate camera settings to achieve proper exposure within camera meter
  • Outcome 2: Choose appropriate media to record, transfer and store images
  • Outcome 3: Estimate depth of field and motion based on camera settings
  • Outcome 4: Differentiate lens types
  • Outcome 5: Produce and evaluate quality of digital enlargements and contact prints
  • Outcome 6: Assess design principles and visual syntax in images through critique and study of historical and contemporary photographers.
  • Outcome 7: Choose appropriate post-production tools to process images and attach metadata.

Add/Drop Information

For Adding the Class

  • Use Web4 to enroll in the class.
  • If no space is available, use Web4 to put yourself on the Waitlist. If space
    becomes available, you will be notified via your CCSF email that you may enroll.
  • If the Waitlist is full, you will have to add yourself to the class after the start date.

For Adding the Class After the Start Date:

  • At this point, you will need to use the Class Request option on the class schedule. Use the CRN to request a class.

There is no guarantee that a request will be granted. First priority goes to the students on the Wait List. But I add over my cap.

Dropping the Class:

  • You are encourages to drop the class on your own if you realize you cannot take the class. This allows other students to sign up.
  • The instructor reserves the right to drop students who do not demonstrate academic contribution during the first seven days of the course. An academic contribution is generally in the form of a discussion or turning in an assignment.
  • If you do not contribute academic work at least once every fourteen days, the instructor reserves the right to drop you.
  • It is the students responsibility to be aware of drop dates throughout the semester. In the CCSF Academic Calendar, you will find the last day to drop with a full refund, as well as the last days to drop with and without a W on your academic record. It is the students responsibility to drop the class in these circumstances.

Text Requirement

To be prepared for the first day of class, be sure to get the required textbook.

    • This textbook helps to greatly clarify the concepts taught, and it is imperative that you read the appropriate chapters before the lecture/demos on that subject.
    • The current edition is not required. Older editions will work.

London, Barbara, and Stone, Jim (2018), A Short Course in Photography, Digital: An Introduction to Photographic Technique, 4th Edition, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, Pearson Education, Inc. Links to an external site.

Equipment Requirement

Students should own a 35mm digital camera with manual operations such as ISO, shutter and aperture or arrange to borrow one from the department.

Technology Requirement

  • Learning Management System Requirement: In this course, students are required to access the Learning Management System Canvas to turn in assignments, send email, and read announcements and any other communications from the Instructor.

Assignments

Note: The assignments shown here may change in your particular class. However, this is the workload you should expect.

  • Five camera shooting assignments.
    • Each assignment requires two images.
    • Assignments will be critiqued in class in small groups using various active critique strategies.
    • 30 points each
  • Final Shooting Project
    • A minimum of five images/prints due.
    • Special presentation may be required.
    • Assignments will be critiqued in small groups using various active critique strategies.
    • 80 points.
  • Two quizzes.
    • The first quiz is worth 10 points, multiple-choice, two attempts, no time limit.
    • The second quiz is worth 20 points, multiple-choice/true-false, two attempts, no time limit.
  • Class Discussions in Canvas.
    • 2 Discussions
    • 10 points each
    • Required replies to classmates
  • Lab Assignments.
    • 11-12 lab assignments using Adobe Lightroom Classic.
    • 10 points each.
  • Midterm Exam.
    • 40 points.
    • Multiple-choice and true-false.
    • Two attempts.
    • 60 minute time limit.
  • Final Exam
    • 40 points.
    • Comprehensive (covers the entire semester).
    • multiple-choice and true false.
    • Two attempts.
    • 60 minute time limit.

Important Dates

Class start date: 08/17/22
Class end date: 12/19/22
Class Days and Time: MW, 1:10-4pm
Midterm Exam: Week of 10/17/22
Final Exam: Week of 12/12/22
Required meetings are every Monday from 08/22/22 to 12/19/22.
There is no required orientation meeting.
Ocean Campus, HC204 and V165.
Last date to add: 9/02/22
Last date to drop without a W: 9/02/22
Last date to drop with a W: 11/03/22