I. General Information

1. Course Title:
Autumn Landscape Photography

2. Course Prefix & Number:
ARTS 1510

3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:

Credits: 3

Lecture Hours: 2

Lab Hours: 2

4. Course Description:

This is an accelerated and intensive landscape photography course that is scheduled for Autumn. Students will work in an outdoor setting photographing images in either color or black and white. Emphasis is placed upon specific challenges and opportunities that photographing in an outdoor setting provides. Compositional techniques and proper exposure values will be covered in great detail. All images will be captured on digital cameras. The images will be burned to compact disks and critiqued by the instructor and class.

5. Placement Tests Required:

6. Prerequisite Courses:

9. Co-requisite Courses:

II. Transfer and Articulation

3. Prior Learning - the following prior learning methods are acceptable for this course:

• Military Experience
• Specialty Schools
• Portfolio

III. Course Purpose

Other - If this course is not required in a program or is not part of the MN Transfer Curriculum, it may be used for the purpose(s) listed below:
Liberal Arts Elective

IV. Learning Outcomes

1. College-Wide Outcomes

2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of the course:

V. Topical Outline

Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.

1. Lecture Sessions

1. Use of the digital camera-
• Focus
• Exposure,
• White balance,
• ISO range,
• Camera controls.
2. Use of various lenses and how they affect the scene
• Use of wide, macro, and telephoto lenses
3. Light and Exposure
• Advanced use of white balance
• Gray card
• Histograms
• Management of light and dark scenes.
4. Composition
• How do the various elements work in the image?.
5. Image Editing
• Adjusting images in Photoshop to convey the true image the photographer sees.
6. Seeing
• Does the image demonstrate the use of compositional principals, lighting, focus and exposure?
7. Critique
• Class participation in critique of work.
8. Illustrate the traditional landscape composition in the field.
9. Illustrate how the foreground and background work with the body of the image.

2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions

While visiting different venues such Minnesota State Parks and Nature Conservancy properties. Students will be exposed to these different principals of image creation.     

• Evaluation of the scene to determine compositional principals
• Isolate the subject matter
• Apply the principals of composition to arrange the different elements of the scene.
• Meter the highlights and shadows
• Select proper exposure to convey the type of image the student sees
• Select the proper lens to convey the image