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Active as of Fall Semester 2010
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
The Art of Photographing Wildflowers
2. Course Prefix & Number:
ARTS 1512
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2
4. Course Description:
This is an accelerated and intensive photography course that specializes in wildflowers. 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:
ARTS 1512 - The Art of Photographing Wildflowers
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
ARTS 1512 - The Art of Photographing Wildflowers
There are no corequisites for this course.
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
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Analyze and follow a sequence of operations |
Manipulate their cameras using shutter speeds and aperture. |
| Apply abstract ideas to concrete situations |
Identify interesting and pleasing compositions from random outdoor wildflower scenes. |
| Utilize appropriate technology |
Employ software to edit and create images they capture. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
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Expected Outcome
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MnTC
Goal Area
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Respond critically to works in the arts and humanities.
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Engage in the creative process or interpretive performance.
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Articulate an informed personal reaction to works in the arts and humanities.
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V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Use of the digital camera
- Focus
- Exposure
- White balance
- ISO range
- Camera controls.
- Use of various lenses and how they affect the image
- Use of wide, macro, and telephoto lenses.
- Light and Exposure
- Advanced use of white balance
- Gray card
- Histograms
- Evaluation of light and dark scenes.
- Composition
- How do the various elements work in the image?
- Image Editing
- Adjusting images in Photoshop to convey the image as the photographer sees it.
- Seeing
- Does the image demonstrate the use of compositional principals, lighting, focus and exposure.
- Critique
- Class participation in critique of work.
- Use of macro lenses in the field
- Working close-up with appropriate lenses
- Apply principals of landscape photography in the captured image
- Illustrate how the foreground and background work with the captured image.
2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions
Students will travel to Minnesota State Parks and Nature Conservancy properties to photograph wildflowers in their natural habitat. At these different locations, compositional techniques will be demonstrated in the field with students.
In the field students will learn these principals of wildflower photography.
- Identification of the wildflower
- Lens selection to convey the message the student wants to illustrate.
- Use of camera settings to illustrate the texture of the flower.
- The calculation of exposure to best illustrate the subject matter.
- Capture format and size for the best output
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
The Art of Photographing Wildflowers
2. Course Prefix & Number:
ARTS 1512
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2
4. Course Description:
This is an accelerated and intensive photography course that specializes in wildflowers. 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:
ARTS 1512 - The Art of Photographing Wildflowers
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
ARTS 1512 - The Art of Photographing Wildflowers
There are no corequisites for this course.
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
3. Other - If this course does NOT meet criteria for #1 or #2 above, it may be used for the purpose(s) selected below:
Liberal Arts Elective
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Analyze and follow a sequence of operations |
Manipulate their cameras using shutter speeds and aperture. |
| Apply abstract ideas to concrete situations |
Identify interesting and pleasing compositions from random outdoor wildflower scenes. |
| Utilize appropriate technology |
Employ software to edit and create images they capture. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
|
Expected Outcome
|
MnTC
Goal Area
|
|
Respond critically to works in the arts and humanities.
|
|
|
Engage in the creative process or interpretive performance.
|
|
|
Articulate an informed personal reaction to works in the arts and humanities.
|
|
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Use of the digital camera
- Focus
- Exposure
- White balance
- ISO range
- Camera controls.
- Use of various lenses and how they affect the image
- Use of wide, macro, and telephoto lenses.
- Light and Exposure
- Advanced use of white balance
- Gray card
- Histograms
- Evaluation of light and dark scenes.
- Composition
- How do the various elements work in the image?
- Image Editing
- Adjusting images in Photoshop to convey the image as the photographer sees it.
- Seeing
- Does the image demonstrate the use of compositional principals, lighting, focus and exposure.
- Critique
- Class participation in critique of work.
- Use of macro lenses in the field
- Working close-up with appropriate lenses
- Apply principals of landscape photography in the captured image
- Illustrate how the foreground and background work with the captured image.
2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions
Students will travel to Minnesota State Parks and Nature Conservancy properties to photograph wildflowers in their natural habitat. At these different locations, compositional techniques will be demonstrated in the field with students.
In the field students will learn these principals of wildflower photography.
- Identification of the wildflower
- Lens selection to convey the message the student wants to illustrate.
- Use of camera settings to illustrate the texture of the flower.
- The calculation of exposure to best illustrate the subject matter.
- Capture format and size for the best output