Digital Photo Home

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Module	Overview
Module One: Digital Cameras	How digital cameras work, exposure, setting up a Flickr account
Module Two: Composition	Composition guidelines, Art Elements and Principles, color theories
Module Three: Light	Focuses on Studio lighting (characteristics of light) and shooting Portraits and Still life arrangements
Module Four: Motion	Methods of capturing motion (blurred, stopped and panning)
Module Five: Depth of Field	Learning how to control and create both shallow and deep depth of field . Beginning discussion of Abstract Photography.
Module Six: Photo Series	Using "change" as inspiration, capturing images of a process or metamorphosis
Module Seven: PhotoShop Introduction	Opening, renaming and saving an image. Toolbar overview.
Module Eight: PhotoShop Filters	Where to find and how to use the filters in PhotoShop
Module Nine: Color Adjustments	Basic to advanced image adjustment options in PhotoShop
Module Ten: Photomontage	Utilize layers to create a multi-image composition
Module Eleven: Digital Paintings	Employ the use of filters and layers to create a pseudo watercolor painting Further develop skills with PhotoShop capabilities by turning a digital photo into an image that "attempts to impersonate" a well known masterpiece.
Module Twelve: Concept Photo	You will be expected to capture an image that has a deeper meaning (concept). You are required to use the type tool in Photoshop to include text in your final image.
Module Thirteen: Photo Story
Module Fourteen: Exploring Subject Matter
Module Fifteen: Portfolio and Peer Critique	Creation of a e-Portfolio and Peer Critique using VoiceThread
Example Digital Photography Grade Sheet Saving files to network or drives
A special thank you to my Spring 2009 Independent Study students who piloted this course and gave me feedback in order to create a fun and beneficial class for all of you!