Fundamentals of Photography and Creative Practice

by Jessica Labatte and Larissa Garcia

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Photography has long been thought of as an accurate representation of the world. A tension, nonetheless, exists between photography as factual record and as constructed image. We will explore this tension in the introductory digital photography course. Students learn the basic functions of digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras and how to use them to create photographic images.

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Publisher
Northern Illinois University
Subjects
Humanities
Licence
CC BY, as LibreTexts states it
Who can read
Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. Preface
  7. Introduction
  8. 1: Creative Camera Functions
  9. 1.1: A Brief History of Early Photography
  10. 1.2: How a Camera Works
  11. 1.3: Recommended Camera Settings
  12. 1.4: Form and Composition
  13. 1.5: Camera Function Exercises
  14. 1.6: Importing Images in Adobe Bridge
  15. 1.7: Making Contact Sheets in Adobe Bridge
  16. 1.8: Learning Checkpoint
  17. 1.9: Creative Camera Functions and Digital Contact Sheets Assignment
  18. 2: Photography as Documentary
  19. 2.1: Overview of Retouching Workflow
  20. 2.2: Retouching Workflow in Camera Raw
  21. 2.3: Making and Printing a Test Strip
  22. 2.4: Assessing Test Prints
  23. 2.5: Retouching Workflow in Photoshop
  24. 2.6: Printing from an Image File
  25. 2.7: Learning Checkpoint
  26. 2.8: Color Matching Exercise
  27. 2.9: One Perfect Print Exercise
  28. 2.10: The Decisive Moment Assignment
  29. 3: Constructed Images
  30. 3.1: Introduction to Studio Lighting
  31. 3.2: Learning Checkpoint
  32. 3.3: Three-Light Setup for Portraits Exercise
  33. 3.4: Light Modulators Exercise
  34. 3.5: Constructed for the Camera Assignment
  35. 4: In Conversation With
  36. 4.1: Research and Citing Sources
  37. 4.2: Learning Checkpoint
  38. 4.3: Photographer Presentation Assignment
  39. 4.4: In Conversation with Assignment
  40. 5: Appendices
  41. 5.1: Appendix A- Artist Statements
  42. 5.2: Appendix B- Critiques, or CRITs
  43. Back Matter
  44. Index
  45. Glossary
  46. Detailed Licensing