# Fundamentals of Photography and Creative Practice

- By: Jessica Labatte and Larissa Garcia
- Publisher: Northern Illinois University
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/Northern_Illinois_University/Fundamentals_of_Photography_and_Creative_Practice)
- Licence: CC BY
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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.