Welcome to Digital Photography

In this class, students will learn the fundamentals of operating Digital SLR Cameras (in Manual Mode) and image editing techniques using Adobe Photoshop.

Your study content will come in the variety of 

• Video content
• Practical content
• Slide-shows, Critiques, and Free Associations 

What will you learn in Digital Photography?

• "Shooting" with a Digital SLR Camera in Manual Mode {taking a photograph)
  • Adjusting the lens
    • Aperature (F-Stop)
    • ISO (Exposure)
    • Shutter Speed
  • Operating the camera buttons
  • Working with the camera menus
• Working with Lighting
• Working with "models" (people)
• Working with Screens, Backdrops, and Still Life
• Working with different angles and perspectives

1. Navigate to your student drive in Windows Explorer/File Explorer. This student drive should appear the same as your login name (example: GarnChE)
2. Create a New Folder and name it Digital Photography
3. Double click on the Digital Photography folder. This will navigate you to the inside of the folder. 
4. Create a New Folder and name it Classroom Policy
5. Read the Classroom Policy. 
6. Create a new Google Doc document and write a 6-8 sentence statement declaring which classroom policy you feel is your personal favorite, the most important, or maybe even has the most long-term effects on your immediate future (Be sure to use proper sentences, punctuation, spelling, etc). When you are done, select File and then Download and select Microsoft Word Doc. This will download your word doc into y our Downloads folder. 
7. Your new download file will show up in the upper right hand corner of your web browser (Chrome/Edge). Click on the folder on the downloaded file. This will open the Downloads folder. 
8. Right click on the downloaded file and select Cut.
9. In Explorer, click on your Student drive and then your Multimedia Folder and then the Classroom Policy folder. 
10. Right click in the white area and select Paste. This will move your document into the proper location.
11. Your file name is probably saved as "untitled." Right click on this and select Rename. Rename the file to the appropriate title of Classroom Policy

• • Create a new folder alongside your Classroom Policy folder and label it “Grading Policy”
  • On the menu bar at the top of this webpage, click on the “Home/Resources” tab and then select “Grading Policy”
  • Scroll to the bottom of the page and read the "The Grading Policy (Communications/Multimedia)" section
  • Create a new Google document and write a two sentence statement that describes which Excused Absence work will be accepted.
  • Download your Word document as "Grading Policy Assignment.doc" 
  • Perform the exact same steps you did before (with the Classroom Policy) in order to get it to the proper location and to have the proper name (Grading Policy)