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PH 613: Color Theory for Photographers

January 13th, 2010
Tattoo Color!

Tattoo Color!

I’m taking this class online during the Spring semester of 2010.  For a list of courses  I’m taking or have taken please visit My MFA Schedule.

Note: While this information is subject to change it came from the AAU online catalog.   Courses and material should an do evolve over time and this is my historical record that shows what the course description was at the time I took the course.

This class is being taught by Marc Ullom.

PH 613: Color Theory for Photographers

This course will help students master important fundamentals related to technical and theoretical aspects of color. Emphasis will be placed on producing technically proficient images through lighting, color filtration, and post-production of images. Creative decision-making and color as an element of design will also be explored.
Course Learning Outcomes

As a result of successfully completing this course, students…

* Will be able to: Recognize a variety of color environments.
* Apply techniques for color correction of various lighting environments.
* Demonstrate proficiency with in-camera color correction.
* Master aspects of color in capture and output.
* Determine relevant filtration for common mixed or uncontrolled lighting situations.
* Apply skills related to using color as a primary element of design.

* Will be familiar with: Digital applications of principles and techniques learned in this class

* Will display the following attitudes/professional behaviors: Meet assigned deadlines.
* Professional presentation of work.
* Accept and apply feedback.
* Discuss and evaluate work using industry terminology and standards.
* Interact professionally with their instructor and peers.
* Prepare for, attend, and contribute to class.

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PH 608: Lighting

January 13th, 2010
Aimee Mann at La Zona Roza

Aimee Mann at La Zona Roza

I’m taking this class online during the Spring semester of 2010.  For a list of courses  I’m taking or have taken please visit My MFA Schedule.

Note: While this information is subject to change it came from the AAU online catalog.   Courses and material should an do evolve over time and this is my historical record that shows what the course description was at the time I took the course.

This class is being taught by Chris Wahlberg.

PH 608: Lighting

This course provides an exploration of fundamentals related to lighting. Various qualities of light will be explained and a wide range of tools to control light will be utilized. Softboxes, umbrellas, diffusion materials, and balancing various lighting environments will provide a platform for an individual approach.
Course Learning Outcomes

As a result of successfully completing this course, students…

* Will be able to: Discuss and produce imagery utilizing daylight, continuous source, and pulse lighting systems.
* Produce technically proficient images using various lighting strategies.
* Recognize what lighting style is right for the subject.
* Apply technical lighting skills to accentuate images and concepts.
* Apply tools to modify and balance various types of light.
* Make effective lighting choices for portraits.
* Make choices that enhance their personal lighting style.

* Will be familiar with: Filters and gels
* The controls for developing a personal lighting style in portraiture

* Will display the following attitudes/professional behaviors: Meet assigned deadlines.
* Professional presentation of work.
* Accept and apply feedback.
* Discuss and evaluate work using industry terminology and standards.
* Interact professionally with their instructor and peers.
* Prepare for, attend, and contribute to class.

This course provides an exploration of fundamentals related to lighting. Various qualities of light will be explained and a wide range of tools to control light will be utilized. Softboxes, umbrellas, diffusion materials, and balancing various lighting environments will provide a platform for an individual approach.
Course Learning Outcomes

As a result of successfully completing this course, students…

* Will be able to: Discuss and produce imagery utilizing daylight, continuous source, and pulse lighting systems.
* Produce technically proficient images using various lighting strategies.
* Recognize what lighting style is right for the subject.
* Apply technical lighting skills to accentuate images and concepts.
* Apply tools to modify and balance various types of light.
* Make effective lighting choices for portraits.
* Make choices that enhance their personal lighting style.

* Will be familiar with: Filters and gels
* The controls for developing a personal lighting style in portraiture

* Will display the following attitudes/professional behaviors: Meet assigned deadlines.
* Professional presentation of work.
* Accept and apply feedback.
* Discuss and evaluate work using industry terminology and standards.
* Interact professionally with their instructor and peers.
* Prepare for, attend, and contribute to class.


MS: Lighting

This course provides an exploration of fundamentals related to lighting. Various qualities of light will be explained and a wide range of tools to control light will be utilized. Softboxes, umbrellas, diffusion materials, and balancing various lighting environments will provide a platform for an individual approach.

Course Learning Outcomes


As a result of successfully completing this course, students…

    Will be able to:





  • Discuss and produce imagery utilizing daylight, continuous source, and pulse lighting systems.
  • Produce technically proficient images using various lighting strategies.
  • Recognize what lighting style is right for the subject.
  • Apply technical lighting skills to accentuate images and concepts.
  • Apply tools to modify and balance various types of light.
  • Make effective lighting choices for portraits.
  • Make choices that enhance their personal lighting style.
    Will be familiar with:





  • Filters and gels
  • The controls for developing a personal lighting style in portraiture
    Will display the following attitudes/professional behaviors:





  • Meet assigned deadlines.
  • Professional presentation of work.
  • Accept and apply feedback.
  • Discuss and evaluate work using industry terminology and standards.
  • Interact professionally with their instructor and peers.
  • Prepare for, attend, and contribute to class.

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PH 612: The Nature of Photography

September 3rd, 2009
Shot for the 'value' assignment

Shot for the 'value' assignment

I’m taking this class online during the Fall semester of 2009.  For a list of courses  I’m taking or have taken please visit My MFA Schedule.  This class is generally referred to as ‘Nature”, but it is not a class on ‘nature photography’

Note: While this information is subject to change it came from the AAU online catalog.   Courses and material should an do evolve over time and this is my historical record that shows what the course description was at the time I took the course.

PH 612: The Nature of Photography

This course is dedicated to the investigation and understanding of photography as a visual language. The elemental relationship of form and narrative is explored as a means for individual artistic expression. Emphasis is placed on application of these principles through practical assignments and verbal discussion.
Course Learning Outcomes

As a result of successfully completing this course, students…

Will be able to:

* Articulate their thoughts and express them through the medium of photography.
* Create compelling work, self-sufficiently.
* Recognize the elements that make photography a distinct visual medium.
* Recognize commonalities between photography and other visual media.
* Create imagery demonstrating an understanding of compositional and theoretical principles including positive and negative space, active framing, forms of time in photography, refocusing, unity, rhythm, pattern and texture, lines and shapes, scale, perspective, and balance.

Will be familiar with:

* Seeing versus looking
* Vocabulary and principles related to the perception of photography
* Understand photography within the shared context of the fine and applied visual arts

Will display the following professional behaviors/attitudes:

* Meet assigned deadlines.
* Professional presentation of work.
* Accept and apply feedback.
* Discuss and evaluate work using industry terminology and standards.
* Interact professionally with their instructor and peers.
* Proper care for equipment.
* Prepare for, attend, and contribute to class.

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