ARTS 1171: Photography for Non-Majors
3 Credit Hours
Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: ARTS 2171
A&S Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Departmental Category: Photography
This course is an introduction to digital photography, including digital capture, post-processing, and project development. You will learn the basics of shooting with a DSLR camera, including exposure, composition, and simple lighting techniques. You will be guided through a foundational editing workflow using Adobe Photoshop, Camera Raw, and Bridge. The course will conclude in a final series of images exploring a community outreach project or personal theme of your choice. Each week will include two distinct topics and corresponding assignments, which will require you to provide constructive feedback via peer reviews in the Canvas Discussion Board.
In this course, you will
Gain creative control over your digital SLR camera;
Recognize and employ a variety of simple lighting techniques, using both the great outdoors and simple studio equipment;
Develop a basic editing workflow with Adobe Photoshop, Camera Raw, and Bridge;
Create a final series of photographs that engages your community and your own personal interests.
Britland Tracy
Britland Tracy is an artist, writer and educator from the Pacific Northwest whose work engages photography, text and ephemera to observe infrastructures of interpersonal connection and discord. She has published two photo-books, and exhibited at the Griffin Museum of Photography (Winchester, MA), Davis Orton Gallery (Hudson, NY), Rule Gallery (Marfa, TX and Denver, CO), Redline Contemporary Art Center (Denver, CO), Kleinert/James Center for the Arts (Woodstock, NY), Lucie Foundation (Los Angeles, CA), Photographic Center Northwest (Seattle, WA), CU Art Museum (Boulder, CO), and Understudy Art Incubator (Denver, CO), among other experimental and collaborative spaces. Her recent work has been supported by fellowships and residencies from the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Ragdale Foundation, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, and Denver Theatre District. She holds a BA in French Literature and Art History from the University of Washington, a Certificate of Fine Art Photography from the Photographic Center Northwest, and an MFA in Interdisciplinary Media Arts from the University of Colorado. Her current and past projects can be found at www.britlandtracy.com.