Unit 1: Introduction to Photography
- Define photography
- Discuss the early history of photography
- Explore how cameras work
- Explain how to transfer images from a camera to a computer
Unit 2: Meeting Your Camera
- Explore the basic functions of point-and-shoot cameras
- Examine some of the basic features of point-and-shoot cameras
- Discuss some of the common risks to digital cameras
- Learn how to care for your camera so that it will continue to work effectively
Unit 3: Photography as Art
- Discuss and identify the elements of art
- Review the principles of design
- Apply aesthetic scanning to evaluate a piece of art
- Use the four-step method of art criticism to evaluate a piece of art
Unit 4: Choosing a Subject
- Explain some of the differences between good photographs and great photographs
- Identify the purpose of photographs
- List the subjects that can be captured by photographers
- Discuss how the rule of thirds helps photographers take appealing photographs
Unit 5: Elements of Composition
- Discuss different ways to focus photographs
- Define and apply the photography techniques of leading lines and filling the frame
- Identify and use the technique of framing in photographs
- Describe the differences between portrait and landscape orientation in photographs
- Examine how the work of others can help improve our own photographs
Unit 6: Backgrounds & Foregrounds
- Define foreground, middleground, and background
- Discuss how framing can be used in the foreground of an image
- Describe some of the problems that can occur in foregrounds and backgrounds and explain how these problems can affect the quality of a photograph
- List some of the techniques and methods that can be used to draw attention to the subject of the photograph and apply them to your own work
- Explain how the use of foreground, middleground, and background can add depth to a photograph
