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LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE 80TH ANNIVERSARY CATALOG 2008-2009
and aesthetic values, basic lighting techniques, theory of photographic
processes, and basic sensitometry. Estimated material cost is approximately
$225. Owning a professional quality light meter is recommended. Owning
medium format or 4x5 camera equipment is not essential.
PHOTOGRAPHY 3
Basic Commercial Fields
6 UNITS - (A)
Prerequisite: Photography 1 with a satisfactory grade.
Lecture 3 hours, Laboratory 9 hours
Advisory: Photography 28 and English 28/31 with a satisfactory grade.
Concept, design and specialization subject lighting for commercial advertising
is emphasized. Studio electronic flash and accessories are utilized. Color 4
x 5 transparencies and prints, digital prints, and black and white enlarging is
incorporated in assignments.
Estimated material cost is approximately $300-$400.. Owning camera
equipment is recommended, but not essential.
PHOTOGRAPHY 6
ADVANCED COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
3 UNITS – (RPT 1) (CSU)
Prerequisite: Photography 3 with a satisfactory grade.
Advisory: Art 201 Recommended concurrent enrollment in Photo 28 or 33.
Advisory: English 28 or equivalent
Lecture 2 hours, Laboratory 3 hours
Professional lighting techniques for commercial subjects is stressed in
conjunction with specialized assignments related to current commercial
requirements and practices including publication illustration.
PHOTOGRAPHY 7
EXPLORING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
3 UNITS
Advisory: English 28/31 or equivalent
Lecture 3 hours
A practical course in the uses and applications of professional digital cameras.
Camera controls and elements of composition will be stressed. Digital
cameras may be provided by the department for student use. Students may
use their own cameras to supplement assignments. Owning a digital camera
is not a requirement.
PHOTOGRAPHY 10
Beginning Photography
3 UNITS - (UC: CSU)
Advisory: Concurrent enrollment in Photography 28 and English 28/31 or
equivalent.
Lecture 2 hours, Laboratory 3 hours
Basic principles of photography from the mechanical creation of the image
with camera and film to enlarging the photograph for display, while applying
the guidelines of composition, communication and self-expression. 35 mm
single lens camera required. Automatic cameras are OK, but they must
have manual shutter speed and lens opening capability. An approximate
supply cost is $125. You must attend the first lecture meeting, or be replaced
by students wishing to add. The first scheduled class is the first lecture
meeting. Do not attend the first lab meeting. Labs will meet only after
announced in lecture class.
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PHOTOGRAPHY 15
Fundamentals of Portraiture
3 UNITS - (CSU)
Prerequisite: Photography 1 with a satisfactory grade.
Advisory: Concurrent enrollment in Photography 28.
Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours.
This course offers a study of modern photographic lightings in portraiture,
using professional cameras and lighting equipment. Photographic films,
exposure factors, developing techniques, and print display are presented.
Lightings for groups, environmental portraiture and posing techniques are
studied as well.
PHOTOGRAPHY 17
Introduction to Color Photography
3 UNITS - (CSU)
Prerequisite: Photography 10 or 20 or equivalent with a satisfactory grade.
Advisory: English 28/31 or equivalent.
Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours.
Students enrolled in this class will learn about color photography from its
beginning to the present with new materials on the present market. Light
and its characteristics are studied in order to better understand perception
and the individual’s interpretation of color. Estimated cost is $100.
PHOTOGRAPHY 20
Beginning Photojournalism
4 UNITS - (CSU)
Advisory: Concurrent enrollment in Photography 28 and English 28/31 with
a satisfactory grade.
Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 6 hours to be arranged.
Photography for those interested in becoming photographers for publications
(magazines, wire services, newspapers, in-plant publications). Provides
instruction, practice and application with cameras, shooting, procedures, and
darkroom processing and photojournalism methods.
PHOTOGRAPHY 22
Creative Photo-Vision
3 UNITS – (RPT 2) (A)
Prerequisite: Photography 1 with a satisfactory grade.
Advisory: Photography 28.
Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours.
Designed as a workshop in sensitive seeing, this course offers photography
students some of the avenues of self-expression through nontraditional
photographic techniques including non-silver processes, collage, handcoloring,
serial imagery and other alternative processes.
PHOTOGRAPHY 28
Laboratory Processes
1 UNIT – (RPT 3) (A)
Advisory: English 28/31 or equivalent.
Laboratory 3 hours.
This course is designed for the photography student who wishes to increase
laboratory skills, relative to concurrent photography classes, through extended
contact with equipment and faculty. Students will not be permitted to use any
of the photo lab facilities if they drop or are excluded from the main photo
lecture section.
PHOTOGRAPHY 33
Advanced Laboratory Processes
1 UNIT – (RPT 3) (A)
Prerequisite: Photography 28 with a satisfactory grade.
Advisory: English 28/31 or equivalent.
Laboratory 3 hours.
This course will concentrate on lab instruction designed to familiarize students
with safety factors and the technology of film and paper processes. Students
will not be permitted to use any of the photo lab facilities if they drop or are
excluded from the main photo lecture section.