Photography 4

Course Description

Open to: Grades 10, 11, 12 One Semester Course
Prerequisite: Photography 3 or Instructor Approval
Content: (Photography 3 and 4) These semester courses are designed to help the student increase their skills in film processing and enlarging with the use of photographic chemicals and solutions. This course is designed to expose the student to advanced instruction in the use of commercial cameras. The use of studio lights will be reviewed for commercial photography. Formal portraiture lighting, as well as electronic strobe are introduced. This course covers methods of preparing photographic prints for presentation by means of mounting, matting, framing and spraying. Photographic spotting and retouching are required. The use of digital cameras will be explored. Scanning and downloading images, manipulation of images using Photoshop or other photo software will be presented.

Major Concepts/Content:
The purpose of this program is to prepare students for employment in the field of commercial photography (89914751).

The program familiarizes individuals with various black and white film, their processes and printing of black and white film, along with an emphasis in digital photography. The content includes, but is not limited to, communication skills, leadership skills, human relations and employability skills, safe and efficient work practices, using film, camera, chemicals, photographic paper, laboratory practices, photographic equipment, computers, scanners, and printers.

Listed below are the semester courses that comprise this program when offered at the high school level:
Photo 1
Photo 2
Photo 3
Photo 4
Photo 5-recommend a 2 hour block
Photo 6-recommend a 2 hour block
This program focuses on broad, transferable skills and stresses understanding and demonstration of the following elements of the Commercial Photography industry; planning, management, finance, technical and product skills, underlying principles of technology, labor issues, community issues and health, safety, and environmental issues.

Laboratory Activities
Laboratory activities are an integral part of this program and provide instruction in the tools, materials, processes and precision equipment found in general use throughout the photography industry for the purpose of photographing, processing and presenting photography.

Special Note
The Vocational Industrial Clubs of America, Inc. (Skills USA/VICA), is the appropriate vocational student organization for providing leadership training and for reinforcing specific vocational skills. Vocational Student Organizations, when provided, shall be an integral part of the vocational instructional program, and the activities of such organizations are defined as part of the curriculum.

The cooperative method of instruction may be utilized for this program. Whenever the cooperative method is offered, the following is required for each student: a training plan, signed by the student, teacher and employer which includes instructional objectives and a list of on-the-job and in-school learning experiences; a work station which reflects equipment, skills and tasks relevant to the occupation the student has chosen as a career goal. The student must receive compensation for work performed.

The outcomes and student performance standards which the handicapped student must master must be specified in each student's individual education plan (IEP). Additional credits may be earned when outcomes and standards are mastered in accordance with subsequent IEPs. The job title for which the student is being trained must be designated in the IEP.

Performance Goals

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Course Scope & Sequence

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Unit 1

Darkroom, Camera & Printing

3 weeks

0127.01 Perform laboratory skills.

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Performance Objective

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01

Process and print advanced film techniques & photographs.

TMA, TO

02

Take care of the darkroom responsibilities, including chemical preparation and cleaning the area.

03

Load a bulk film loader and load a reusable film cartridge.

04

Select appropriate photographic paper (gloss, pearl, matte, ect.) and filters.

0127.02 Control Exposures.

Standard Reference
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No.

Performance Objective

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05

Apply photography skills to obtain needed exposure using: shutter speeds and aperture, depth of field, and filter photography.

TMA, TO

06

Select appropriate film type: ISO, 35mm, 120mm,ect..

07

Control exposure on digital cameras.

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Unit 2

Various Format Cameras & Lighting

4 weeks

0127.03 Understand the workings of various format cameras.

Standard Reference
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No.

Performance Objective

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01

Understand the medium format camera.

TMA, TO

02

Understand the large format camera.

03

Understand digital technology as used in photography.

04

Understand digital still and video cameras.

0127.04 Understand and utilize various photographic lighting techniques.

Standard Reference
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No.

Performance Objective

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05

Take photographs with available light.

TMA, TO

06

Take photographs with electronic strobe.

07

Take photographs with photo-flood lighting.

0127.05 Take studio photographs.

Standard Reference
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No.

Performance Objective

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08

Take portraits, commercial products, ect., within a studio setting.

TMA, TO

09

Use their photographs to create advertising media.

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Unit 3

Image Manipulation

4 weeks

0127.06 Demonstrate proficiency in using image manipulation programs.

Standard Reference
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No.

Performance Objective

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01

Use a variety of paint/edit/selection tools and special effects filters to manipulate digital images.

TMA, TO

02

Identify and apply industry standards and practices in file image compression, storage, and retrieval.

03

Apply image and color correction procedures/tools to continuous tone files.

04

Use photo-editing software to adjust output requirements into continuous tone files.

05

Evaluate image (output) quality.

06

Calibrate a desktop color scanner.

07

Calibrate a color monitor.

08

Submit files to and use: servers, spoolers, queues

09

Print quality photographs on a printer; to include large format.

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Unit 4

Color Principles & Printing

3 weeks

0127.07 Demonstrate an understanding of color principles as applied to the preparation, production, evaluation and correction of color printing.

Standard Reference
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No.

Performance Objective

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01

Identify and apply industry standard criteria to the evaluation of color in imaging and publishing.

TMA, TO

02

Describe and identify the components and p processes of color publishing systems.

03

Evaluate and color correct the quality of color publishing images.

04

Identify and describe models used to specify color.

05

Describe and identify color output devices of digital imaging systems.

06

Evaluate the quality of digital imaging color output devices.

07

Identify and describe the purposes of a Color Management System.

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Unit 5

Finish Photographs/Portfolio

3 weeks

0127.08 Finish Photographs.

Standard Reference
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No.

Performance Objective

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01

Mat/frame photographs.

TMA, TO

02

Produce a final print portfolio.