Photography (PHT) at Tidewater Community College
Distance Learning
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- PHT 110 - History of Photography
- Surveys important photographers, processes, and historical influences of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - PHT 164 - Introduction to Digital Photography
- Teaches the fundamentals of photography including camera function, composition, and image production as they apply to digital imagery.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 5 hours per week.
3 credits - PHT 171 - Imaging and Concepts in Photographic Media Arts
- Covers best practices in imaging workflows, concept building, ideation, and steps in the creative process. Introduces students to working with multiple images in a series and as sequence. Provides students the opportunity to create and manipulate digital images and examine property-rights issues. Exposes students to a variety of software used for image organization, archiving, image editing, compositing, layer masking, the application of special effects, and outsourcing.Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 4 hours. Total 5 hours per week.
3 credits - PHT 201 - Advanced Photography I
- Provides weekly critiques of students' work. Centers on specific problems found in critiques. Includes working procedures and critical skills in looking at photographs. Part I of II.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 5 hours per week.
Prerequisite: PHT 102 or equivalent.3 credits - PHT 221 - Studio Lighting I
- Examines advanced lighting and camera techniques under controlled studio conditions. Includes view camera use, electronic flash, advanced lighting techniques, color temperature and filtration, and lighting ratios. Requires outside shooting. Part I of II.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 5 hours per week.
3 credits - PHT 222 - Studio Lighting II
- Examines advanced lighting and camera techniques under controlled studio conditions. Includes view camera use, electronic flash, advanced lighting techniques, color temperature and filtration, and lighting ratios. Requires outside shooting. Part II of II.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 5 hours per week.
Prerequisite: PHT 102 or equivalent.3 credits - PHT 290 - Coordinated Internship
- Supervises on-the-job training in selected business, industrial or service firms coordinated by the college.Credit/practice ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - PHT 299 - Supervised Study
- Assigns problems for independent study incorporating previous instruction and supervised by the instructor.May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
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