Courses

This course teaches students the core principles of Adobe Photoshop, the industry-standard raster-based photo manipulation program. Similar to Adobe Illustrator in significance and industry dominance, the ability to manipulate raster images will be a persistent theme throughout any career path involving print or digital media. Among the fundamental concepts explored will be file type constraints, […]

Students will learn techniques for collaborating with advertising professionals as well as producing shots suitable for editorial and advertising photography. Subject matter will include a variety of contemporary advertiser needs, ranging from product shots to architectural work. This course is offered on ground with an online component.

The Business of Photography & Videography I is designed to introduce students to the concepts of running a professional creative business. The course will concentrate on a “creative production company” mindset so graduates are prepared to run either a photography business, a video production company, or a hybrid content-creation studio. Each student will create a

A course in understanding the use of natural and artificial light, reflectors, strobes, tungsten and florescent lighting systems to light and photograph portraits, interiors, exteriors, large and small spaces, still life, streets and architecture for corporate and editorial assignments. Students will learn about color temperatures and ways to color- balance with the use of color

By the time each photography student has reached the senior year of this program, they should have developed their own photographic style. This course is designed to give each student the freedom to shoot, in that style, images that could be considered fine art. This course is an opportunity to explore and develop each student’s

Students will develop a comprehensive two-part Marketing Plan for a photography, videography, or hybrid content-creation business. Each student will create a personalized marketing plan ​that will contain ​self ​promotion, ​timeline ​calendar, S.W.O.T. ​analysis, ​target ​audience, ​customer ​profile, ​keywords, ​marketing ​resources, ​product ​service ​fees, ​potential ​client List, ​fees and ​charges, ​proposal, ​invoice, ​pricing and a ​process

This course teaches students how to work with the advanced and emerging features of Adobe Photoshop. Building upon what was learned in the prerequisites APSP140 and ADP240, Advanced Image Processing will delve deeper into the technical aspects of image developing and manipulation and will address new Photoshop features as they become available. This course is

This course is a study of event and concert photography. Emphasis will be given on how to capture moments in events, whether it’s some type of social gathering or a concert. Technical as well as conceptual skill will be taught. Students will become proficient in on-camera flash usage. This course is offered on ground with

Travel Photography Techniques will prepare each student with specific skills to photograph scenes from around the globe and bring them home. Students will not be traveling around the world but assignments will prepare students for any travel photography assignment. The course will use Nashville and surrounding areas as demonstration targets for the techniques that will

In this course students will learn the basics involved in food photography. This will include the fundamentals of lighting food as well as prop shopping, set building, basic food preparation and post work involved in food photography. This course is offered on ground with an online component.