Photography

• Description: Introduction to the tools for expressive communication in digital photography using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Development of skills in image capture, enhancement, printing, and web publishing, for both fine art and commercial applications.
• Advisory: PHOT 5 or equivalent; this course is included in the Digital Photography family of activity courses; not open to students with credit in PHOT 65A.
• Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
• Hours: 3 hours lecture per week, 3 hours lab per week. (72 hours total per quarter.)
• Transferability: CSU and UC
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

Department Note:

TO CONTACT AN INSTRUCTOR VIA EMAIL: lastnamefirstname@foothill.edu

For more information about the Photography Program, contact: Kate Jordahl at jordahlkate@foothill.edu. The website can be found at: https://foothill.edu/photo

• Description: Intermediate-level exploration with the tools for expressive communication in digital photography using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Development of skills in image capture, enhancement, printing, and web publishing, for both fine art and commercial applications.
• Advisory: PHOT 4A or equivalent experience; this course is included in the Digital Photography family of activity courses; not open to students with credit in PHOT 65B.
• Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
• Hours: 3 hours lecture per week, 3 hours lab per week. (72 hours total per quarter.)
• Transferability: CSU and UC
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

Department Note:

TO CONTACT AN INSTRUCTOR VIA EMAIL: lastnamefirstname@foothill.edu

For more information about the Photography Program, contact: Kate Jordahl at jordahlkate@foothill.edu. The website can be found at: https://foothill.edu/photo

• Description: Advanced-level exploration with the tools for expressive communication in digital photography using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Development of skills in image capture, enhancement, printing, and web publishing, for both fine art and commercial applications.
• Advisory: PHOT 4B or equivalent; this course is included in the Digital Photography family of activity courses; not open to students with credit in PHOT 65C.
• Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
• Hours: 3 hours lecture per week, 3 hours lab per week. (72 hours total per quarter.)
• Transferability: CSU and UC
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

Department Note:

TO CONTACT AN INSTRUCTOR VIA EMAIL: lastnamefirstname@foothill.edu

For more information about the Photography Program, contact: Kate Jordahl at jordahlkate@foothill.edu. The website can be found at: https://foothill.edu/photo

• Description: A survey of the historical and practical aspects of photography as an art form and social document. Students will be introduced to the use of light, composition and communication through images. Significant photographers from a diversity of backgrounds will inspire students in the practice of photography and developing an understanding of the varied uses of the photographic image in our culture, including advertising, journalism, social concern, fine art, and scientific applications.
• Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
• Hours: 3 hours lecture per week, 3 hours lab per week. (72 hours total per quarter.)
• Foothill GE Area:Humanities
• Transferability: CSU and UC
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

Department Note:

TO CONTACT AN INSTRUCTOR VIA EMAIL: lastnamefirstname@foothill.edu

For more information about the Photography Program, contact: Kate Jordahl at jordahlkate@foothill.edu. The website can be found at: https://foothill.edu/photo

• Description: Examination of photography's role in shaping ideas about race, class, gender, sexuality and national identity in America, from its historical roots to the present. Includes a wide variety of genres, such as commercial photography, portraiture, social documentary, photojournalism, ethnographic and scientific photography, erotica, and fine-art photography. Students will look at images from ethical, cultural, and critical perspectives as they develop visual literacy skills.
• Advisory: Not open to students with credit in PHOT 8H.
• Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
• Hours: 4 hours lecture per week, 3 hours lab per week. (84 hours total per quarter.)
• Foothill GE Areas:American Cultures & Communities
  Humanities
• Transferability: CSU and UC
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

Department Note:

TO CONTACT AN INSTRUCTOR VIA EMAIL: lastnamefirstname@foothill.edu

For more information about the Photography Program, contact: Kate Jordahl at jordahlkate@foothill.edu. The website can be found at: https://foothill.edu/photo

• Description: Examination of photography's role in shaping ideas about race, class, gender, sexuality and national identity in America, from its historical roots to the present. Includes a wide variety of genres, such as commercial photography, portraiture, social documentary, photojournalism, ethnographic and scientific photography, erotica, and fine-art photography. Students will look at images from ethical, cultural, and critical perspectives as they develop visual literacy skills. The honors course offers an enriched and challenging experience for the more talented student, including deeper content, more rigorous grading, and more demanding and creative assignments requiring application of higher-level thinking, writing, and communication skills.
• Advisory: Not open to students with credit in PHOT 8.
• Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
• Hours: 4 hours lecture per week, 3 hours lab per week. (84 hours total per quarter.)
• Foothill GE Areas:American Cultures & Communities
  Humanities
• Transferability: CSU and UC
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

Department Note:

TO CONTACT AN INSTRUCTOR VIA EMAIL: lastnamefirstname@foothill.edu

For more information about the Photography Program, contact: Kate Jordahl at jordahlkate@foothill.edu. The website can be found at: https://foothill.edu/photo

• Description: Introduction and overview to studio lighting, digital medium format cameras, exploration of photographic practices in a studio environment; emphasis on developing effective skills and techniques necessary to begin a career in studio photography.
• Advisory: PHOT 5; this course is included in the Photography-Professional Practices family of activity courses; not open to students with credit in PHOT 74.
• Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
• Hours: 3 hours lecture per week, 3 hours lab per week. (72 hours total per quarter.)
• Transferability: CSU
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

Department Note:

TO CONTACT AN INSTRUCTOR VIA EMAIL: lastnamefirstname@foothill.edu

For more information about the Photography Program, contact: Kate Jordahl at jordahlkate@foothill.edu. The website can be found at: https://foothill.edu/photo

• Description: This course follows PHOT 74A and is intended to teach intermediate level skills in studio photography. Proper and creative use of digital small and medium format cameras, and lighting in a studio environment. Emphasis on developing the specific photographic skills, techniques and business practices necessary for success in a photography career path that is chosen by the student in consultation with the instructor, e.g., wedding, product, portrait, editorial, still-life or illustration, etc.
• Advisory: Completion of one or more of the following courses: PHOT 4A, 5, 72, 74A; this course is included in the Photography-Professional Practices family of activity courses.
• Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
• Hours: 3 hours lecture per week, 3 hours lab per week. (72 hours total per quarter.)
• Transferability: CSU
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

Department Note:

TO CONTACT AN INSTRUCTOR VIA EMAIL: lastnamefirstname@foothill.edu

For more information about the Photography Program, contact: Kate Jordahl at jordahlkate@foothill.edu. The website can be found at: https://foothill.edu/photo

• Description: This course follows PHOT 74A and 74B. Emphasis is on acquiring advanced skills and techniques in studio lighting and studio operations. Students work towards the creation of a focused portfolio suitable for employment as a photography assistant, the creation of a small business/sole proprietorship in wedding, portraiture, editorial, advertising, and/or fine art studio photography.
• Advisory: Completion of one or more of the following courses: PHOT 72, 74A, 74B; this course is included in the Photography-Professional Practices family of activity courses.
• Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
• Hours: 3 hours lecture per week, 3 hours lab per week. (72 hours total per quarter.)
• Transferability: CSU
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

Department Note:

TO CONTACT AN INSTRUCTOR VIA EMAIL: lastnamefirstname@foothill.edu

For more information about the Photography Program, contact: Kate Jordahl at jordahlkate@foothill.edu. The website can be found at: https://foothill.edu/photo