2. WHAT WE WILL LEARN
• What is Photography?
• What does Photography do?
• Composition
• Techniques
• History of Photography
• Parts of a Camera
• Developing/ Processing
• Printing/Editing
3. Language:
Through it we
communicate and share
experiences, emotions,
and abstract thoughts.
The Successful
Photographer is a master
of the language in which
he communicates, the
language of light and
form.
4. What does
Photography Do?
• Communicates
• Records
• Documents
• Tells a story
• Expresses emotions and feelings
• Entertains
• Educates
Ansel Adams, Monolith, The Face of Half Dome,
Yosemite National Park, 1927.
5. Ansel Adams
photographing in Yosemite National Park from atop his car in about 1942.
Many come to the park to try to take the same photos he did.
6. Ansel
Adams
Photography is
Science and then Art
11. Summer Visual Journal
Assignment
• Bring in 10 summer images to create a VISUAL journal. These images
should be good photographs you took on your summer vacation.
Snapshots, landscapes, portraits, etc are all welcome.
• The 10 images should read as a form of communication without
spoken words.
• Students will share their summer journal to the class; classmates will
draw conclusions based on your photographs story.
• Please bring these images in on a jump drive or your new Mac Book.
They will be projected on the overhead in the MacLab.
