Course Title

Digital Editing and Production Photography

Course Description

Students will acquire skills in digital photography. Additionally, students will understand certification standards and copyright basics. (Can substitute Interactive Marketing Techniques for this course).

Contact

Carrie DeMuth
405-743-5426
cdemu@okcareertech.org

Knowledge and Skills

• Demonstrate ways to communicate effectively and efficiently through digital photography.
• Identify job roles, certifications, and responsibilities in the photography industry.
• Identify and construct appropriate “voice” for photographed images.
• Manipulate, troubleshoot, compress, publish, and export graphics and/or animations.
• Demonstrate the effective use of tools for digital photography
• Apply knowledge of equipment and skills related to digital photography.
• Exhibit knowledge of editing graphics.
• Apply knowledge of camera operations, combined with effective lighting techniques for productions.
• Apply art elements and principles to photographic works of visual arts in both traditional and digital photographic media.

Accountability Measures, Assessments, or Evaluation Procedures

(Select from the following options)

Adobe Print Specialist (3 tests required):

• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe Acrobat Professional Print Production
• Select one:  Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator

Brainbench (select one):

• Adobe Photoshop
• Fireworks

ODCTE (select one):

• OD44115 Photographer
  
• OD44114 Advertising Design: Production Artist
  

Industry Alignments

Brainbench - http://www.brainbench.com

Adobe - http://partners.adobe.com/public/ace/main.html

Photographer - CTTC http://www.okcareertech.org/testing/Skills Standards/Arts_Career_Cluster.htm

Curriculum Resources

• Lynda Online Learning Library
• Adobe - http://www.adobe.com/training/
• Photography Companion for the Digital Artist, ISBN # 0-13-113310-1
•  http://www.cybercollege.com
• Shoot Like A Pro!  Digital Photography Techniques, ISBN # 0072229497
• Adobe Photoshop CS3 Revealed, ISBN 978-1-4283-1959-2
  
• Course Technology Design Series books

• Lynda Online Learning Library

• Digital Photography in Easy Steps, 5^th ed., ISBN 0-7607-7142-1

• Introduction to Digital Photography, Lynda.com

• Career Cluster Resources for Information Technology – http://www.careerclusters.org/resources/ClusterDocuments/itdocuments/ITFinal.pdf

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