UO Digital Photography

Course aim

To develop students' technical and compositional skills required for the successful capture and editing of digital photographic images; to provide a critical examination of the current practices of digital photography, its changing social, political and cultural roles, the contexts, platforms and modes of its consumption, and its ethical challenges.

Course content

This course will provide students with the skills necessary to produce high quality digital photographic images using a range of equipment including cameras, mobile phones, and other handheld devices; introduce the fundamentals of composition, lighting, and editing with Adobe Photoshop and other widely available apps and programs; discuss the changing role of digital photography in marketing, journalism, and social media; explore the relationship between text and image; and critically examine the ethical issues of digital manipulation, AI and truth claims, privacy, and the continuing power of the image in ‘post-truth’ society.

Textbooks

Nil

Prerequisites

There are no pre-requisites for this course.

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching Method

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Creative work, Project

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4A)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation