Advanced Image Processing
Advanced creative and production techniques are the focus of this course. Issues addressed include managing, processing and enhancing a wide variety of still and video files, developing a professional workflow, and exploring creative digital darkroom, advanced masking and retouching techniques, and working with panoramic, Helicon Focus, and HDR (high dynamic range) images.

Color Management and Output
This course tackles the most prominent problem of making a print—accurately and consistently reproducing the photographer’s vision. Topics will include: creating files that are color managed from input to output, properly sharpened for a wide selection of media substrates, working with a variety of color management systems and equipment, taking advantage of Photoshop soft proofing and experimenting with a wide variety of papers and output options to achieve predictable and repeatable results. 

Digital Capture & Workflow
This comprehensive survey of the terms, tools and technology of digital-image capture, lighting, and workflow. Students will learn how to evaluate and improve image quality; understand and apply critical technical analysis to sensor, lens, and workflow components; and how to manage still and video files from capture and download to processing, editing, and archiving.

The Art of Editorial Photography
This intensive seminar will simulate real-world, magazine and multimedia assignments. Students will develop story ideas and learn how to edit the work for final submission. Students will complete a body of work for either print or online publication and most importantly garner valuable inside knowledge of how prominent editors and photographers think about and execute highly sought after magazine photographic and video assignments.

i3 Images, Inspiration, Information 1
Bi-weekly lecture series featuring leading-edge digital fashion, editorial, and fine-art photographers; industry experts including editors, curators, art directors, and retouchers; and a wide variety of hardware and software developers that each bring unique and current insights about the ever changing field of digital photography and content creation. Most lectures featured on iTunesU

WIP: Untitled
This seminar encourages students to look more closely, and with more sensitivity, at pictures – both their own and others – so that they can more effectively identify and communicate their own creative ideas. The seminar will include slide lectures, class discussions, at least one field trip, readings, as well as brief shooting, looking and writing exercises.

Photo Illustration
From concept to capture and image processing, this course addresses the creative workflow that commercial and fine art illustrators use to make compelling photo montages and composites. Students will learn the essential attributes of a successful composite, including: planning the image before lifting the camera, lighting and photographing the image elements and background plates, selecting, color matching, and compositing image elements, and working with an art director and production team to create the best image possible.

Business Practices
Being a successful photographer requires more than talent and good fortune. This course will examine proper business practices in the photography industry that include budgeting, financial planning; negotiating and pricing concerns; image use, copyright, and copyright registration; developing the correct and proper paperwork needed, such as invoices and a variety of model and property releases. This class provides the foundation needed to build a solid photography business.

Thesis Development
Dedicated to developing the thesis body of work that demonstrates the highest creative and technical standards; the class will concentrate on the written thesis proposal, media research and exploration, rigorous critique and a survey of electronic, book and exhibit image distribution and display options.

Brand, Design, Present
This course concentrates on the software skills used in page layout, web design and digital image automation that are essential for the successful completion of the thesis project. Working with the Adobe Creative Suite, students will learn how to write and debug actions, batch process images, and be introduced to the fundamentals of logo design, page layout, web design including working with HTML and CSS and publishing portfolios to tablets.

i3 Images, Inspiration, Information 2
Bi-weekly lecture series featuring leading-edge digital fashion, editorial, and fine-art photographers; industry experts including editors, curators, art directors, and retouchers; and a wide variety of hardware and software developers that each bring unique and current insights about the ever changing field of digital photography and content creation. Most lectures featured on iTunesU

Large-Format Printing
In this class, students will learn to select, prepare, and fine-tune their images for large-scale printing. Topics addressed include refining digital input, adjusting tonal adjustments to match the proofs, appropriate sharpening techniques and understanding proofs in relationship to size, substrate and color. Students will work with wide-format printers to create exhibition quality large format, high-quality color and black-and-white prints.

Thesis

This is a three-part sequence focused on editing, presenting and displaying high-quality photographic images.

• The Electronic Portfolio addresses the essential skill of editing, grouping, sequencing and distributing images for effective online, digital video, and/or tablet portfolios.
• The Book & Brand delves into the fixed presentation of the printed page as the student explores the interaction of design, image selection and text.
• The Exhibit explores organizing and allocating gallery space as a creative and often collaborative challenge.

Thesis: The Electronic Portfolio
Students will explore the grouping, sequencing, distributing and presenting of their images via a website, video, or tablet delivery. Since this is digital process, the student has tremendous freedom to publish their images as well as to experiment with the most effective way to present and sequence images for a wide variety of on-screen portfolio options.



Thesis: The Book
This c course takes the editing and sequencing issues another step further as students experiment with the layout of their images and provide the writing that may accompany their images. Final layout, design, image selection and writings will be produced using digital book publishing services or by producing a photographic portfolio. Additionally, students will design and produce their branding, business, and marketing materials.

Thesis: The Exhibit
Working in a gallery space is a creative and often collaborative challenge. The number of images shown, their size, their presentation, delivery, insurance, hanging and removal are all issues an artist must face. This class concentrates on contemporary fine art issues and collaboratively producing the exhibition collateral materials including the promotional materials, signage, catalog, and website.

Professional Communication Essentials
Being a successful artist requires that you present yourself with polished and professional written and verbal eloquence. Students will learn how to write an effective resume, cover letter, artist statement and press release. Additionally, students will learn how to plan and execute a professional verbal presentation suitable for interviews, pitches and public speaking events.

Graduate students may audit one undergraduate or one continuing education course each semester, to a maximum of two courses per academic year (fall, spring or summer) without additional tuition charge. Courses must be audited during a one-year period and cannot exceed two courses in total. All applicable course fees will be charged. Courses open to auditing are subject to availability.