2019-20 Fall

(HART 1038)

1 Credit | Can be used to fulfill Common Core Requirement (Core Elective: Arts Area)
Teaching Medium: English.

Course Description

Capturing a person’s face with a camera is easy but making a meaningful representation of that person through photography requires not only photographic techniques, but also the ability to communicate, understand and make insightful interpretation of one’s personality.  In this course, students will acquaint themselves with the history and development of Portraiture in different art forms, learn to analyze portraits taken by master photographers, and acquire knowledge and skills necessary to make a good portrait through hand-on practices and photo editing workshops. Basic photography knowledge is preferred but not necessary.

Remarks
Camera Requirement
Students need to bring a camera to class, which need not to be a professional one, but it should be equipped with either:
- aperture priority setting (e.g. A/ Av mode) ; OR
- manual setting (M mode)

IMPORTANT NOTE
This course focuses on appreciating and shooting portraiture as a way of communication and expression. This is NOT a technical course to teach you how to take a photo step-by-step, but some features on taking a portraiture will be discussed. You will also have abundant opportunities to practice, and taking a good portraiture does not mean just doing the setting right. It is also important you dare to try and allow errors.

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