Photo Units of Study
What will you learn?
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The principles of art are the recipes that you will use to put your elements of art together into beautiful photographs.
Unit 3: Principles
of Design in Photo
Learn how to create amazing digital collages made from your own images.
Unit 6: Green Screen Photography
Learn how to take amazing photographs of waterdrops by controlling shutter speed, focus, and lighting.
Unit 9: Waterdrop Photography
Apply the elements of art and principles of design to images of details that most people would miss.
Unit 12: Macro Photography
We will explore what it means to be a photographer and what it takes to capture memorable images.
Unit 1: Becoming a Photographer
You will learn how and where photography started and will try your hand at creating low-tech cameras and photographs.
You will earn how to set up a studio anywhere and how to create amazing images with basic lighting
Unit 7: Studio Photography
Experiment shooting in the dark and creating ethereal images that capture movement and light.
Unit 10: Light Painting
The elements of art are the building blocks of all good art, including photography.
Build your own working camera from simple materials.
Unit 5: Pinhole Cameras
You will imitate the masters of Hollywood glamour photography of the 1940s to create incredible portraits.
Unit 8: Hollywood Portraiture
Learn the art of seeing by creating your own photographic alphabet.
Unit 11: A-Z Photography