Professional Lighting

The classes in this program work to a professional level. They build an expanded awareness of light and its properties with a full variety of sources such as available light, strobe and continuous electronic appliances, adjunctive equipment and set building in the Studio and on location, their selected application to a highly complex state, and the business skills and methods needed to work at a professional level. 

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The Photography Department offers the degree in developing the digital skill set required for careers in photography. The program provides a pathway from entry-level through professional curriculum. This begins with an Introduction to Digital Photography course and moves sequentially through the more cultural visual history and design classes, and on to professionally oriented studio classes and a business perspective.

In this new digital world the demand for content-rich, effective, image creation is higher than it has ever been. There is an established need to provide the special technical photographic training to shape artistic vitality with technical and aesthetic acuity for career success. Development of student facility for understanding photographic demands, the execution of image capture, and its expression for print or web usage for commercial application are a vital part of a successful future. This program allows the Photography Department to update its program of study to increase and enrich courses for a more meaningful Certificate of Achievement, an Photographic Associate of Arts Degree (AA), or both.

 

Item 1.            Program Goals and Objectives

 

The Photography Department offers the degree in developing the digital skill set required for careers in photography. The program provides a pathway from entry-level through professional curriculum. This begins with an Introduction to Digital Photography course and moves sequentially through the more cultural visual history and design classes, and on to professionally oriented studio classes and a business perspective.

 

In this new digital world the demand for content-rich, effective, image creation is higher than it has ever been. There is an established need to provide the special technical photographic training to shape artistic vitality with technical and aesthetic acuity for career success. Development of student facility for understanding photographic demands, the execution of image capture, and its expression for print or web usage for commercial application are a vital part of a successful future. This program allows the Photography Department to update its program of study to increase and enrich courses for a more meaningful Certificate of Achievement, an Photographic Associate of Arts Degree (AA), or both.

 

 

 

Program Outcomes

1.      Model professional and ethical behavior while communicating with clients, management, and team members.

2.      Demonstrate technical problem solving skills to determine the best solutions to creative challenges.

3.      Demonstrate technical proficiency and application of photographic skills.

 

 

 

 

Item 2.            Catalog Description

 

The classes in this program work to a professional level. They build an expanded awareness of light and its properties with a full variety of sources such as available light, strobe and continuous electronic appliances, adjunctive equipment and set building in the Studio and on location, their selected application to a highly complex state, and the business skills and methods needed to work at a professional level. 

 

Item 3.            Program Requirements

 

Courses	PHOTO 74A	Beginning DSLR and Lighting for Professional	3		Yr 1, Fall
Production I
PHOTO 75A	Intermediate DSLR and Lighting for Professional Production I	3		Yr 1, Spring
PHOTO 76A	Advanced Professional Photography I	3		Yr 2, Fall
Total Units			9

 

 

Item 4.            Master Planning

 

The update to our current program represents a solution to employment needs in the growing field of photography. Due to the changing nature of photography in the contemporary world, the program reflects the artistic and vocational needs of our current student population. Students will have access to new technology and vocational skills to enable development in these dual paths of art and career education. Our program consists of digital and film courses which allow for entry-level placement and/or transfer to a four-year university. The Photography Department promotes community partnerships with connections to contemporary photography industries which strengthens vocational opportunities such as internships.

 

 

Item 5.            Enrollment and Completer Projections

 

The enrollment data for the courses included in the CA in Photography is shown in the table below.  These are the numbers of grades (other than“W”) earned.  Only regular semesters(fall and spring) are taken into account. 

 

The data shows a robust growth in the number of students at Laney College who are in majors that require rigorous training in lower-division computer science courses. 

 

Enrollment Data – Number of Letter Grades (other than W)Earned

Course	F18 & S19	F19 & S20	F20 & S21
PHOTO 74A--BEGINNING DSLR AND LIGHTING FOR PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTION I (previously PHOTO 220A; changed S19)	38	24	44
PHOTO 75A—INTERMEDIATE DSLR AND LIGHTING FOR PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTION I (previously PHOTO 230A; changed S19)	20	8	16
PHOTO 76A—ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY I (previously PHOTO 240A; changed S19)	9	0	10

 

 

Item 6.            Place of Program in Curriculum/Similar Programs

 

a)     There is not active inventory records that need to be changed in connection with the approval of the proposed program.  

b)     This program does not replace any existing program on the college’s inventory. 

c)     Laney has the only Photography degrees in the district with a new CP in Darkroom Photography. BCC teaches classes with photography content but has no certificate.

 

 

Item 7.            Similar Programs at Other Colleges in Service Area

 

Laney is the only college in our district who has a Photography degree.  Outside of our district, the following colleges offer either an CA or AA in Photography.

·        Chabot College: Associate of Arts in Photography

·        College of San Mateo: Associate of Arts in Photography

                                                                                         

Courses	PHOTO 74A	Beginning DSLR and Lighting for Professional Production I	3		Yr 1, Fall
PHOTO 75A	Intermediate DSLR and Lighting for Professional Production I	3		Yr 1, Spring
PHOTO 76A	Advanced Professional Photography I	3		Yr 2, Fall
Total Units			9

 

This degree represents a solution to employment needs in the ongoing and growing field of the Photography industry. The courses consist of encountering and integrating a variety of lighting types and styles, developing acuity with digital capture, subsequent development of files and their export in service of client needs. The certificate allows for entry-level placement and/or more advanced study.

• Chabot College: CA in Digital Photography--Aaron Deetz; adeetz@chabotcollege.edu; as of 5/6/22 contacted but did not get a reply • College of San Mateo: AA Art: Photography--Richard Lohmann; lohmann@smccd.edu; as of 5/6/22 contacted but did not get a reply