About the Course

The purpose of this course (JMC: 3630) is to initiate students into the medium of still photography and provide the necessary skills to conceive and execute photographic projects. Besides covering basic photographic techniques, the course is intended to expand students' understanding of photography as a means of visual communication. This is an intensive course that challenges all participants, including those who might have previous photographic experience. Students will learn and explore professional, technical, and compositional skills. In the second part, we will switch our focus to the basics of photojournalism as we discuss its values, practices, history and current state, ethics and laws, and caption writing.