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Program Type: Undergraduate

Minor Requirements:

Department: Art & Design

The minor in photography is meant to give students an introduction to understanding photography. Students take a condensed version of the art foundations core along with introductory and advanced photography courses.

Through in-class demonstrations, students will learn the following technical skills:

• digital camera operation and control
• electronic flash operation, studio lighting, location techniques
• processing, organizing, compositing, and printing digital files
• mounting and matting photographic prints
• writing a research paper and creating a presentation

Through lectures and in-class critiques, students will learn the following conceptual elements:

• concepts in fine art photography including historic and contemporary practices
• the difference between the way things look in reality and the way it appears and takes on meaning as a photographic image
• a conceptual framework for looking at, talking about, and creating photographs
• how to edit a group of images to be presented as a portfolio
• communication of ideas through still imagery
• personal interests within the medium

Program Contacts

Brad McCombs
Art & Design Head
mccombsr1@nku.edu