To start the course, I being by assessing the student's prior knowledge or natural ability for photography. Students are given a list of things to photograph and they are sent on a "Scavenger Hunt" to photograph the items. Students are instructed to get unique perspectives of each object and to look at everything from a new and interesting angle. I then give students a basic introduction to Photoshop and I show them how to make simple adjustments to enhance the overall artistic quality of their images. Students learn how to adjust brightness/contrast, saturation, depth of field using blur effects, and how to eliminate unwanted subjects. Items on this photography scavenger hunt include the following: a chair, a clock, an eye, a group of objects, a phone, a shoe, technology and to create an abstract photograph.
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