New for summer 2014 CPBS and the UNL Department of Art and Art History will offer PHOT 161. The instructor Allen Morris has told me this is essentially a digital landscape photography course for non-majors. It is integrated into the regular Cedar Point sessions, 2nd session in this case June 8-27, 2014. One difference is it will be 3 credits instead of our normal 4 for all classes at CPBS. PHOT 161 will be offered along with another new course by Dennis Ferraro; NRES 374 Field Herpetology (learn more in a soon to be posted blog). Room and Board costs will be the same as our other courses; $575 for 3 weeks. It is also an ACE7 course so I hope many biology and natural history majors will be interested in enrolling.
The art department faculty are very excited about offering this class and hope to offer at least one class at Cedar Point for many more summers. The art course offering in 2015 may not be PHOT 161 so if you really want to take this course at CPBS I would grab this opportunity. Like all other CPBS courses we will open an internal enrollment roster the first week of November, 2013. I believe enrollment will be limited to around 15 students so if your really want in, see us in November!
Western Nebraska and Nebraska Sandhills landscapes are spectacular so this is not the PHOT 161 offered on campus.
TELL your friends!
Jon Garbisch
The course description including requirements from Allen Morris follows below:
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| Arapaho Prairie-One of the many beautiful areas available for class field work. |
June 8 – 27, 2014
The Basics:
In PHOT161, students will learn digital photographic techniques in order to express ideas that are informed by an introduction to historical and contemporary work and concepts in photography.
During our three-week course students will explore Cedar Point Biological Station and the surrounding areas in order to learn about photographic composition, light quality, and color. Students will learn how to use manual controls on their digital SLR cameras to capture high quality images of subjects of their choosing.
Students will learn how to import and manage their digital photograph files using Adobe Lightroom Software and will learn how to select and, using basic editing techniques, prepare their photographs for screen display and archival printing.
The class will also discuss contemporary photographers and provide a historical foundation of the medium to inform and influence the work that our students will create.
Goals include: informal collaborations with others in residence at CPBS; topics that address regional issues, such as the visualization of rural life, environmental recording, creative documentation processing, seeing the world differently; the opportunity to be a creative researcher in an immersive experience amid natural surroundings.
Finally, students will engage in rigorous critiques of technical acuity, concept strength, and analysis of photographic imagery in order to grow artistically, make stronger images as they progress, and develop a dialogue with other class members that can sustain them for future artistic endeavors.
The Requirements:
All students who enroll in PHOT161 will be required to have the following:
• A Digital Single Lens Reflex Camera with Full Manual Controls and RAW capture capability.
• Proper Batteries and Memory Cards for their Camera.
• Computer with Adobe Lightroom Software. (a 30 Day trial can be downloaded just before class starts so that students do not have to incur the cost of the software immediately)
• Textbook: A Short Course in Digital Photography by Barbara London and Jim Stone.
Final Thoughts:
We are very excited to offer this opportunity to create art works at the Cedar Point Biological Station to students interested in learning more about Photography. This course offers the possibility of photographing in a new location with new perspectives that will help students make deeply meaningful images. It allows students to engage in a focused dialogue with Photography and will provide a great way to learn more about how to effectively use their camera equipment to express ideas and thoughts in a completely artistic way.
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