ARTH101: Art Appreciation and Techniques

5.2 The Camera

• Discussion Topic 8: Here a Photo, There a Photo, Everywhere a Photo! URL

  Reflect on the following discussion prompt. If you wish, please post your thoughts on Saylor's discussion forum. Leave a reply to your classmates' posts as well!
  

  Visual information is the key in making social networking so popular. From digital cameras to Blackberries and iPhones, taking pictures has become an everyday experience for most of us. Respond to the following questions. 

  • How often do you take pictures? 
    
  • What device do you usually use to take them? 
    
  • How much attention do you devote to composition, lighting or arrangement in your pictures? 
    
  • How do you use the images? 
    
  • How do you think you can improve your photos?
    

  Please post your response in the course’s discussion forum, which is accessible via the link above. Leave a reply there and check back to see what some of your classmates have written. Feel free to leave comments on your classmates’ posts.
  

• 5.2.1 Early Development

• 5.2.2 Photography’s Impact on Traditional Media

• 5.2.3 Issues of Form and Content

• 5.2.4 Darkroom Processes

• 5.2.5 The Human Element

• 5.2.6 Color Images

• 5.2.7 Photojournalism

• 5.2.8 Modern Developments

• 5.2.9 Time-based Media: Motion Pictures, Video, and Digital

• The Camera Wrap-up