Photography - Mt. San Jacinto Community College District

Photography from Mt. San Jacinto Community College District is a Campus Certificate Photography degree that prepares you for a Art and Design career. Program Description The MSJC Photography program offers students comprehensive and forward-thinking learning opportunities that respond to new-media industry standards with an emphasis on the digital photography paradigm. MSJC photography students can choose which path of creative and technical study fulfills their particular needs by selecting Certificate . These versatile paths of study offer intensive and extensive technical instruction in addition to creative production guidance for students gathering contemporary photographic skill sets. The History of Still Photography offers students a historical and creative reference for those preparing for both transfer and the new-media challenges that pervade the contemporary photographic industry as well. The career-oriented student will study the ubiquitous nature of photographic visual communication while immersing themselves in the indispensable design, acquisition, manipulation, and output of photographic imagery in our industry and society. Distinct ive Features The digital fixing of the photographic image with electronic light sensors and computer software rivals milestones in history like the invention of paper, the printing press, or chemistry-based image fixing. Extinct is hand calligraphy in advertising, illuminated manuscripts in printing or the emulsion based image on tin, for example. Emulsion-based photography is methodically giving way to a digital era in image production ? an evolution akin to dinosaurs evolving into birds ? only faster. For these reasons a versatile and truly state-of-the-art digital studio, light room, and imaging lab has been designed to facilitate the photography department?s industry-responsive digital curriculum. Beginning through advanced students will avail themselves of a 1,325 square foot digital imaging studio with high ceilings and versatile photographic environments - all networked to a digital light room and other adjoining learning facilities. Students will benefit from hands-on exposure to real-world tools. These tools are fast, highresolution capture, manipulation, and output devices that will allow students to explore all aspects and categories of the photographic realm including, studio photography , field photography, photographic lighting, camera and image acquisition, software and hardware, professional large format output, and specialized applications like image stitching, HDR, Metadata driven digital asset management software/hardware or time-lapse intervalometers. Career Opportunities The following are opportunities for digital photography students to apply skills learned and developed in our digital program to internship, direct employment or entrepreneurship. Digital Imager/Photographer * Web Photo-content producer/designer * Multimedia content producer, CDR/DVD * Digital Imaging software specialist * Quicktime VR/IPIX/video specialist * CSI imaging specialist * Photo/Studio entrepreneur * Digital Artist * Photographic art director and/or producer Studio and location Photographer: Commercial/Industrial Stock production Studio and Location Portraiture Wedding/Ceremony Sports/Action Architectural/Landscape Photo-Restoration/Enhancement Fashion/Advertising Photojournalism, Communication Fine Art/Archivist Photo/Videography View more details on Mt. San Jacinto Community College District . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Photography courses.