Careers in the Creative Arts
Commercial Photography
AAS-T Degree or Certificate
Learning Outcomes (AAS)
By the end of the program, successful students will be able to:
- Communicate visually, verbally and in written form with a variety of client and/or companies in formats including:
- Web design skills and presence
- Technical materials and terminology
- Professional business forms and procedures
- Marketing research, strategies and promotion
- Estimation and negotiation
- Demonstrate the ability to:
- Survey history, careers, styles and trends in professional photography
- Operate all camera formats and techniques
- Execute a wide range of technical and creative lighting solutions
- Execute a wide range of darkroom techniques and processes
- Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of computers, software and digital imaging skills
- Develop and expand a personal creative voice with pre visualization conceptualization skills
- Develop pre-production shoot and planning methods
- Execute shoot production in both the studio and on location
- Demonstrate post production technical and creative solutions
- Develop a marketing plan, materials, and support process
- Develop a small business plan and organizational structure
- Produce the products required for graduation in the sixth quarter, attached in Appendix I


