Photography: Portrait Imaging, Certificate

Create striking portraits that capture personality, emotion, and story.

This certificate consists of courses that are genre-specific to the retail, commercial, and editorial portrait sectors of the industry. Students learn studio- and location-lighting workflows to produce portraiture of people, accompanied by professional digital portrait retouching techniques. Supporting assignments engage students in readings and discussions about various ethical, legal, and business practices encountered by photographers that produce images used in publications.

Next Steps

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What do Photographers do?

• Adjust apertures, shutter speeds, and camera focus according to a combination of factors, such as lighting, field depth, subject motion, film type, and film speed.
• Create artificial light, using flashes and reflectors.
• Transfer photographs to computers for editing, archiving, and electronic transmission.

What skills do Photographers have?

• Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.

Contact

• Digital Media Arts Department Page
• 734-677-5431
• [email protected]

Questions about applying?

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How much does it cost?

WCC is consistently rated one of the most affordable colleges in the country. Check out the Tuition Rates and see how WCC compares to peer institutions.