Colorado Mountain College - Matt Lit Photo - Colorado Photographer & Educator

Learn Digital Photography the right way!

I teach every semester at Colorado Mountain College in Breckenridge and online for CMC’s Isaacson School For New Media. My approach starts with why you’re picking up an advanced camera in the first place! Taught in an order that makes sense I guide you through the process with proven success. Many of my students have gone on to shoot professionally (I continue to mentor them!) or to enhance their own personal photography vision.

He has taught at CMC since 1995 including:

Basic Digital Photography (state code: ART139)
Documentary Approach to Photographing People
Basic Photography ~ Film
Advanced Photography ~ Film
Multi-media Graphic Design

ART139 Basic Digital Photography

RT139 Basic Digital Photography ~ Course Overview

Basic Camera layout & menus
Aperture & Shutter as Creative Controls
F-stop & Shutter as Exposure Controls
Exposure meters, Zone System, Histogram
Composition & the Math behind the beauty
Digital Asset Management
Inside the Digital Camera
Basics of Adobe Bridge, Photoshop & Lightroom
Creative Photoshop Techniques

Course features a number of video tutorials, Powerpoint outline and other digital learning materials.

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Gear For Class

ART139 Basic Digital Photography ~ What you need

Digital camera able to shoot in Manual Exposure Mode, capture RAW file format and display Histogram. Not sure? Call Matt!
Memory cards (more than one recommended…recommend: Lexar or Sandisk)
USB thumb drives (one or two at least 16GB)
(2) 1 TB external hard drives (MUST HAVE)

BOOK REQUIREMENT

CAMERA INFORMATION: YOU CAN NOT USE A CELL PHONE CAMERA FOR THIS COURSE!