Dec 07, 2025  
2024-2025 Academic Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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PH 2200 - Portraiture


Credits: 3
Course Type: Studio

This course is an exploration of photographing people, posing, expressions, gestures, and establishing subject rapport. Upon successful completion of this course, students will have used specific learned skills such as posing, lighting, and composition to create compelling portraits.

Prerequisites: PH 1500 - Lighting I: Fundamentals  

Notes: (Formerly CP 2321 - Portraiture)


Course Learning Outcomes:
  • Analyze and apply specific learned skills such as lighting, composition, and context, to create a portraiture portfolio.
  • Demonstrate directorial skills in the areas of posing, body language, facial expressions, and gestures.
  • Apply retouching techniques to modify the portrait image.
  • Create photographs that illustrate the photographer’s perspective of the subject’s narrative.

PH 2200 Course Learning Outcomes Rubric  



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