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Columbia University
Mail Code 5711
New York, NY 10027-6902

Phone: (212) 854-9400
Fax: (212) 854-9401

cspa@columbia.edu

CSPA is affiliated with the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University in the City of New York.

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Summer Journalism Workshop - Class Description

Digital Photography

Students in CSPA's Digital Photography class will work with students in the Digital Media Bootcamp for Students class to create academic and sports/action photographs and photo stories/picture packages. Extensive work with Adobe Photoshop will provide practice with a workflow for images suitable for all publications.

Students will work both individually as well as in teams, having their work critiqued in both settings.

Leaving the class with a substantial portfolio of shots taken during the week will be a major goal of this class. Organizing and managing publication photo staffs will also be emphasized.

Required:

Digital photography students must bring a laptop computer with Photoshop (version CS3 or CS4 preferred) pre-installed. A 30-day trial version of Photoshop is available from the Adobe website, as long as it has not been installed previously on the computer.

Students must also bring a digital Single Lens Reflex (SLR) camera as well as a battery charger, connection cables and a card reader for loading images onto their laptop computer. Blank discs (CD-R/DVD-R) or USB drives, extra memory cards and any additional equipment (lenses, flash, tripod, etc.) are recommended.

Class Instructor

Mark Murray is the coordinator of technology systems for the Arlington (TX) school district. As the photography teacher at Lamar High School in Arlington for 12 years, he was one of the advisers for élan, Lamar's Silver Crown literary magazine. He is the executive director for the Association of Texas Photography Instructors and is a co-consultant for the international Photo Imaging Education Association. He is a CSPA Gold Key recipient.

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CSPA is an international student press association, founded in 1925, whose goal is to unite student journalists and faculty advisers at schools and colleges through educational conferences, idea exchanges, textbooks, critiques and award programs.