60-138 Photographic Lighting Techniques

5 units, Carnegie Mellon University

This half semester studio will introduce students to a variety of photographic lighting techniques, conceptual approaches, equipment, and technical applications. Students will work with natural and artificial lighting across a range of photographic methods, applying their learned skills to still life, portraiture, landscape, street photography, and reportage. This class will teach students to work with various types of lighting equipment and situations in the field and in the studio. Regular in class demos, lectures, and critiques will introduce equipment and concepts. A lab fee is charged for this course.

Prerequisites: none listed

Offered: Fall 2025

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