Professional Lighting Certificate

I.    Professional Lighting Undergraduate Certificate Undergraduate Certificate Description

The Professional Lighting Certificate equips students with the technical skills and the conceptual knowledge of how to apply professional lighting techniques to their creative practice. Concepts include creating volume and depth in a two-dimensional medium through light, shadow, and cast-shadow, understanding the physics of light through the inverse square law, the law of reflection, and contrast ratios. Students will learn to apply light to a variety of subject matter in a controlled studio environment.

Students in the Professional Lighting Certificate program will work with studio lighting tools and equipment, industry standard software, follow a digital color-managed workflow, and learn about the health and safety of a professional studio practice. 

This certificate can propel students who wish to pursue a career in any of the following industries: commercial photography, editorial or fashion photography, product photography, portrait photography, or cinematography. Upon completion of the Professional Lighting certificate, students will create a digital portfolio of work demonstrating beginning to advanced professional lighting techniques that can be used to market their work to clients and professionals in the industry. 

II.    Upon completion of the Professional Lighting Certificate, students will be able to:

1.    Lighting Techniques: Apply professional lighting techniques and concepts to a variety of creative projects demonstrating control of highlight, shadow, and position of light in foreground and background.

2.    Creative Application: Creatively demonstrates a variety of lighting techniques and applications with appropriate use of industry standard tools, software and equipment.

3.    Professional Image Quality: Apply knowledge of professional lighting studio standards and practices to the development of a photographic portfolio.