# Photography - Commercial (PHOT) courses

Antelope Valley College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 2 courses

Source: https://avc.elumenapp.com/catalog/2026-27/department/photography-commercial

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027.

### PHOT 107 — History of Photography

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 lecture hours, 54 contact hours total
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 4 sections (/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/fall-2026/phot.md); Winter 2027, 1 section (/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/winter-2027/phot.md); Spring 2027, 5 sections (/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/spring-2027/phot.md)
- Applies to the associate degree or certificates (AVC)

In-depth study of the historical development of photographic process as an artistic image from the early 1800s to the present. This course will focus on worldwide artistic-photographic and social achievements of photographers. Within the context of the course, the contributions of both chemical and digital photographic techniques will be explored, as well as the relationship of the emergence of photographic imagery to other artistic media within a similar time period.

### PHOT 213 — Life Photography

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 27 lecture hours, 81 lab hours, 108 contact hours total
- **Advisory:** Completion of ART 216 Prerequisite: Completion of PHTC 101 or PHTC 125.
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules
- Applies to the associate degree or certificates (AVC)

Instructional materials fee of $30 is required for this course and must be paid at registration. This course is a basic photographic principles, theories and techniques used in representing the human figure using draped and undraped models. Projects emphasize the organization of the human figure as a 3D image and composition where the environmental factors of lighting, shading, and texture are combined to create an artistic representation. Both traditional and digital processing of the human image will be studied. Course helps students develop creative thinking and idea execution. Students are required to purchase additional supplies not provided by the college.