Digital Design
Photography
This beginner digital photography course is designed to teach students the fundamentals of creating high-quality, storytelling images using DSLR cameras. Students will learn the basic exposure and drive functions of a DSLR camera to be able to photograph in manual mode, photo composition techniques, how to edit in Adobe Lightroom, and file/media management. Students will gain experience photographing in both natural lighting and studio lighting contexts. The format of the class will be largely project-based, with students completing a series of photo projects to develop their technical and storytelling skills using a DSLR camera.
Graphic Design
Graphic Design is an advanced art class. Today’s culture is a visual culture. This course challenges students to produce meaningful work through their use of graphic design solutions. Class critiques provide a Christian context through which students judge all visual design. Projects are based on photography, traditional art methods, and digital applications, and apply an advanced understanding of design principles to a variety of applications. The required text provides a solid framework for the student to understand and learn step-by-step instructions for a variety of graphic design solutions. Weekly visual journals allow students to explore their own personal voice in art. Students are required to bring a laptop to class.
Yearbook
Designed to teach students the fundamentals of print journalism, the result of this course is the production of Evergreen Christian School’s yearbook. Led by student editors, the class works together to develop the theme, a ladder, and structure to meet the deadlines determined by financial and publishing considerations. Students are introduced to photography, interviewing, journalistic writing, and layout design. Each student produces complete spreads for the yearbook using Adobe InDesign. They also learn to evaluate their own work and that of their classmates for accuracy, clarity, and integrity. By working together, the staff communicates the story of the year and the vision and purpose of Evergreen Christian School to the glory of God.
Teacher
Kristin Gates holds a B.A.J.M.C.in Visual Communications from the University of South Carolina in Columbia, S.C., and is thankful to be a part of the ECS faculty. She says, "I believe education is one of God's greatest gifts of grace to us – the ability to seek him out and get to know him and his creation, as well as the ability to use our education to serve others and be culture-makers alongside him. I hope to foster a lifelong love of learning in my students and encourage them to see and walk in the gifts and callings God has uniquely given to each of them."
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