Materials List, download as pdf
Art 30710, Color Photography
Prof. Luther Smith


l.smith@tcu.edu

Digital Camera Digital SLR with Camera Raw preferred
Textbooks

Up to Speed Adobe PhotoShop CS4 by Ben Willmore
Complete Digital Photography by Ben Long (optional)

Inkjet paper

Epson Ultra Premium Photo Paper Luster (5 Star Paper)
or Epson Ultra Premium Presentation Paper Matte (5 Star Paper)

Cotton gloves
for handling prints and mounted prints
Portfolio to hold matted prints
Folder to hold unmatted prints
Notebook please bring to every class and take notes!
CD-R preferred
or DVD-R

for scanned images and finished images,
Purchase 50 or more and back up your images often

Matboard,
to matt or dry mount images, should be good quality
Dry Mount tissue Bienfang ColorMount Tissue for dry mounting (if you plan to dry mount)
Tape, corners if you plan to cut mats
Gray Card optional
Tri-pod Optional, If you are a photo major you should have a good quality tri-pod. I recommend considering the Gitzo or Bogen / Manfrotto tripods. The 055XPROB Pro Tripod Legs (Black) with 486RC2 Compact Ballhead or 190XProB tripod with 486RC2 Compact Ballhead are good choices.
Portable Hard drive To back up your images. Most professionals recommend having at least two copies of your images incase of equipment failure or other issues.