This minicourse was prepared for use with secondary physics students in the Dallas Independent School District and is one option in a physics program which provides for the selection of topics on the basis of student career needs and interests. This minicourse was designed to help students acquire a knowledge of some physics of photography and to develop some basic photographic skills. The minicourse was designed for independent student use with close teacher supervision and was developed as an ESEA Title III project. A rationale, behavioral objectives, student activities, and resource packages are included. Student activities and resource packages involve investigating careers in photography, comparing the camera and the eye, studying some properties of light, making a camera, and taking and developing pictures. (GS)