Dedicated Photography

During the course, you will explore, examine and extend your awareness of:

• Extended creative controls offered in modern DSLR cameras
• Essential add-ons such as tripods, speedlights, lenses, filtration
• Light, light quality and control
• Benefits of metering v histogram readings
• Lighting techniques (studio & location) using on & off camera flash
• Post-production options and applications, image enhancement, professional web/print output options and settings
• Image based visual communication
• How to turn ideas into creative concepts
• Considering themes, subject matter and mood
• Individual and group – project based assignments

Students are expected to continue with their personal project based photographic assignments out of course hours, which will ultimately expand overall knowledge, heighten proficiency and offer improved image making capabilities. Submitted project based images will be assessed by course tutor and group critique on final session.

Students attending this advanced course are expected to carry out practice-led visual research as directed by the course tutor in which to fully benefit. The course does not offer in-depth post-production exercises; solid, well-informed image creation and communication is the key element to this course.