Summer: Digital Photography Portfolio

Course

In London

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£ 1,710 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    3 Weeks

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Develop a portfolio of photographic work, gain new skills in digital photography and grow your existing knowledge of the history, theory and practice of photography.

In week one you will have three assignments focused on street portraiture, studio portraiture and the urban landscape. For these assignments you will be given introductory lectures by photographers who have created work specialised in these areas who have worked in fashion, editorial, advertising and fine-art photography. The assignments will enhance your creative camera control as well as develop your conceptual awareness. You can work individually, or with your fellow students, to produce visual responses to the brief, coming together at the end of the week to share your results with your tutor and the rest of the class, receiving feedback on your photographs.

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Elephant and Castle

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Subjects

  • Workflow
  • Lighting
  • Editorial
  • Digital Photography
  • Camera
  • Exhibition
  • Art
  • Advertising
  • Photographer
  • Studio Lighting

Course programme

Week two will begin with lectures on building your audience and on professional practice in photography. You will be taken on a city walk looking at urban landscape by photographer and writer Lewis Bush who will also give a lecture on contemporary documentary photography. You will be taken to document events in London by documentary photographer Edward Thompson who will help you to research techniques of storytelling and narrative in photography with you either completing a photojournalistic essay or a contemporary photo-series.

In week two you will also be given location lighting workshops by fine art and advertising photographer Lottie Davies. There will be technical workshops on digital workflow: editing, sequencing and post-production techniques within editorial photography.

In week three, with what you have learnt from the first two weeks, you will now focus on building your portfolio. You will have 1 to 1 tutorials helping to galvanise your ideas in how to create a body of work that is at the core of who you are and how you want to work in future. You will have technical workshops editing your work for print, producing your own zines and making your own website. In this week you will also visit professional photo-labs and photography supply stores where you can also start to construct a physical photography portfolio.

You will take advantage of the diversity and richness of London’s galleries and museums, and engage in discussions about the practice of photography. By the end of the summer school, you will have generated enough photographic material to create a hard copy portfolio, which will be assessed by your tutors, alongside a photographic industry professional. Your portfolio can then be presented to your friends and family, in a mini-exhibition alongside work by students from Contemporary Photography Practice, Graphic Media Design and Filmmaking summer school students.

During the three week course you will develop enhanced skills in creative camera control; digital workflow; digital retouching skills; shooting in a studio and lighting on location; digital printing skills; an introduction to designing a website; portfolio development; and presentational skills.


Course Outline

Week One:

  • Introduction to the college, course, and facilities
  • Lecture and workshop on DSLR use and optics
  • Lecture on portraiture / editorial street portraiture assignment
  • Technical workshop on studio lighting / lit studio portraiture assignment
  • Research tools workshop / urban landscape assignment
  • A week in review / class critique
  • Gallery visit

Week Two:

  • Developing an audience / professional practice lectures
  • Documentary photography assignment
  • Lecture on contemporary documentary practice
  • Advertising photography lecture / locational lighting workshop
  • City walk
  • Documenting the moment: Creating a photo-essay or photo-series at an event in London
  • Digital workflow workshop: Editing and sequencing
  • Digital postproduction in editorial photography
  • A week in review / class critique

Week Three:

  • Creating a personal portfolio
  • Creating a professional website
  • Site visits to professional photo labs and photographic supply stores
  • Technical workshops on digital printing and making zines
  • Printed portfolios produced and reviewed by a London weekend magazine photo-editor
  • Exhibition and critique
  • Exhibition opening party


Follow On Courses

Once you have taken this course you may be interested in MA Photography.

Summer: Digital Photography Portfolio

£ 1,710 VAT inc.