Documentary photography and photojournalism

City Lit

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In London

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    London

  • Start date

    Different dates available

This 10-week course has a strong practical base. Guided by a professional documentary photographer you will learn about the key elements of documentary photography and photojournalism. Photo assignments, practical exercises and location shoots will enable you to improve your technical and compositional skills, develop your photographic style and build up your confidence. Each week we will tackle an aspect of what it means, in practical terms, to work as a photographer (see topics listed below). You will be encouraged to participate in weekly discussion and feedback on your own and fellow students’ work. The course may include an offsite visit to a photography exhibition.

Although this is a non-accredited course, students successfully completing the course will be awarded our City Lit Certificate - based on achievements of the course outcomes and attendance.

You can pay for your course in instalments in person at our enrolment counter. For more information, please call our enrolment team on 020 7831 7831 or email and we’ll call you back to discuss this further.
What previous students liked most about this course:

“ Janina was an excellent teacher. The lessons were constantly engaging and fascinating with a clear and interesting focus each week. A fantastic mix of practical, theoretical and contemplative, constructive feedback on work and a historical perspective too. A great group dynamic too!.”

“The teacher was focussed and devised good exercises which meant I learnt a lot from the. Feedback was focused and constructive. I loved the course and I feel I have learnt so much.”

“The group review and friendly atmosphere. The mix of reviewing our work and theory and the exhibitions.”

“Great preparation/ materials from tutor. Good group of learners willing to share and support. Confidence in being self critical and offering feedback to others.”

“Group discussions, seeing other people’s work. Assignments helped a lot in improving.”

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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Keeley Street, Covent Garden, WC2B 4BA

Start date

Different dates availableEnrolment now open

About this course

- communicate effectively via the medium of photography
- take more visually engaging pictures
- feel more confident about photographing people
- demonstrate an understanding of the importance of picture editing
- recognise some key moments in the development of documentary photography
- recognise the key elements of a picture story.
- demonstrate an ability to think critically about photojournalism and documentary photography
- recognise the importance of Copyright Law
be aware of your rights as a photographer to work in public spaces
- demonstrate an ability to be more objective and critical of your own work and the work of others
- demonstrate an understanding of some of the ethical issues of photojournalism.
What previous students have achieved on this course:

“I learnt how to research and develop a story. How to use different tempos when creating my picture story. Group feedback sessions were extremely helpful in helping me to look at and closely analyse my photos” AM

“Much more focused, thinking about composition and research; what works well visually; articulating why I took the pictures in a certain way.” CH

“I learned a lot about photographer’s rights, how to sell photos. I got more focused about my photography in terms of composition and planning.” LS

“Brilliant course - Janina has been so informative - great handouts- I feel more creative – and knowledgeable about my camera and equipment. “ MB

Please bring your camera to the first class as well as a notebook and pen. City Lit has a range of digital SLR
cameras, tripods, lenses and flashguns (speedlights) which you are welcome to use during the hours of the class. It
would be useful to bring a memory stick (or portable hard drive – please note PC-formatted hard drives can be read
by Apple Mac computers, but not written to). This course is exempt from our refunds and transfers policy.
If you would like to buy art materials for your personal use outside of the course, g the bell.

This dynamic course has a strong practical base, with illustrated seminars, practical exercises, location shoots and photo assignments. You will receive weekly feedback on your work. Please note we will be working on Apple Mac
laptop computers.

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Subjects

  • Photographer
  • Confidence Training

Course programme

- Photography as a means of communication
- Composition
- Picture editing
- Working on location.
- Photographing people
- Copyright and the law
Photographing in the public places: Your rights as a photographer.
- History of documentary photography and photojournalism
- Telling a story with pictures
- Ethics
- Selling your work.

Additional information

City Lit has a vast range of practical and theoretical photography courses. Please search on the City Lit website, download a PDF or request a printed prospectus from the home page. General information and advice on courses at City Lit is available from the Student Centre and Library on Monday to Friday from 12:00 – 19:00. See the course guide for term dates and further details. General information and advice on courses at City Lit is available from the Student Centre and Library on Monday to Friday from 12:00 – 19:00. See the course guide for term dates and further details

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