Overview
This is a serious course suitable for both career development or improving amateur skills beyond the basics. This course develops an understanding of how to compose the components of a photograph to create different affects. You develop not only a theoretical foundation for creating an image, but by putting what you learn into practice, then interacting with your tutors in an analysis of your work and that of others, your capacity to understand the possibilities and create different impages will develop steadily throughout the course.
Aims
- Compose photographs in a way that matches a predetermined aim.
- Explain a variety of ways to take better photographs of people.
- Explain a variety of ways to take better photographs of landscapes or other natural subjects.
- Differentiate between appropriate use of colour and black and white photography.
- Create varied visual affects through the use of special techniques.
- Explain a variety of ways to take better illustrative photographs.
- Explain a variety of ways to take better photographs for use in print or electronic media.
- Determine the nature and scope of business opportunities in photography.
Programme Structure
There are 8 lessons as follows:
- Composition – Choosing the subject, Lighting the subject, Placing the subject in the frame, Choosing the medium for recording,
- Photographing People – Snapshots, Portraiture, Posing for Photographs, Nude Photography, Fashion, Photography & Wedding Photography
- Nature & Landscape Photography – Photographing Water, Plants, Landscapes & other Natural subjects
- Colour vs. black & white – Types of film, Analysing photos, Photography for newspapers, etc.
- Special Techniques – Creating Effects,Sport Photography, Cropping, Non Standard Film(eg.Lith Film, InfraRed etc)
- Illustrative Photography – Telling a story with a photo (eg. advertising, sports event, fashion parade or art exhibition), Streetscape photography etc.
- Publishing – Illustrating articles, Analysing photos in magazines, Understanding the industry and photo opportunities
- Business Opportunities in Photography
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 4 days
Start dates & application deadlines
Language
Delivered
- Self-paced
Disciplines
Visual Arts Film Studies View 84 other Short Courses in Visual Arts in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Tuition Fee
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International
395 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 395 GBP for the full programme during 4 days. -
National
395 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 395 GBP for the full programme during 4 days.