Photographic Practice

This is a serious course suitable for those who want to work as a photographer in any field, or to improve amateur skills beyond the basics. During the course you develop a theoretical foundation for creating an image, put what you learn into practice, and interact with your tutor in an analysis of your own work and that of others.
 
The course helps you develop an understanding of how to arrange photographic components to create different effects, the potentials and limitations of a camera, and ideas to find a way around any photographic difficulties you may encounter. It is designed to assist turning you into a more flexible and skilled photographer.
 
In this course you will learn:
 

• How to tell a story with an image

• How to turn your photographic skills into a business

• More about the photographic industry

• Special photographic techniques

• How to photograph well

• How to produce photos with special effects

Aims of this course:

• Compose photographs in a way that matches a predetermined aim.

• Explain ways to take better photographs of people.

• Explain 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 ways to take better illustrative photographs.

• Explain ways to take better photographs for use in print or electronic media.

• Determine the nature and scope of business opportunities in photography.

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