Photographic Practice
| Course Code | BPH101 |
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| Fee Code | S2 |
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| Number of Assignments | 8 |
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| Duration (approx) | 100 hours |
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Camera manufactures are continually making camweras more automated. This automation, while helping people to achieve a higher ratio of "good shots" per memory card (or roll of film), it can also prove to be the enemy of creativity. Automation in cameras is designed to cope with the average though, not the unusual. This course can help you understand the potentials and limitations of a camera and conceive ideas to find a way around difficulties you encounter.
COURSE 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
Freelance photography, Commercial photography, Planning a Photographic Session, Studio Photography, What to Charge, Gallery Sales, Written Contracts
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.
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.