What are lessons like in this subject?

Photography lessons vary in teaching and learning methods and include a combination of practical workshops, 1:1 tutorials and independent project work. In Year 12 the course is structured to develop fundamental photographic skills which include; composition, exposure, traditional darkroom procedures, studio lighting techniques and digital editing using Adobe software. Practical work is informed by contextual research and critical analysis of other photographers work and recorded digitally and in physical sketchbooks. Students progressively explore their own independent photographic interests, selecting themes appropriate for their future career aspirations. The Visual and Digital Arts department boasts professional standard studio spaces with Apple Macs, Adobe Creative Suite software, a darkroom and a photography lighting studio. It also has a wide range of other arts-based specialist tools and equipment to encourage students to explore multidisciplinary techniques. We operate an ‘open door’ policy to allow students to use the equipment and studio spaces independently outside of their lessons.

What will I study?

The course will include:
  • Composition: how to frame an image and create visually exciting photographs.
  • Digital photography: the functions of a digital camera.
  • Digital manipulation: use of Adobe applications to correct and alter images.
  • Studio and location photography.
  • Darkroom photography: how to use a traditional 35mm film camera and how to develop and print photographs.
  • How to present your work creatively in both\digital and hand-made sketchbooks.
  • How to critique your work and that of others.
  • How to best communicate concepts and/or meanings to your viewer.

What our
students

say

Photography is a great course because it has encouraged me to see the world from a new perspective and be able to express my ideas through images. This course has helped me build my technical skills and creative thinking by being able to experiment with different styles of photographs I have taken myself.

Martin Sulc, Tong Leadership Academy


Photography

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