Photography Courses

Digital Photography (Short Course) 100 hours Statement of Attainment 11 lessons

Learn more about how to take good digital photographs.

Develop your ability to produce photographs using digital technology (digital or conventional photography combined with computer software and hardware for processing the photographs).

Learn about taking good photos, special effects, altering images, how computers can manipulate image and much more.

Learning methods available:

Online

This course can be studied through E-Learning

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Hobby Photography 100 hours Statement of Attainment 6 lessons

ANYONE CAN LEARN TO TAKE GREAT PICTURES!
This is a beginners course. An important part of this course involves you putting into practice what we teach you about film speed, exposure and composition of photographs, and developing your photographic style. Photos which you take are checked closely by professional photographers who advise you on how to improve your photographic techniques.

Learning methods available:

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Introduction To Photography 100 hours Statement of Attainment 8 lessons

BETTER PHOTOGRAPHY!

Learn to take better photos and understand how photography works. This is a comprehensive introduction to still photography. To complete the assignments you need access to a 35 mm camera. (Your tutor can advise on buying a camera if you do not have one).
This is a unit from the Advanced Certificate in Applied Management (Photography stream). It can be taken also as an individual unit in its own right.

Comment from one of our Introduction to Photography students:
"Glad I signed up" G. Gadja

Learning methods available:

Online

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Landscape Photography 100 hours Statement of Attainment 8 lessons

LEARN THE ART OF CAPTURING LANDSCAPES
Discover how to create great landscape photos by developing your skill in creating varied effects, and using different materials & equipment. Learn the techniques necessary to capture the individual expressions of each landscape. This course includes coverage of essentials such as special affects, film types, colour richness, photographic terms, achieving sharpness and much more.

Learning methods available:

Online

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Photographic Lighting 100 hours Statement of Attainment 8 lessons

Learn to Use Light to Create Photgraphic Effects

Develop your understanding of light in photography and how to use different lighting equipment and techniques to achieve desired effects in a final image.

Lighting is a critical thing for photographers; not only because it must be managed to ensure a photo is illuminated; but it can also be used to create all manner of different effects. A skilled and knowledgeable photographer can vary their use of light during a session to create a great variety of very different images; all using the same subject.

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Photographic Practice 100 hours Statement of Attainment 8 lessons

Learn to take better photos. This course develops your hands on practical skills in taking photos, through both theory and highly practical assignments with individual direction and interaction with a professional photographer (tutor). This course assumes some photographic experience.

Learning methods available:

Online

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Photographic Technology 100 hours Statement of Attainment 10 lessons

This is a fascinating area of photographic study which any good photographer needs to understand in order to not only take good photos, but also identify and understand problems when they occur.
This course is equally relevant to digital and film covering such things as image formation, light, lenses, filters, colour and the sensitivity of film or electronic surfaces that record the image. Did you realize that lenses for film cameras are not going to perform the same if used on a digital camera?

Learning methods available:

Online

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Photographing People 100 hours Statement of Attainment 10 lessons

Learn to Take Portraits

or photographs of people at work, at play or anywhere else

Whether you want to photograph family, friends or strangers from another country, this course will teach you how to create the most effective photographs of people.

You will learn to set up a photo session, organize a studio, create different types of effects, and how to compose a photo. This is a is highly practical course, giving you ample opportunity to concentrate in those areas of photography which are of most interest to you.

Learning methods available:

Online

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Qualification - Associate Diploma in Commercial Photography 1500 hours Associate Diploma 15 modules

BECOME A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER

Do you dream of working in the world of professional photography? Start your career now with this practical course that is aimed at providing you with a broad skill base to work from.

This course blends skills and knowledge of photography with those of business marketing and entrepeneurship to create a mix that prepares you for career or business success in the photographic industry. The course consists of 10 core modules and 5 electives. Subjects covered include introduction to photography, photographic practice, photoshop, freelance writing, photographic technology, starting a small business, photographing people, travel photography, landscape photography and more.

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Qualification -Advanced Certificate In Applied Management (Photography) 9100 hours Advanced Certificate

This course is designed to train people for supervisory or managerial positions in the photographic industry. There are 7 modules plus a workplace project in this course. These are the 4 core units common to all streams of this Advanced Certificate, VHT001. These involve 400 hours of study in total and cover Communications, Management, Office Practices, Business Operations and Marketing. Three photography units involve another 300 hours of study. A workplace project on the photography industry involves the final 200 hrs of study.
This course is internationally accredited through I.A.R.C.

Learning methods available:

Online

Qualification -Associate Diploma In Media 1500 hours Associate Diploma

Work in Writing, Publishing or Media

Learn things such as: Freelance writing, publishing, introduction to photography, photographic technology, photographic practice, digital photography, writing a web site (HTML), visual basic programming, advertising and promotions: and be guided by a team of professional tutors with decades of experience in both national and international media.

Learning methods available:

Online

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Qualification -Certificate In Photography 600 hours Certificate 6 modules

PHOTOGRAPHY ONLINE STUDY

GAIN A SOLID FOUNDATION IN PHOTOGRAPHY

To realize your full potential in this exciting industry, you need to not only have a foundation in photographic knowledge and skills, but it's also important to differentiate yourself in order to have an edge over your competition (Which is one reason why we have built elective modules into this course, to allow each student to develop a slightly different mix of experience and skill).

This course is Accredited through the International Accreditation & Recognition Council.

Develop an awareness and understanding of the industry, helps develop knowledge and skills in using a camera to a professional standard, and teaches you the all important communication and business skills needed to be successful in the real world.

Learning methods available:

Online

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Qualification -Certificate in Starting a Photography Business 600 hours Certificate 6 modules

Gain the skills you need to set up your own photographic business.

Learning methods available:

Correspondence

Online

Qualification -Diploma In Photojournalism 2100 hours Diploma

Want to be a Photojournalist?

Photojournalists work in publishing (electronic or print media) either self employed (freelance) or in house (employed by a publisher); contributing images and (in smaller enterprises), writing as well to published work. Opportunities are relatively strong and diverse for skilled photographers, but for the person who can also wrtite text and process images using software, demand for this mix of skills has been very high.

Learning methods available:

Online

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Travel Photography 100 hours Statement of Attainment 8 lessons

A course for anyone planning a special holiday. Over eight lessons, you will be shown how to achieve a quality record of your trip on film. You will learn techniques needed for photographing landscapes, street scapes, wildlife, people and lots more. Your tutor will even advise you on what type of equipment you need and where to buy equipment and film.

Learning methods available:

Online

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Wedding Photography 100 hours Statement of Attainment 9 lessons

Learn to produce quality wedding photos as a commercial enterprise.

Wedding photography can be the most critical and stressful type of photography because:

The event is so very important to the bride and groom
The bride and groom are usually quite stressed out
The wedding only happens once
More than at most other types of events, photographs are an integral part of what happens during the wedding.

At other events (eg. sporting events), many different people are part of the event. At a wedding, the total focus is on the bride and groom - they are the event!

The photography needs to maintain this strong focus on the bride and groom and convey the image that they are first and best in every way on that occasion. The whole concept of a wedding is always romantic, frequently fashionable and preferably overflowing with optimism and life.

Learning methods available:

Correspondence

Online

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