Photography Professional Practice And Academic Portfolio Course

Course description

This 20-week course is delivered through a combination of lectures, technical lessons and practical exercises. The aim is to teach students a range of skills using analogue and digital to enable them to develop their own practice.

The Photography Professional Practice And Academic Portfolio Short Course explores a broad range of techniques based on the student’s interests to enable them to develop their own portfolio and personal style of photography.

The course offers a foundational overview of the various processes of photography from analogue to digital and would be beneficial for anyone wanting to create a portfolio to apply for a degree or MA course.

To get the most out of the course, students will be expected to work around 4 hours outside of class to produce and engage with their own practice. This may be in the form of briefs or self-directed research.

Who should attend?

This course is aimed at anyone wanting to develop their portfolio to apply for a degree or master’s course or develop their own practice by creating a portfolio of work.

The course would be a great choice for anyone with an interest in the medium of photography. No formal experience is required as the course is designed to help students develop their skills from beginner to further advanced level.

Course outcomes

By the end of the course students should:

• Understand camera controls to achieve a range of different photographic outcomes
• Have experience with a range of cameras: Analogue 35mm / Medium format / 5x4; Digital 35mm / Medium format
• Have expanded their knowledge of processing black and white and colour film, scanning, digital post-production and archiving, editing for specific contexts within the photographic industry, black and white hand-printing, alternative processes (cyanotypes / liquid light), shooting in a studio using flash and location studio using flash
• Have learnt how to develop a photographic practice through practice-based learning and research

Experience life on campus:  

• Network and share ideas with students from across the globe    
• Access the technology and materials relevant to your discipline    
• Shop in our college shops for any materials you might need    
• Ask questions of your tutor in real time    
• Receive feedback and critique on your assignments    
• Experience the many sights of London on your down time    

A certificate of completion:    

• You've put the work in so we want to make sure you have something to show for it! 
• As long as you attend a minimum of 80% of your classes, we will provide you with a certificate of attendance. 
• We always recommend you attend all of the classes so that you get the most out of the experience!
• Certificates are great to compliment your cv.

Payment plans

Payment plans are available on request and follow the process outlined below:

A 50% deposit is required to reserve your place on the course. This is followed by 3 monthly instalments. The monthly payments are determined by dividing the total course fee minus deposit into three amounts. E.g. Course fee £3000, £1500 deposit, x3 £500 payments. The final balance must be paid 4 weeks before the course start date.

Normal UAL Short Course T&Cs apply.

Contact ualshortcourses@shortcourses.arts.ac.uk for more information.