Photography Traditional And Contemporary Practice Short Course
Course description
Course overview
This course will cover the contemporary and traditional aspects of photographic practice, introducing students to both new and old photographic techniques. The course will explore the darkroom, the film camera and primitive imagine making, moving onto introduction to the digital camera, editing programs and contemporary photographic practice.
As the debate continues with the cross over from film photography to digital photography, beginners coming to the photographic industries are very often unaware of the quality of the traditional photograph and how this can be integrated with digital media to benefit from the use of both ways of working. This course aims to illustrate a variety of traditional and new media to demonstrate how this is playing an important role in contemporary photography today.
On this course, students will learn the basic functions of operating a camera. They will learn this both through digital cameras and traditional cameras. The course will then move forward by combining both methods of working and showing the advantage of the marriage of both. The course then looks at the contemporary photographic industry and concentrates on producing contemporary projects using methods both old and new. This is an ideal course to kick-start a portfolio or get that project you wanted to start on your own way in photography.
Who this course is for
This course is suitable for anyone interested in the traditional and contemporary practice of photography. This is an exciting and busy course where the tutors are always happy and welcome to answer individual needs.
Key information
Topics covered
- Photographic Theory
- Image Structure
- Shooting Methods
- Digital Photoshop
- Negative scanning
- Image output to print
- Visit the dark room and focus on narrative image structure through films and cinema-photography
Learning outcomes
- Learn the basic functions of operating a camera
- Learn through digital cameras and traditional cameras
- Digital badge and certificate of attendance.
Materials
- Your camera(s) - film and digital SLR, mirrorless, medium-format or advanced compact with manual control
- Instruction manual (if you still have it)
- Notepad and pen
- Printing paper and film will be supplied at the start of the course. Your tutor will then advise you on the appropriate film to buy if you wish to buy more.
IMPORTANT - Adobe ID Login for Short Course Students
Students will need to create an account with Adobe (unless you already have one) in order to access the Adobe suite at the college - instructions are included below. You will need to use a personal email address to create this. If you already have an account with Adobe, please make sure you bring your login details with you on the first day of the course.
Please note:
- The software will only be accessible when logged into a UAL networked computer
- The same account can be used outside of the University, but software will only be accessible through a personal paid subscription that students will need to set up independently
- You can still create an account on the day but doing this beforehand will save time and avoid delays to the start of the class
- If you already have an Adobe ID/ subscription you can use this on your short course rather than setting up a new account.
During this course you will be using Adobe Photoshop. If you do not already have Photoshop, you can sign up for a free 7 day trial of Adobe Creative Cloud. Please note a credit card is required to register for the free trial. The subscription must be cancelled on the date provided by Adobe if you do not wish to continue onto a paid account
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