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The course will explore the digital camera’s creative controls, as well as digital image enhancements, adjustments and processing for photography. You will be introduced to the elements of a photographic visual language and how concepts, ideas and mood, can be communicated through photography. The course will include both a range of creative photography project work and computer-based work using Photoshop software. After introductory photography assignments, you will research, photograph, print, edit and present a personal, digitally-based photography project which considers the work of contemporary photographers, artists and designers.
Please note - this is a credit course and has an integrated digital component. All students enrolled on credit courses are required to matriculate through the university student system EUCLID. If you do not do so you will not be able to access information provided by your tutor nor will you be able to submit work for assessment. Please read our Studying for Credit Guide, Rules and Regulations for more information.
No previous experience required. You will require your own SLR digital camera with manual settings.
Materials and equipment provided for students as part of the course and included in course fee:
Essentials Materials and equipment students will need to provide themselves: (Estimated cost: £100 - £300 depending on usage)
The course teaching is delivered over weekly class sessions totalling 27.5 hours. Depending on the specific timetable of the occurrence of the course, this will either be delivered over ten weeks of 2.75 hour class sessions, eleven weeks of 2.5 hour class sessions or five weeks of 5.5 hour class sessions. Over the class sessions the course will cover:
This course will be based and delivered in specialist art studios and digital workshops and will typically include a range of practical exercises, introductions to techniques, processes and concepts, and set projects which lead to more focused and personal exploration.
Each week, students’ progress will be monitored and supported by the tutor who will negotiate and agree a ‘directed study plan’ for work to be undertaken out with the class hours each week. This will include researching a range of suggested artists or designers and their associated movements to engender a contextual awareness of the discipline being taught as well as how to annotate and evidence this within a sketchbook and practical outcomes.
Teaching will include practical demonstrations, one to one tuition, group discussions and critiques.
By the end of the course, through attending classes and engaging in directed and independent study, students should be able to:
RESEARCH
research and explore a range of photographic vocabularies such as light, shadow, tone, surface, composition, colour, contrast, focus and crop as a means to communicate creative ideas;
PRACTICE
use a range of digital camera manual and automated creative controls, and use digital imaging software as a digital darkroom, to achieve photographic goals
PRESENT
demonstrate the ability to edit, print, and present a personal digitally-based photography project
Essential
none
Recommended
Specific Web resources will be determined by course tutors.
Course information will be provided on enrolment and handouts provided during the course.
Details of the Art and Design assessment requirements can be found on the short course website. Please click on the following link for more information: Submission and Assessment Information
If you choose to study for credit you will need to allocate significant time outwith classes for coursework and assessment preparation. Credit points gained from this course can count towards the Certificate of Higher Education.
If you have questions regarding the course or enrolment, please contact COL Reception at Paterson's Land by email COL@ed.ac.uk or by phone 0131 650 4400.
If you have a disability, learning difficulty or health condition which may affect your studies, please let us know by ticking the 'specific support needs' box on your course application form. This will allow us to make appropriate adjustments in advance and in accordance with your rights under the Equality Act 2010. For more information please visit the Student Support section of our website.