Art Degrees Online

Course Code VPH002
Fee Code CT
Number of Modules 6
Duration (approx) 600 hours

Developed by professional photographers to train professional photographers, this course gives you a very sound foundation for a career in the modern photographic industry.
This is a rapidly changing industry; and this course is continuously being updated to meet these rapid changes.

Course Structure

The certificate consists of six modules:

Introduction to Photography

Discuss the principles those underpins photography and examine the evolution into digital technologies.
Explain how photographic images are able to be captured on film. This lesson will also explain how photographic images are able to be captured by digital cameras.
Provide you with a firm understanding of how you can work at improving your capabilities with respect to taking photographs. It provides a framework, upon which you will base your work in future lessons.
Determine appropriate application for a range of common items of photographic equipment and develop an understanding of how digital images can be transferred effectively from a digital camera
Explain how photographic film is developed.
Describe the process by which photographic film may be enlarged. Also explain techniques that can be used to process digital photographs within a computer to achieve improved or changed images.
Work more effectively with light when taking photographs.
To identify and avoid common faults in photographs.

Photographic Practice

Compose photographs in a way that matches a predetermined aim.
Explain a variety of ways to take better photographs of people.
Explain a variety of ways to take better photographs of landscapes or other natural subjects.
Differentiate between appropriate use of colour and black and white photography.
Create varied visual affects through the use of special techniques.
Explain a variety of ways to take better illustrative photographs.
Explain a variety of ways to take better photographs for use in print or electronic media.
Determine the nature and scope of business opportunities in photography.

Photographic Technology
Describe in technical terms, how an image forms when a photograph is taken.
Explain the nature of light and how this relates to the finished photographic product.
Describe how sensitivity of a photo sensitive surface and its development affect the photographic image.
Explain sensitivity relates to development affect the photographic image.
Explain the composition and manipulation of white and coloured light to create different photographic images.
Discuss the chemical process that occurs in producing a colour film photograph.
Explain how the photographic image may be manipulated by using optical filters or other camera attachments, other than lenses.
Explain how the photographic image may be manipulated by using lenses.

Digital Photography
Describe the scope and nature of digital photography
Select appropriate equipment for use in digital photography
Explain how technology enables digital images to be captured.
Compare different digital cameras and select an appropriate camera for a particular application.
Control the effects created in a digital photograph which you take.
Describe techniques which can be used for digitally capturing images from film photographs, or graphics.
Explain how digital images can be transferred effectively from a camera (or scanner) onto another device (eg. a computer, video monitor, television set, etc).
Describe techniques that can be used to process digital photographs within a computer to achieve improved or changed images.
Explain how digital photos can be manipulated and changed to produce altered images.
Discuss the scope and nature of special effects that can be created with digital photographs.
Identify how and where digital photography can effectively be used.

Photoshop
Open digital files using Photoshop
Resize images and save them in multiple file formats
Create original graphics using the Photoshop tools
Manipulate individual elements of a graphic composition or image
Improve the quality of an image (clean it up) by applying modifications
Apply interesting filters and effects to images or compositions
Prepare your files for the web, print or email

Photographic Lighting
Discuss the scope and nature of lighting as relevant to photography.
Describe how different light sources will affect different images in varying ways.
Describe how different filters can be used to create different lighting effects.
Identify the differences between different types of light meters.
Describe the range of equipment which can be used to help achieve more desirable light conditions for photography.
Explain contrast and how to compensate for imperfect light conditions.
Explain how to use tone to create the desired final image.
Distinguish between utilisation of light in a studio and on location.To view detailed outlines of each of the modules click on the modules above, one by one.

MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS:
THE INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATION AND RECOGNITION COUNCIL
THE AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL FOR PRIVATE EDUCATION AND TRAINING
AGP (ACS GLOBAL PARTNER)
BRITISH INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT
STUDY GOLD COAST

Course Code VPH011
Fee Code AS
Number of Modules 15
Duration (approx) 1500 hours

COURSE CONTENT

This course is made up of 15 modules, listed below. Details can be seen on the relevant websites.

Introduction to Photography

Discuss the principles those underpins photography and examine the evolution into digital technologies.
Explain how photographic images are able to be captured on film. This lesson will also explain how photographic images are able to be captured by digital cameras.
Provide you with a firm understanding of how you can work at improving your capabilities with respect to taking photographs. It provides a framework, upon which you will base your work in future lessons.
Determine appropriate application for a range of common items of photographic equipment and develop an understanding of how digital images can be transferred effectively from a digital camera
Explain how photographic film is developed.
Describe the process by which photographic film may be enlarged. Also explain techniques that can be used to process digital photographs within a computer to achieve improved or changed images.
Work more effectively with light when taking photographs.
To identify and avoid common faults in photographs

Specialization Description

The nature of photography has changed drastically in the last five years. Digital photography has been the cause, and it continues to change at an amazing pace. Virtually all news gathering organizations have changed from conventional to digital formats. Many professional photographers have also made the change. Telephones are now being marketed with built-in cameras to send digital images as well as voice messages. New models of digital cameras are being introduced every month that offer higher quality and lower price than the previous month. Crude image manipulation programs are bundled in the software packages on new computers. More powerful image manipulation programs have become available at reasonable prices. Image scanners and high-resolution photo printers are almost giveaway items. Digital photography will replace conventional as the norm in the near future.

UW-Stout’s specialization in Digital Photography emphasizes the digital aspect of photography to serve both on-campus students and the needs for continuing professional education.

With elimination of wet darkrooms associated with conventional photography, many organizations are doing photography in-house with existing electronic systems. People need to be trained in this new technology as part of their continuing professional education. Digital photography is marketed as being foolproof, but the task of obtaining, manipulating, and presenting quality images remains daunting.

With the addition of digital photography to your professional preparation, you will gain an important competitive edge you would expect from a UW-Stout degree.

The Photography degree program prepares you for employment in the photographic industry. Throughout the coursework, you will use professional equipment, including digital cameras, to master the skills necessary for this highly visual, creative and exacting profession. Several evening classes are offered. Core skills include good color and depth perception, attention to detail, the ability to visualize and a talent for visual problem solving. Expect to work with customers and professionals from related fields including commercial art and printing.

SVA is a photography school in New York City whose mission is to educate students who aspire to become professional artists. Undergraduate photography school students have access to SVA’s cutting-edge facilities, as well as our 100-plus faculty of photographers, museum directors, critics, art directors, photo editors, and photography collectors. Request information at admissions@sva.edu to learn more about SVA’s photography college.
In the past decade, the line between commercial and art photography has all but disappeared. A highly personalized look, no matter how quirky, can open doors to both galleries and big-ticket ad campaign assignments. Risk-taking is now a practical career strategy for photographers, just ask former SVA guest lecturers David LaChappelle and Josef Astor. There is no need for compromise anymore.

That is very good news for SVA students, or anyone with something to say who uses a camera to say it. SVA is all about the cultivation of a self-expressed sensibility, a signature style. We do it by providing the absolute highest standard in photographic equipment and technology, and a course of instruction that teaches you to transcend the wizardry of all that gear with the power of your message. It’s not the $4,000 Leica M6 camera that counts, but the mind behind it.

We recently gutted and renovated the photo department, adding new studios, darkrooms, and digital labs, and acquiring Canon D30 digital cameras, Omega D-5 enlargers and the newest Hasselblad systems. In addition to ongoing updates in technology and equipment, we are continually adding new instructors to the faculty and new electives to the curriculum. These changes offer students the widest and richest possible exposure to ideas, influences, and sources of inspiration.

Our 100-plus faculty includes not only photographers, but museum directors, critics, art directors, photo editors, and photography collectors. They are chosen not only for their expertise, their accomplishments, and their industry clout, but also for their generosity and sense of humor. Access to this world-class talent pool is a simple matter of asking the right expert for your specific project need.

Fourth-year students may be assigned a mentor to critique their work, and can make networking suggestions to effect an otherwise out-of-reach introduction. The mentors are powerful industry players, like the editor of Artforum, the creative director of The New Yorker, and the photography critic of the The Village Voice, who recognize the caliber of talent at SVA and want to provide entr?e to career-bound students.

Developing an identity as a photographer starts in your first year, and takes surprising forms. As your eye sharpens through technical practice, you will also hone an ability to think about the photographic arts through writing exercises.

Writing critically about the craft and your own work allows you to clarify and articulate your intentions. In the fourth year, you write a statement about your thesis project. This is a challenging, time-consuming process of reckoning with your work, and a chance to discover your voice. It is a deeper recognition of who you are as an artist.

You may focus on fashion, landscape, figurative, or social documentary photography during your time here. Your studio practice can range from the pinhole to the pixel, or combine both. You will generate hundreds, even thousands, of pictures by the time you graduate. They will all boil down to the most important image you’ll take away from SVA: Your self-portrait.

At Santa Monica College a photography student can take advantage of a program unique among 2-year colleges. Here we utilize Megavision S2 and S3 medium format digital capture backs with Mamiya 645 AFD cameras, Mamiya RZ 67 cameras, and Hasselblad 501C cameras. We use BetterLight and Phase One capture backs with Toyo 4×5 G2 view cameras. For 35mm format digital cameras, we have Canon D30’s. All three capture systems are used in studio and students can take the D30′s off-site
for location assignments.

In the studio we employ Macintosh computers for digital capture. In Digipix, our digital imaging facility, we utilize the most current versions of Adobe CS3 Design Suite software that includes Photoshop, Illustrator, and Dreamweaver. Supporting digital instruction in our service bureau are high-end Imacon film and Epson flatbed scanners, a Fujix PG3000 output device and Epson printers up to 24” wide, all color-managed and available for student use.

We also boast some of the finest darkroom facilities of any college or university, continuing to offer the best in quality black-and-white and color printing, not to mention new digital enlargers for output of Photoshop files to traditional wet media and a robust program in historical chemical processes.

The Animation and Interactive Media course covers a wide range of creative principles from computer games, design for TV, web design, motion graphics, 2D and 3D animation and DVD production.

The course has been developed with the support of established new media designers and creative industry professionals. They provide work placements, study visits to their companies and live project briefs. Dedicated real environment studio experience will enhance your career prospects as a professional designer.

If you’re interested in joining a creative industry that’s constantly changing and developing, Animation and Interactive Media will give you a firm foundation. The Animation and Interactive Media course is taught using a range of methods. All programmes have a high practical content, with workshop-based modules, group discussion, live briefs from design firms and negotiated independent projects. There are also team-based projects and presentations, together with lectures, seminars and on-line support.

Students have their own well-equipped design studio with its own Mac, Linux servers with industry standard software, digital and analogue animation equipment, printers, scanners, DVD camcorders, and digital cameras. In addition, the faculty’s Learning Centre has PC and Mac computer facilities which are available 7 days a week. You’ll also have access to other studios i.e. TV, photography, sound and video, when working on collaborative projects.