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

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Communication (BFA) with a concentration in Photography

The life of a photographer can be as varied as the subjects they capture. But all successful professional photographers share certain traits: they must posses both a keen eye and technical expertise. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the most successful photographers are those with business savvy, creativity, and an ability to take advantage of emerging technologies. Real-world experience and a relevant Bachelor’s degree are two key qualifications for those beginning a career in the field.

AIU offers a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Communication with a concentration in Photography that can help prepare students to become creative and technically proficient professional photographers. This degree program integrates theory, practice, and team-oriented learning to help students develop the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in the field.

The Photography Program takes a broad-based approach, engaging students in the most contemporary practices, as well as in the traditions and historical structures from which those practices have evolved.

The curriculum provides a technical foundation in analog and digital imaging alike and introduces the critical skills and theoretical insights necessary for students to manifest their creative visions. Our faculty—all professional artists—represents a diverse range of styles and approaches to the medium. Students graduate with the skills necessary to pursue careers as exhibiting artists and to work in most photography-related professions.

The program’s facilities enable work in black-and-white, color, and alternative processes on large and small scales alike. The facilities on the Oakland campus are staffed more than 90 hours a week and include two large black-and-white darkrooms, 12 individual darkrooms for color printing, a 42-inch RA 4 color processor, Photography Program–specific high-end digital workstations, a black-and-white- and color-compatible mural darkroom, an alternative-processes lab, a dedicated lighting studio, and much more.

Cameras and equipment are available to advanced students for off-campus use. Other resources include a gallery for student exhibitions, guest lectures by emerging and high-profile photographers alike, and a visiting-artist program.

Students pursue internships with photography studios, museums, galleries, major newspapers and magazines, and film production companies. Many alumni have become professional photographers, and several have been included in such national exhibitions as the Whitney Biennial. Our graduates typically enter top-tier graduate programs.

Capturing life through a lens is what this course is all about.

If you aspire to work as a photographer for magazines, designers, the music, fashion or advertising industries then this could be what you’re looking for.

The BA Photography — Editorial and Advertising aims to equip graduates with all the skills they need to work as commercial photographers and professional practitioners within the modern creative professions.

Having evolved through years of interacting with the media industry, the course can provide you with a solid grounding in creative, practical andacademic areas.

As well as focusing on photographic theory, our course gives you the opportunity to gain work experience within the photographic industry. Recent student placements including working for Mario Testino, Harpers Bazaar magazine, ID magazine and Vue Agency.

During the course you’ll also have the option to take the British Institute of Professional Photographers Professional Qualifying Exam (BIPP PQE).

Developed with the working world in mind, this course embraces the hands on aspects of digital practice and printing, and gives you the chance to debate different issues surrounding photography and the bigger picture.

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.

Program Summary
While these courses are often taken for enjoyment and personal enrichment, they may also be taken for skills enhancement and as an introduction to a career as a professional photographer. They provide the technical training needed to produce photographs and to recognize good photography. Students are shown how to be photographers, how to deal with professional photographers, studio darkroom processing in black & white and color, and lighting techniques. Portfolio review is also stressed.

Provided that students meet the necessary prerequisites, courses may be taken individually or as a series to earn a Certificate of Continuing Education in Photography.

Requirements for additional course work can also be met with specialty classes, such as make-up application for photographers, processing film “on the road,” photojournalism, and nature photography, are also available as well as Photoshop and Photoshop with Digital Photography.

Requirements for Award of Certificates in Continuing Education
Basic Photography
Photography: the Basics (or consent of the Program Coordinator)
Black & White Photography I
Black & White Photography II
Lighting Made Simple
12 hours of additional course work, which may include courses which meet the intermediate and advanced requirements)

Intermediate Photography
Certificate of Continuing Education in Basic Photography
consent of the Program Coordinator
Color Photography I
Portrait Photography
Display Techniques for Photographs
Nature Photography or
6 hours of additional course work (may include courses which meet the Advanced Requirements)

Advanced Photography
Certificate of Continuing Education in Basic Photography
consent of the Program Coordinator
Color Photography I (repeated)
30 hours of additional course work which can include:
Make-up for Beauty; Black and White Photography II (repeated); Photojournalism or Nature Photography; Photoshop or Photoshop with Digital Photography; Fiber Print Processing

The School of Visual Arts Masters in Digital Photography is an intensive one-year degree program that addresses the technical and creative needs of professional photographers, photographic educators, and visual arts professionals who are looking to advance their skills in digital image capture, asset management, and high-quality output. The program welcomes those who wish to embrace the challenge of mastering the latest tools and techniques to create technically perfect and aesthetically compelling images.

The program benefits greatly from both its outstanding faculty and its location in the heart of the photo district in New York City. Our instructors are working professionals with extensive expertise in professional photography and digital-imaging technologies. In addition, a variety of guest lecturers from the industry complement the core faculty to further enrich each student’s learning experience.

Upon successful completion of the program, students will be thoroughly versed in digital imaging tools, terms and techniques; including workflow strategies, color management applications and current business practices; making our graduates highly employable and prepared for the rigors of contemporary digital imagemaking. Our graduates are ideal candidates to work in digital photography studios and labs; coordinate and manage digital facilities in schools and workshops; and be on the technical, aesthetic, and conceptual forefront of photography in the 21st century. We welcome those individuals who are ready to embrace the challenge of creating images that define the highest standards of technical flawlessness, personal expression, intellectual investigation, and conceptual rigor.

ONLINE/SUMMER RESIDENCY
The online/summer residency program is based on the identical rigorous curriculum with many of the same faculty of the fulltime residency program and is ideal for anyone who has a deep passion for exploring the confluence of photographic aesthetics and digital technology but cannot relocate to New York for a year. The program will be conducted online during the fall and spring semesters and will culminate in an intensive 9-week summer session in New York City, where students will produce a thesis project including the prints and collateral materials for the group exhibition. To be successful in the online learning environment, it is essential to be disciplined in terms of reading, completing the assignments, and participating in the class discussions. Just as the residency classes, the online classes are limited in size and will challenge each student to fully apply themselves to creating outstanding contemporary images. SVA offers housing options for the Summer Residency students.

MPS DEGREE
The Master of Professional Studies (MPS) degree is an accredited graduate degree designed for professionals who seek a rigorous program to advance and sharpen specific skills with emphasis on real-world application and solutions. An MPS degree is ideal for working professionals to develop marketable skills to meet evolving career demands and expand promotional opportunities.

The MPS in Digital Photography program is ideal for professional photographers and photographic educators to delve into numerous aspects of Photographic Digital Workflow. Many of our students have under graduate degrees in photography, are working professionals, or are educators who understand the importance of remaining current in this quickly evolving field.

An MPS degree is based on intensive practical work and experience. Our classes concentrate on production and real world solutions that are applicable to working photographers practicing their art and craft in the 21st century. All class and thesis projects are solely captured, processed, and output digitally.

STUDENTS
Talent, Curiosity, and Diversity define our student body. Our students embody a wide variety of photographic experience and interest including; photojournalism, fashion, fine art, commercial, landscape, and portrait photography. They come from around the world and we have accepted students from England, Turkey, Switzerland, New Zealand, Korea, South Africa, and of course the United States into the program. They are diverse in age, religion, and gender orientation – all of which enriches their photography, classroom experience, and lasting personal relationships that are forged throughout the year. Most importantly, our students are independent thinkers, creatively curious, and very hard workers who appreciate the intellectual and creative challenges our faculty and curriculum offers all of them to become better photographers.