C6625 - Learn Creative Digital Photography - Beginners

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Start Date: 04/06/2025      End Date: 02/07/2025        Start Time: 18:30      End Time: 20:30        Hours per Week: 2.00      No of Weeks: 5
Fees:      £82.00 (tuition)     £138.00 (overseas)     £39.00 (concessionary)
Tutor: Mark Wilkinson        No of Places: 9
Shadwell Centre

Course Overview

Course Overview
Get the inspiration to take better photographs. This is a hands-on practical course run by a professional photographer in a friendly and informal setting. It will enable you to work with your own camera more confidently whilst learning how you can express yourself with your photography. You will begin to explore composition and how to use your digital camera to control light and exposure and broaden the creative horizons of your photography.

Objectives

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Choose different camera modes for different picture opportunities.
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Discuss images from a variety of diverse sources.
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Use your aperture to control the depth of field (amount of focus) in an image.
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Use shutter speeds to control movement in your photography.
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Set appropriate ISO’s for a range of lighting conditions you may encounter while using your camera, in a variety of situations.
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Entry Requirements

Entry Requirements
There are no entry requirements for the course just an enthusiasm to learn creative photography skills.
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Equipment Required

Equipment Required
You will need to have a camera that can be used in manual mode, i.e. a Compact, Bridge CSC (Compact System Camera), DSLR camera or Smartphone with a manual photography app. Pen ¬epaper, you will create a learning journal, recording your progress, making notes during theory sessions and in practical demonstrations.
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What courses can I go on to?

What courses can I go on to?
At the end of the course we recommend that you progress onto the Creative Digital Intermediate course. You will have skills that will also enable you to attend, Portrait, Studio, or other photography courses.
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What examination is there?

What examination is there?
There will be an initial assessment followed by on-going assessment of progress and achievement. This course will also include:
• Structured opportunities for self-evaluation.
• Peer observations and review of work.
• End of course feedback, evaluation, and review of images
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How will I know I am making progress?

How will I know I am making progress?
Your tutor will give you on-going feedback tracking and monitoring your progress, giving feedback though out the course and suggest ways to improve. You and the tutor will use an individual learning plan to monitor your progress allowing you and the tutor to track your knowledge and skills developed on the course.
You will also gain more from the course if you commit time to it outside the classroom.
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Other Info

Other Info
To maximise your chances of benefiting from the course fully we expect you to attend all scheduled sessions and that you do so punctually and are ready to begin learning at the start of the class.
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Extra Support

Extra Support
If you have declared a learning difficulty, disability or support need whilst enrolling and you require support/assistance in class or to complete your course, please discuss your needs with your tutor at the first lesson.

If you intend to take an examination and feel you have an additional learning need or special requirements, you must declare them to your tutor within the first 2 weeks of your course.

If you are studying in an online group, then you can arrange a one-to-one online discussion with your tutor, after the session, or by email.

Where we aim to make reasonable adjustments to support our learners, please note we are unable to provide any type of in class or in person support if your course takes place online.
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