A3834 - Exploring: photographing your world (intermediate)

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Start Date: 07/11/2026      End Date: 05/12/2026        Start Time: 14:00      End Time: 16:00        Hours per Week: 2.00      No of Weeks: 5
Fees:      £80.00 (tuition)     £140.00 (overseas)     £33.00 (concessionary)
Tutor: Mark Wilkinson        No of Places: 12
Idea Store Whitechapel

Course Overview

Course Overview
Do you often take photos of places and people but feel the end result doesn’t capture what it was really like to be there?

This is an Exploring course that uses everyday life in Tower Hamlets as a starting point — streets, markets, journeys, meeting places and routines that are already part of your world. You’ll learn how to create expressive photos that communicate atmosphere and story, not just “what was there”, and you’ll build confidence photographing in real spaces (smartphones and cameras both welcome).

What will you learn and be able to do?

What will you learn and be able to do?
* Capture photographs that communicate atmosphere and meaning, using framing, timing, and viewpoint to move beyond simple documentation.
* Observe and interpret your surroundings visually, identifying moments, details, and interactions that tell a story about place and daily life.
* Compose photographs in public spaces with intention, considering people, movement, background, and ethics when working in shared environments.
* Create and sequence a short photo story, selecting images that work together to convey a clear narrative or theme.
* Review and edit your images, choosing and refining the strongest photographs to clearly communicate a sense of place and experience.
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Entry requirements

Entry requirements
Open to beginners and improvers. Smartphone or camera welcome.
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Equipment required

Equipment required
Camera: preferably a Digital, or rangefinder type, Pen and note Paper, Access to a computer to be able to download and process your image files so you can submit them to your tutor for peer review would be an advantage. You will need to bring your camera to every lesson.
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How will you know you are making progress?

How will you know you are making progress?
Your tutor will give you on-going feedback tracking and monitoring your progress, giving feedback though out the course. 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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There will be an initial assessment followed by on-going assessment of progress and achievement. This course will also include:
• Showing of photographs to fellow students and discussing the images using appropriate photographic terminology.
• You will be creating images in your own time outside the class time that will be evaluated in class through critiques and discussion allowing you to learn from your own images how to develop your photographic skills.
• Observation of working methods on the street while making images in public spaces, with peer learning of photographic processes.
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Progress opportunities - your next steps

Progress opportunities - your next steps
You could attend other photography courses at Idea Store Learning including the: Creative Digital Photography, Creative Digital Photography Intermediate, Portrait Photography,
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Other info

Other info
Punctuality in attendance on courses is important to us, as students who arrive late interrupt the learning experience for all learners.
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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.
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