B1050 - Emerging Personal and Professional Practice: photographing objects and artwork (intermediate)

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Start Date: 22/02/2027      End Date: 22/03/2027        Start Time: 18:30      End Time: 20:30        Hours per Week: 2.00      No of Weeks: 5
Fees:      £67.00 (tuition)     £127.00 (overseas)     £21.00 (concessionary)
Tutor: Clementina Cross        No of Places: 12
Shadwell Centre

Course Overview

Course Overview
Are you starting to show, sell or promote your own — or others’ — creative work, but feel your photos aren’t doing it justice?
This is an Emerging Practice course for makers, artists, designers and people developing their creative practice who want to produce reliable, purposeful images for real use — whether for portfolios, applications, exhibition promotion, websites, listings, social media, or personal projects done to a high standard. You’ll learn how to create consistent image sets that reflect the character and intention of the work being photographed. This can support a wide range of next steps, from self employment and small creative businesses to simply presenting work professionally and confidently for your own purposes. Where appropriate, learners may photograph work in Idea Store Learning exhibitions/showcases as part of their personal tasks.

What will you learn and be able to do?

What will you learn and be able to do?
* Set up and photograph artwork effectively, using appropriate lighting, angles, and backgrounds to achieve clear, accurate images.
* Produce technically sound images of different types of work (e.g. 2D and 3D), ensuring correct focus, exposure, colour balance, and minimal distortion.
* Plan and create a set of images for a specific purpose (e.g. portfolio, website, sales listing), selecting shots that communicate the scale, detail, and qualities of the work.
* Edit and refine photographs of artwork using basic post-production techniques to improve clarity, colour accuracy, and presentation.
* Prepare and present a consistent set of final images, formatted and ready for real-world use such as exhibition promotion, applications, or online sharing.
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Entry requirements

Entry requirements
The ideal follow on from Exploring: making intentional photographs or for those with some experience of digital photography.
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Equipment required

Equipment required
You are welcome on this course with any digital camera or a smartphone and we will recommend apps to give it manual camera functionality.
Pen & notepaper, you will create a learning journal, recording your progress, making notes during theory sessions and in practical demonstrations.
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How will you know you are making progress?

How will you know you are making progress?
You will have an ‘Individual Learning Plan’ where the course learning outcomes are shown and where you can set individual learning goals and monitor your own progress against these.

You will need to evaluate your own progress and manage your time.

Your tutor will give ongoing feedback and will keep you informed of your progress.

Video recording might be used as a reflective tool.
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You will complete a self-assessment at the beginning, middle and end of the course.
The tutor will carry out informal assessment to check your understanding, there is no exam.

Your tutor will let you know how you are getting on throughout the course with continuous feedback.

At the end of the course you will receive written feedback.
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Progress opportunities - your next steps

Progress opportunities - your next steps
Portrait Photography, Street Photography, Night Photography,
Develop a Photo Series.
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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.
Examples of personal tasks at this level include:
• create an 8–12 image series responding to an ongoing focus (one street, one room, a person’s routine, or a repeated journey)
• develop a project that follows preparation → event (for example installation of an exhibition, rehearsals leading to a performance, or a sequence of Idea Store events across a term), selecting images that form a coherent story
• prepare your final series for sharing (print set, digital presentation or portfolio layout) and write a short reflection on your theme and choices
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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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