Photography 1: People and Place

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Level:: 1
Credits:: 40
Length:: 12 months approx.
8hrs per week
Cost:: £595
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Course Overview

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One of the key purposes of this course is to stretch your photographic skills in terms of the subject material you choose. Specifically, to broaden the range of your work by tackling subjects that include people. It is suitable for anyone wishing to develop their photographic practice and gain an understanding of particular challenges of portraying human subjects and their environment.

A second key purpose of this course is to start you thinking in terms of photographic assignments; Photographs to order, in other words. There is a considerable difference between photographing at leisure and photographing to deliver a particular result that you have promised in advance.

The assignment ethos in photography involves planning and preparation, thinking in advance about what and how to shoot, with constant reviews of the progress as the shoot continues. The deadline itself establishes a cut-off point, and just by existing neatly circumvents a common creative issue — when to stop and say that the work is finished.

If you want to study this course as part of a photography degree, click here: BA Hons Photography Degree.

Student discounts
Save the cost of the course by purchasing Adobe software with your OCA student discount, for more details click HERE

The Freeman View

Visit the blog of OCA's Photography course author Michael Freeman.
The Freeman View

People — aware
People — unaware
Buildings and spaces
People interacting with place
People and place, on assignment

To view a sample of this course online, click HERE or to download a PDF of the sample, click HERE.

To develop photographic practice and gain an understanding of particular challenges of portraying human subjects and their environment.
To explore the meanings of portraiture and landscape photography and the nature of genre.
To develop assignment skills necessary for professional practice.

Distance tuition

You are allocated a tutor and receive their details in your course pack. You work from the course materials and send regular assignments to your tutor. These are returned to you with comment and advice. The course fee includes tutor feedback on your set assignments, but you can purchase feedback and comment on additional pieces of work if you wish.

Face to face tuition is not available for this course.

A number of projects and five major assignments. Students also maintain a learning log.

For more information on assessment, click here - Assessment and how to get qualified booklet - to download the booklet PDF.