Photography options

Hello Reepicheep,

There is some overlap of assignments between the two level 1 photography courses. We would recommend first taking the Art of Photography course, as it teaches the principles of photographic composition and how to use your camera to maximum creative advantage. There will be two new courses available under the Photography umbrella early 2009, one dealing with digital practice and the other as a precursor to the Landscape and Social Documentary courses at Level 2 - so by the time you finish the Art of Photography, there will be a greater range of courses to choose from. I hope this helps.

Paul (OCA).

Hi Paul, this sounds great! So the precursor to the Landscape and Social Documentary courses at Level 2 will be level 1 course?

Been looking for a Photography course on line for ages and the AOP course sounds spot on. especially if I can follow it with Landscape etc... (not keen on digital courses as I've used Photoshop professionally for 12 years)

Another question, Is there a more in depth forum for students or is this it?

Many thanks!
Bruce

Thanks Gareth!

Just one more thing, Can I start a course at any time or is it based on term times?

Many thanks! This is really exciting me, I've been looking for a while and been put off by some of the ones out there with no real weight behind them. OCA on the other is looking great!

Cheers
B

Cheers Gareth!

Do you know if i can do a level 1, then a level 2, then a level 3?
I'm not sure yet if I would like to go to degree level and know I don't want any photoshop courses as such (I've been a graphic designer for 12 years so I'm ok with PS)

Basically I'm not sure if you have to go in order: 3 level 1'sand then 2 level 2's to be able to do a level 3 course.

hope that makes sense?

Cheers
B

Hi reepicheep - I'm doing Soc Doc at the moment, and I think you could tailor it to be how you want it to be. I think a lot of the images I've taken have ended up being portraits of people (although not formal portraits in that sense). The technical aspects of the course are again about composition, lighting, etc - and you do an essay on a photographer, so you could pick one who does more portraiture.

Bruce - your question has never been answered. No, you don't need to do 3 Level 1 courses before moving to Level 2. I did TAOP and then went straight to Social Documentary, and I'm doing Digitial 2 without having done Digital 1.

You can also backwards convert courses - so if you did 3 courses at Level 2, you can convert 1 to be a Level 1.