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AS Course Outline
What is Photography?
"The camera is my tool. Through it I give a reason to everything around me".
Andre Kertesz
Who Should Study Photography
Photography is a sophisticated form of visual communication. Anyone interested in thinking, looking, questioning or investigating the world will excel. As a subject it mirrors the personality of the photographer, so no matter how diverse the interests or endeavours of the student, you will benefit personally, academically and professionally.
What Skills Will You Develop When Studying Photography?
Students will learn a new visual language and core, technical skills enabling a sophisticated platform for creativity and independent decision-making.
Learning photography provides a host of transferable skills; personal, professional and technical.
What will you find challenging?
Learning how to look at the world with a new perspective is in part what the course intends. 'Seeing' in two dimensions may be challenging initially but is also fascinating in beginning to contribute to the history of visual culture. Learning how to visually communicate ideas, intentions and experiences with your own individual personality is ultimately the biggest but most rewarding challenge.
Structure of the Course
This course will be taught for 5x 1hour lessons per week. Homework will consist of practical photography and written sketchbook work. As students are encouraged to undertake bespoke projects, homework is usually practical but will also involve annotation of sketchbooks and relevant contextual research. All this should be of the student's choice and interest. Weekly deadlines are set.
Photography (EDX) AS Specification | |
Unit One Available in May/June |
Photography Coursework
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Unit Two 50% of AS Exam Available in May/June |
Externally Set Assignment
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What can you do now?
If you don't already have a camera you can try and access one for the start and duration of the course. You can then turn it to the manual setting and experiment with the dials, change the lighting from indoor to outdoor, take more than one picture of the same subject and look at all four corners of the viewfinder when composing pictures.
Introductory Reading
Core Textbook
Further Reading |
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