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Taylah & Lani, 2025
Seb, 2023
You could take Photography classes for a variety of reasons. For example, photography is an art form which supports you to express your creativity and explore your own unique style. You can represent who you are, how you feel or what you know. Additionally, photography is a highly marketable skill in our contemporary world that high values visual information and skills. There are many career paths with a strong foundation in photograph, such as free lance photography, advertising, journalism, and graphic design. Photography is challenging and rewarding, as you learn to master technical skills such as composition, lighting, and editing while also developing your personal vision and voice. The subject is a great choice for students who want to express meaning, working practically individually and in groups and create visual work.
There are also many different reasons to choose Graphic Design. This is a highly creative field that allows you to express your artistic abilities and ideas through visual communication. By learning graphic skills, you can be persuasive and create engaging material that convinces audiences of specific perspectives and you can shape how people engage with information. By studying graphic design, you can develop valuable skills in areas such as branding, marketing, and web design, which are linked to a variety of career paths in creative and design industry. Understanding graphic design can also help you to brand personal social media or any other career where you choose to free lance and are required to attract an audience to your work.
What type or person usually studies Photography of Graphic Design?
Any person interested in Photography or Graphic Design as a career or learning how to create better images. You typically love working with others, have an eye for detail, are patient and have a passion for problem-solving, aesthetic, style and creativity.
Seb, 2023
Connor, 2023
What courses would make a student ready to study Photography or Graphic Design?
Learners are ready to study photography or graphic design if you have a genuine interest in it. No arts prerequisite necessary – however it is recommended.
Photography and Graphic Design provide opportunities, through a differentiated curriculum, to challenge students with a range of abilities and learning styles – from the academic and gifted to students with special needs – to achieve their potential.
These subjects encourage students to map potential pathways from school to tertiary education and/or industry. Responding to and making visual material is an excellent way for students from a variety of backgrounds to come together to explore their identities and their lives.
What job can I get after taking Photography or Graphic Design?
There are many jobs in the creative field that utilise Photographic and Design skills. To get an idea of what you might do with these skills outside of college. Visit the 'Planning for my future' page.