This course will allow students to undertake an in-depth study of many aspects of photography and digital media. This area is one of the most rapidly changing fields in contemporary society and is tied to rapid development in technology. Students are exposed to photographic imagery almost constantly and this often defines how we perceive our world. In this course students will explore analog (darkroom) photography, desktop publishing (print and digital), digital still photography, digital videos and various software packages.

This course is 60% making photographic and digital works (practical) and 40% critical and historical (theory). The idea is that the making of work helps the students to understand the work they study and the studying of the photographs work to help students develop their own works.

Students studying this subject produce a wide variety of works and explore a range of different techniques.

Students can generally expect to be introduced to the darkroom and to the basics of analog photography, as well as learning the basics of digital photography and photoshop. They explore the studio and use studio lightings to take portraits as well as learning the basics of using a DSLR camera.

Students explore advanced image editing in Photoshop, creating a range of different images as well as how to create stop motion animation sequences. Students investigate the world of documentary photography and photojournalism, as well as looking at hoax photo and photographic ethics. They explore the world of low-fi or lomographics and retro graphics using analog cameras as well as learning about digital and print publishing using InDesign culminating in the development of their Body Of Works.

The levy for this course is $140.00/year.

Additional paper and film may need to be purchased.