Workshop Lesson Plan

The emphasis is on practical hands-on learning, designed to advance the students’ knowledge and comprehension - the approach will be intensive but fun. This course is designed as a step by step training programme for students to master not only the language of light and its behavior, but to learn to see it, move it and most importantly control it. In addition, we look at creating our own ‘visual grammar’ and style from one’s own perspective.

Key attributes and themes

- Creativity

- Leadership

- Team Working

- Life Enrichment

- Educational resource

- Personal Development

- Self-expression

Lesson Plans

Workshop 1: Storyboarding and Fine Art ‘Lifestyle’ Photography

Practical introduction of photography in a ‘fine art’ context, delving into the areas of: · The thought process for interior photography · The options for hand held shooting · How to setup the camera when shooting hand held · Why shooting on a tripod offers lots of benefits · Why shooting manually can give more consistent results · Seeing and coping with high contrast lighting

Workshop 2: The World around us – Landscapes and Panoramas

 Painting with light and long exposures.

 Choosing lenses and filters Exploring more two distinctive areas of landscape photography:

Impressionistic - employs photographic techniques that result in images that have vague or elusive qualities. They are less tangible and more unreal, while still retaining their values that make them landscape pictures. The viewer is given the impression of a landscape rather than the clear reality of one.

Abstract - referred to as the ‘graphic style’, since the components of scenery are treated by the photographer as graphic elements, arranged for their compositional values. Shape and form take priority.

Workshop 3: Studio Portraiture (advanced Fashion and Advertising Photography)

Exploring the areas of:

 Organizing Colour: Colour & Colour Theory – harmonious colours

· Advanced Photography Composition

· Advanced exposure and camera modes (AF, Metering, Depth of Field, White Balance)

 Advanced Photography Lighting:

o ‘Rembrandt’ lighting

o Key light

o Fill light and Back light

o One light portrait

o Open loop vs. Closed loop

o Short lighting vs. Broad lighting

o Two lights portraits

o Three lights portraits

o Using Soft-boxes, Beauty dish, Grids

Workshop 4: Travel and transportation - ‘Street Photography’

Photojournalism as a medium and the two main aspects of:

· Digital photography for publication

· A study of life and people

Workshop 5: The photography of movement - (Sports and Documentary)

Introduction to lighting and how we can use natural light ‘to get what we want: introduction to photojournalism and news photography

Mastering exposure is often regarded as complex and technical and is avoided by many photographers. In reality a combination of relatively simple steps can bring out the light and the life of an image. One of the most important parts of making a good photograph is controlling exposure. This workshop combines street photography and photojournalism to provide the foundations for creative journalistic thinking, mechanics and aesthetics of good photography in order to create engaging images and communicate to editors and the general public.

Workshop 6: Routes to Industry – Professional Photography in practice

We conclude by looking in detail at the following areas of photography: the business aspect of a variety of forms and being able to sustain the creative and business acumen to explore them successfully:  Architectural  Photojournalism  Fashion  Food  Landscape  Wedding  Portrait  Sports