Syllabus

• Week 1

  Camera settings explained and applied

  • The British Academy of Photography

    Get to know the British Academy of Photography

  • Welcome to the course

    Welcome to the course! This course was designed to develop your knowledge and skills as an amateur photographer, supporting you to become camera confident and capture pictures that could potentially match that of a professional.

  • Exposure triangle

    The Exposure Triangle is the relationship between shutter speed, aperture and ISO. These are the factors that will work together to control the amount of light that enters your camera.

  • ISO, a useful tool

    The last setting we will approach is ISO, and we will now explain how and in what circumstances this setting can be used.

  • Wrap up - end of week 1 - summary of learning

    This week we have covered the main settings of a camera. The combination of these settings is called exposure triangle. By adjusting the settings, you will be able to create well-exposed photos.

• Week 2

  Camera modes explained and applied

  • Welcome to week 2

    Welcome to the second week! This week we will focus on different modes and understand how these can be used to take your creativity to the top!

  • The metering modes

    Most cameras will offer you a range of metering modes and when used correctly, they can be very helpful with metering accuracy.

  • White Balance

    White Balance will help you control the colours cast produced by the different light sources.

  • Wrap up End of week 2 – summary of learning

    Take a look at what you have learned this week with a quick recap on metering modes, selective focus ad white balance.

• Week 3

  Composition Rules explained and applied

  • Welcome to week 3

    After we have covered some technical aspects of photography, we will now move on to learn how we can create more appealing compositions.

  • Getting to know some photographic composition rules

    • Rule of Thirds • Filling the Frame

  • Get to know Leading Lines and Symmetry/Asymmetry

    There are several composition rules, but we will now focus on two more composition rules that you might consider helpful when photographing.

  • Wrap up End of week 3 – summary of learning

    This week, we have looked at different Composition Rules that can guide you in creating better images.

• Week 4

  Photography project

  • Welcome to week 4

    This week, you will put everything you discovered over the last three weeks into practice by developing your own photography project and learning how to present it as a portfolio.

  • How to create a photography project

    There are different theories on what defines a photography project. But all these theories have one thing in common: a photography project is about telling stories.

  • Practice using idea generation principles to create a photography project

    Having a solid sense of what you want to achieve is the best way to begin a project; this will be your starting point. But you will also have to look at planning, execution and close-out.

  • Wrap up End of week 4 – summary of learning from both courses and how this can impact on design practice going forward

    You have reached the end of this course; congratulations! Here is a quick recap of what you have learned in the last four weeks.

Who will you learn with?