Photography and Heritage
- Level(s) of Study: Short course
- Course Fee:
£1080
- Start Date(s): 15 July 2024
- Duration: Monday to Friday 10 am - 4 pm, two weeks
- Study Mode(s): Short course
- Campus: City Campus
- Entry Requirements:
More information
Introduction:
Nottingham is a vibrant city with a rich heritage; Robin Hood, Sherwood Forest, Nottingham Castle all make this the ideal place to learn about heritage through the lens of your camera.
This course will teach you the necessary skills to capture the identity of a place in your photographs.
It’s ideal for students from all disciplines; from beginners to more experienced students, with an interest in history and heritage or art and design.
What you’ll study
Heritage in photography is something many people can relate to, making it an accessible form of photographic practice.
But being able to capture a unique image using specialist equipment is a real skill, and which sets accomplished photographers aside from others.
This practical course will appeal to anyone interested in the heritage and photography and how the aesthetic qualities of landmarks can be captured in a photograph.
You’ll approach architecture and photography from both an editorial and fine art perspective, giving your work a breadth of content that will appeal to a range of audiences.
You’ll explore local sites of cultural and visual importance and learn how to capture and communicate your experience of these places through making pictures.
You’ll discover a variety techniques and methods for making photographs, and then sequence them together to express a personal experience.
This course is also part of the NTU Global Summer School which attracts undergraduate students from colleges around the world.
- improve your understanding of digital photography and the manual settings of your camera
- explore Nottingham and the history and heritage of its surrounding areas through photography
- discuss the work of professional photographers and how they may inform the direction your work takes
- experience working in a variety of urban locations, capturing the external and internal qualities of historic and contemporary buildings
- experiment with abstract shapes, colours and textures
- use Raw processing and Photoshop to enhance and manipulate your images
- develop a personal style to your photography
- print your own photographs in a darkroom
- create inspiring images that have both an aesthetic and technical quality
- make a short zine of your work using InDesign.
Further information on what you'll study
By the end of the course, you’ll have a portfolio of unique images, the knowledge and experience of how to plan a shoot on location, and ideas about how to continue your photography in the future.
Campus and facilities
You will be based in the School of Art and Design on the City Campus.
You’ll find full-size photography studios, darkrooms and comprehensive Mac editing suites with software for photography editing including Adobe Creative Cloud.
You’ll also have access to our library to use outside of your short course; whilst you can’t reserve or take away books, you are welcome to use them as a resource for research and referencing.
Entry requirements
Level: Beginner
Entry requirement: You should have some knowledge of using your digital camera in manual mode.
You must be over the age of 18 to attend this course.
Getting in touch
If you need more help or information, get in touch through our enquiry form
Level: Beginner
Entry requirement: You should have some knowledge of using your digital camera in manual mode.
You must be over the age of 18 to attend this course.
Fees and funding
The fee for this course is £1080.
Payment is due at the time of booking - ask us if you'd prefer an invoice sent to your company.
Secure your place with a £200 deposit:
If you're booking more than two months before the course starts, we can accept a £200 deposit to secure your place, and the balance is due one month before the course starts.
Materials List:
Please bring with you to the first day:
- a pen and paper
- a digital SLR camera (DSLR)
- a memory stick
- a tripod, if you have one.
There will be plenty of advice during the course about what to buy and where to buy it.
All other materials will be provided.
If you would like to do some pre-course reading you can look at:
- Fulford, Jason. (2014) The Photographer’s Playbook. Aperture: New York
- Shore, Stephen. (2007) The Nature of Photographs. Phaidon: London
- Wolf, S., (2019) PhotoWork: Forty Photographers on Process and Practice. Aperture: New York
You can read the terms and conditions of booking here.
The fee for this course is £1080.
Payment is due at the time of booking - ask us if you'd prefer an invoice sent to your company.
Secure your place with a £200 deposit:
If you're booking more than two months before the course starts, we can accept a £200 deposit to secure your place, and the balance is due one month before the course starts.
Materials List:
Please bring with you to the first day:
- a pen and paper
- a digital SLR camera (DSLR)
- a memory stick
- a tripod, if you have one.
There will be plenty of advice during the course about what to buy and where to buy it.
All other materials will be provided.
If you would like to do some pre-course reading you can look at:
- Fulford, Jason. (2014) The Photographer’s Playbook. Aperture: New York
- Shore, Stephen. (2007) The Nature of Photographs. Phaidon: London
- Wolf, S., (2019) PhotoWork: Forty Photographers on Process and Practice. Aperture: New York
You can read the terms and conditions of booking here.