Photography and Heritage
- Level(s) of Study: Short course
- Course Fee:
£1,200 (£1,100 if you book and pay in full by 30 April 2025)
- Start Date(s): 7 July 2025
- Duration: Monday to Friday 10 am - 4 pm, two weeks
- Study Mode(s): Part-time
- Campus: City Campus
- Entry Requirements: More information
Introduction:
Course dates:
7 - 18 July 2025, Monday to Friday 10 am - 4 pm
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.
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.
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’s history and heritage through photography
- Experiment with abstract shapes, colours and textures
- Use Raw processing and Photoshop to enhance and manipulate your images
- Print your own photographs in a darkroom
- Make a short zine of your work using InDesign
- Communicate a visual response to places and histories
- Evaluate your own work and that of others
- Demonstrate relevant technical skills
- Create photographs that explore ideas.
How you’re taught
Teaching on this course will be delivered by lectures and project briefings, studio workshops, technical demonstrations, verbal and visual presentations, and off campus trips.
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.
Fees and funding
The fee for this course is £1,200
Early-bird discount: £1,100 if you book and pay in full by 30 April 2025.
Deposit: £200 with the balance due by 30 April 2025.
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 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.
Your course fees cover the cost of studies, including great benefits such as the use of our modern library and free use of the IT equipment and software on the campus during your course.
Please bring with you to the first session:
- 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.
Need accommodation for a week long summer course?
Accommodation can be booked separately to the course; the rooms are only a few minutes’ walk from our studios and classrooms, and cost £259 per week.
These are single rooms with a private bathroom in shared apartments in Nottingham Trent University’s city campus accommodation, which is ideal if you're looking to be based in Nottingham's lively city centre and want an economical place to stay.
Find out more and book your accommodation here.
How to apply
You can book your place via the NTU online store:
7 - 18 July 2025, Monday to Friday 10 am - 4 pm
Any questions?
Contact the short course team:
Email: creativeshortcourses@ntu.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)115 848 2813