Intermediate Photography

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Intermediate Photography Course Outline
Prerequisite:  Basic Photography or equivalent
(Digital and Film Friendly)
Hours/Cost:  30 hrs. 10 sessions $380

Tuesdays 10:00am – 1:00pm
Jim Balderston April 6th

Thursdays 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Kathryn Mussallem April 8th
(no class June 3rd)

Saturdays 10:00am – 1:00pm
George Smeltzer April 10th

This course builds on the fundamentals learned in Basic Photography and the Basic Digital SLR course. Students are encouraged to incorporate their technical skills with creative visual expression. Emphasis is placed on the use of lighting, exposure, film choice and composition to create technically correct and aesthetic images. Students gain practical experience through shooting sessions with models, and are introduced to a variety of studio techniques for still-life and portraiture; a challenging and worthwhile course for advancing one’s skill level.
*Field Trips may occur outside scheduled class time.

 

The Photo Artist: Creative Techniques & Ideas Course Outline
Prerequisite: Basic Photography or equivalent
Hours/Cost: 30 hrs. 10 sessions $375

Tuesdays 2:00pm – 5:00pm
Ian McGuffie April 6th

Within every person there is a unique creative potential to be discovered and unleashed!!! Photography is a wonderful means to explore your artistic and creative expression. This course is designed for you to discover define and refine your own visual signature, and create your own points of departure; through lectures, shooting assignments, field trips and group critiques.
The development of photography as art and contemporary art trends will be covered, as well as how to start to create a body of work that will get you noticed and shown. This course is taught by Ian McGuffie who has over 20 years of curatorial and gallery experience.
*Field Trips may occur outside scheduled class time.

Child Portraiture Course Outline
Prerequisite: Basic Photography or equivalent
Hours/Cost: 30 hrs. 10 sessions $380

Saturdays 2:00pm – 5:00pm
Kellie Diguangco April 24th

This workshop is perfect for those interested in working with children through portraiture. Learn to capture unique, creative and exciting pictures of children. This course will cover shooting in natural and studio lighting. There will be field trips to capture the life of children in situ.

 

Composition & Critique Course Outline
Prerequisite: Basic Photography or equivalent
Hours/Costs: 30hrs. 10 sessions $375

Mondays 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Katie Huisman April 12th

Photography is an exciting way of seeing / sharing our vision with the world. This workshop will support you in recognizing and developing your own unique stylistic vision as a photographer. Compositional exercises & workshops will give you a better understanding of how the human mind reads imagery while regular critiques of your work will develop the confidence needed when presenting your work to future clients.
This workshop takes on a fine art approach but is still highly relevant to stylistically driven commercial photography.
*Please note that the week 9 class field trip will take place June 12th.

The Creative Portrait Course Outline
Prerequisite: Intermediate Photography or the equivalent
Hours/Cost: 30 hrs. 10 sessions $395

Tuesdays 10:00am – 1:00pm
Katie Huisman April 13th

The 10-week intermediate Creative Portraiture Lighting workshop focuses on a variety of lighting styles & techniques. Technical Lighting Concepts will be learned using strobe in the studio and combined natural light on location. Studio shooting sessions will be followed up with critique & post-production demos using Photoshop CS4. Creative Lighting Concepts will also be practiced ie) how to evoke emotion with light. Students will have many opportunities to work with interesting subjects / models and a variety of lighting / studio equipment. At the end of this workshop students should feel very confident in their portrait lighting skills, will a clear vision and aesthetic

 

Digital Black & White Photography Course Outline
Prerequisite: Basic Photography or the equivalent
Hours/Cost: 30 hrs. 10 sessions $375

Wednesdays 10:00am – 1:00pm
Ian McGuffie April 7th

Creating a black and white photography involves looking at things in a different way than we are accustomed to. Many times the sills and methods used in colour digital photography don’t translate in to good black and white photography. Learn to see in terms of texture shape and tone and avaoid being distracted by colour.
*Field Trips may occur outside scheduled class time.

 

The Natural Portrait Course Outline
Prerequisite: Basic Photography or the equivalent
Hours/Cost: 30 hrs. 10 sessions $345

Wednesdays 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Vendula Ralkova April 7th

This course is a combination of a studio and outdoor photography to demonstrate various techniques in portraiture using simple yet effective techniques to improve portraiture skills. Students will learn the basic principles of studio lighting for portraits and also tips and techniques for outdoors. At the end of the course each student will present his/her portfolio of various portraits taken in different light settings (color or B&W).

 

Photographic Composition and Design Course Outline
Prerequisite: Basic Photo or the equivalent
Hours/Cost: 30 hrs. 10 sessions $375

Tuesdays 10:00am – 1:00pm
Ian McGuffie April 6th

Part of the pleasure of photography stems from the satisfaction of creating images that not only record an event, but are pleasing to look at in their own right. Effective photographic composition and design are the major keys to a successful photograph and are skills that any serious photographer must learn.
*Field Trips may occur outside scheduled class time.

 

Photojournalism, Documentary & Fine Art Photography Course Outline
Prerequisite: Basic Photography or the equivalent
Hours/Cost: 24 hrs. 8 sessions $335

Fridays 2:00pm – 5:00pm
Lee Bacchus April 9th

This course will revolve around the practice of photo-reportage — the claims of “truth” and “realism” in imagery, and the attempts at realistic story-telling through photojournalism, documentary, the photo essay, portrait and street photography, as well as some related realms of “art” photography. While much of the class will be discussion based, students will also be required to “put into practice” ideas emerging and evolving from these varied photographic traditions. There will be two assignments: The first, a single image with “realistic” or “objective” intent: the second an “environmental portrait.” There will also be more spontaneous in-class assignments to give students a sense of photojournalistic urgency and deadline atmosphere. The emphasis here will be on creativity and industriousness, and less so on strictly technical concerns.

 

Portraiture Framework: Shooting for Successful Sales Course Outline
Prerequisite: Basic Photography or the equivalent
Hours/Cost: 30 hrs. 10 sessions $345

Tuesdays 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Len Grinke April 13th

Consumers of professional photography services are re-discovering classic portraiture…. And it is back as a trend better than ever. This program will empower you to integrate traditional portrait techniques into your own style and create your own brand of portrait photography. Whether on location or in the studio, the photographic skills learned in this program will enable you to consistently deliver a professional, expressive and technically strong product that is eminently sellable.

 

Product Photography Course Outline
Prerequisite: Intermediate Photography or the equivalent
Hours/Cost: 21 hrs. 7 sessions $350

Wednesday 2:00pm – 5:00pm
Mauricio Orozco April 7th

In this workshop the students will learn the techniques required to produce professional product photographs of a highly technical and artistic quality. The program will cover the fundamentals of lighting objects, especially the more difficult type like glass and jewelry and their specific challenges.
By the end of the workshop the students will have produced 2 to 3 high quality photographs using the lighting concepts learned in class and in the studio.

 

Streets & Your Photography Course Outline
Prerequisite: Basic Photography or equivalent
Hours/Costs: 30hrs. 10 sessions $335

Saturdays 10:00am - 1:00pm
Vendula Ralkova April 17th

Streets have been the elemental and most vivid experience in photography since its beginning. This course is an introduction to the genre of street photography and in-depth review for those who already started on their own. In the perfect balance of practice (field trips) and theory (lectures) the students will be encouraged to develop their own unique style as well as a large individual project of their choice, which would lead to building of their professional portfolio.

 

Visual Communication Course Outline
Prerequisite: Basic Photography or the equivalent
Hours/Cost: 30 hrs. 10 sessions $375

Wednesdays 2:00pm – 5:00pm
Ian McGuffie April 7th

Photography is the language of pictures. The difference between a good photograph and a great one is the effective use of visual language. Topics covered will include basic elements of visual communications, the anatomy of a visual message and the development of a visual style. Through discussions and critiques of assignments in content, structure and compositions students will learn how to create images with maximum impact. This course is a must for any serious photographer.