Photography Course

Studio Creative , Entry Level
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“I think it’s the fact of being able to progress your creativity and be able to work on very new ideas – so whether if you’re going to do like a music video, a documentary, a short film, those sort of like projects where you just get something new, something you haven’t even done before, um it helps to expand your mind into something completely different and work into something that’s not the same thing as you’ve done before.”

Scott, Creative Media

“You get so much experience, like you’re not just doing one side of journalism you’re doing all different things – so one day you’ll be doing some magazines and then the next you’ll be filming in the TV studio so it’s just great to get to experience all kinds of journalism so then you get to decide which part you want to go into.”

Alannah, Creative Media

“The equipment is equipment that I’ve never actually used before coming to college and you know I had to learn about it, but when I did actually learn about it and get to grips with it a bit it really helped me be able to create new sounds on my instruments and stuff like that, and be able to kind of work with them a bit instead of just using old 2001 amps from my old school, so it was pretty nice to be able to use actually new modern equipment.”

Tom, Music Performance

“What stood out about this course was the fact that they did loads of different types of acting – it wasn’t just natural or screen or theatre, they did every type and they also looked at script writing which is something that I’m interested in, so it covered all basis that I was interested in. What I’ve enjoyed the most is definitely the performances and being able to put together so many different pieces from so many different stimuli’s – you get to work on so many different things and so many different topics and cover literally everything in such a short amount of time.”

Rachel, Acting

“I have a huge passion for acting as it is, and before I came to college I was primarily looking at screen acting which is a lot more naturalistic, and you don’t really get to experiment much with different like types of movement and things – but coming here has allowed me to experiment with movement and sound and loads of different types of theatre, which is amazing – and when you get to show people that, you just feel so amazing, because you’ve come up with this piece that you feel so proud of and it’s just great to see on everyone’s faces that they’re really happy with your piece.””

Rachel, Acting

Course Information

Introduction

This course combines a detailed introduction to getting the best from your DSLR, with a specialist introduction to taking photographs in a professional studio. You’ll learn how to take dynamic, exciting, and eye-catching images that reflect your knowledge and creativity. You will learn how to produce high and low key portrait and fashion images using studio lighting. You’ll also gain experience of working in a production team and producing experimental photographic work. You will be able to create a portfolio of images to showcase your work and skills.

If you have your own DSLR you are welcome to use it, alternatively we have Canon cameras you can borrow for the sessions.

This 10 week course runs on a Wednesday evening from 6-8:30pm at Quarry Hill Campus in Leeds city centre.

For enquiries please email shortcourses-creativearts@leedscitycollege.ac.uk.

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SCHOOL OF CREATIVE ARTS , LEEDS CITY COLLEGE TRANSCRIPT

 

INTERVIEWEE – TYLER – Student of Level 3 Photography (SPEAKING)


INTERVIEWEE – LEON JOHNSON – Deputy Head of Department, Visual Arts (SPEAKING)

 

INTERVIEWEE – MAX – Student of Level 2 Photography (SPEAKING)

 

INTERVIEWEE – CIENNA – Student of Level 2 Photography (SPEAKING)

Scenery –  A student slots the camera lens into the camera.

Scenery –  A student lifts a camera up to their face and prepares to take a picture.

 

Tyler – “Well I’ve had a photographic background with my mum because she used to be a wedding photographer and stuff”

 

Scenery – A makeup brush presses down on some powder.

 

Scenery – A makeup artist applies the powder to a student’s face.

 

Tyler –  “But that’s not the road I wanted to go down as I don’t really like photographing people. I’m more into structures and urban-scapes. So I thought if I came into college and studied then I can go off and do what I want to focus on”.

Scenery – Tyler flicks through a film book. 

 

Scenery – A pan through a dark room, showing the equipment in each cubicle.

 

Tyler – “Like anything that’s run-down or overlooked by everyone else I like taking pictures of that cause it shows the hidden beauty that everyone ignores.”

Scenery – Tyler holds up a piece of film while in the dark room.

 

Tyler – “Obviously you walk past stuff and living in britain is quite grey so everything just looks dull and boring but when you put a camera to it you can take pictures of these places and you see it there and can do all the edit to make it look brighter, it’s almost like a relief that we don’t actually live in such a grey world that we make out. Because there’s a lot of hidden beauty in these places but people just don’t see it”.

 

Scenery –  A makeup artist continues to work on the students face

 

Leon Johnson – “We look for kids that are passionate about being artistic I suppose. With photography there’s two different ways you could look at this. You have quite a lot of students who come in with a technical mindset where they just want to understand and know how to do technical photography so they can get a job photographing weddings and jobs, that kinda thing”.

Scenery –  Student readies camera and takes a picture

 

Leon Johnson – “What they realise when they get here is actually that’s not necessarily the only important thing because when they’re photographing a wedding what you need is love and passion. That’s what will be seen and that’s what will be captured when students look at a scene and don’t look at it from a technical aspect but from a social aspect as well”.

 

Scenery –  Students set up a softbox.

 

Cienna – “It was in high school when I got an option to do photography and I was like I’ll just try  it out and I did and I ended up liking it alot, editing, sticking, doing the physical and practical on the computers, I got to learn all about photography there and I wanted to do it in college”.

 

Scenery – Students are using Mac’s to edit their photos

 

Cienna – “My favourite thing about photography is the practical side of it, doing shoots, going out, using the cameras and camera control. Stuff like that”.

 

Scenery – Student readies camera and takes a photo of a student model.

 

Max – “First thing I thought of photography, I thought I want to get my own pictures of photography one day because I like taking profile pictures. Within that section I discovered something called image manipulation and that’s like an image on top of another and it creates like… it’s like a piece of art”.

 

Leon Johnson – “The photography teaching team is a fantastic kind of new young team and they’re all experienced in the industry. First off teaching is something they’ve come into to I suppose share their passion within the industry and getting our young people to understand how photography fits in to our society”

 

Scenery – Student readies camera and model poses as the softboxes light up

 

Max – “Well for me, cause I’ve got autism and I sometimes have trouble understanding things cause I need stuff breaking down into detail and explaining to me in a perfect way. In a much more understanding way. I have tutors that understand a bit more”.

 

Scenery – Darkroom equipment is shown off.

 

Leon Johnson – “We have a darkroom, so we go right back to the beginning of photography. It’s not just about the way photography is done nowadays in digital formats. We go back to the beginning so they understand the process”. 

Scenery – A live demonstration of the darkroom’s equipment

 

Leon Johnson – “So they get to do traditional techniques, which then follows on to the idea of digital techniques and digital photography which leads naturally onto post production. So the sort of facilities we have are like computer rooms, mac suites where you can use photoshop and indesign”.

Scenery – Students are seen on photoshop touching up images

 

Leon Johnson –  “So photoshop for example for retouching or slightly adapting colours or lighting where it needs to be adapted but then also with programs like indesign it means that students can start to understand the context of how photographs work with text”.

 

Scenery – Students get a set ready. Placing a stool and raising softboxes.

 

Leon Johnson – “We’ve got state of the art studios where we have high quality softboxes, high quality cameras, tripods & lighting rigs all of the kind of things that students would need in a professional setting and it gives them the tools to understand how a photography studio would work if they got a job going on from getting a qualification”.

 

Scenery –  Tyler demonstrates the darkroom process.

 

Tyler – “Well, when you’ve got a digital camera you click it and it’s just done. Like you’ve not really had to put much effort into it. But when it comes to the darkroom sides of things you have to fiddle around with aperture and everything so you have to make sure everything’s right and then take the picture. But then you’re left in a suspense of whether your picture turned out the way you wanted it or not. When it does turn out the way you want it it’s a good feeling when you know you’ve got that picture.

 

Scenery – Tyler places the developed photo on a wall.

 

Leon Johnson – “We have a photography dispensary as well where we have all the equipment that’s necessary for students to work professionally. You know realistically if you think about communication which is one of the main criteria or the big skills that students learn at college doing these art courses or photography courses is that photography is a global language. It doesn’t matter if you speak Japanese or Iranian or if you’re muslim or christian. Photography transcends those language barriers and I think that it’s really exciting for students to go into a future of being able to communicate in that way”.

 

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Course details

Duration: 10 weeks
Start Date: 24/04/2025
Study Type: Part time
Course Code: 70687-01

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