BA Honours Degree

Embark on a captivating journey through the history of photography and witness its transformation through cultural, technological, and political lenses. This engaging module unveils key movements and genres, from the nostalgic allure of Pictorialism to the cutting-edge innovation of modernism and digital artistry. Delve into the ethics of representation while mastering the essentials of composition and color. Plus, our in-depth case study on Edward Weston will enrich your appreciation of the still life tradition, igniting inspiration for your own contemporary work.

Key learnings:

• Key Movements and Genres in Photography
• Edward Weston and the Art of Still Life
• Ethics in Photographic Representation
• Mastering Formal Elements and Composition
• Foundations of Colour Theory

Unlock your potential in photography by building technical confidence with both classic and cutting-edge cameras. Whether you're exploring the wonders of pinhole photography or mastering the high-tech features of mirrorless and DSLR cameras, you'll gain the skills to capture stunning images. Dive deep into the essentials of the exposure triangle, including aperture, shutter speed, and ISO, and discover how depth of field, focal length, and focus modes can transform your photographs into captivating visual stories. Equip yourself with foundational composition tools to translate technical expertise into compelling imagery.

Key learnings:

• Camera Types and Formats
• The Exposure Triangle
• Depth of Field and Focus Control
• Focal Length and Field of View
• Core Composition Techniques

Elevate your photography skills by mastering the art of lighting in our studio module. Discover how to use essential equipment and lighting setups to create stunning visuals. With a focus on safety and efficiency, you'll learn to use flash, continuous light sources, and modifiers to craft perfect lighting scenarios. Balance your creativity with technical expertise to deliver impressive results for your clients and build a standout portfolio.

Key learnings:

• Studio Equipment and Setups
• Flash, Continuous Light, and Modifiers
• Safety and Efficient Workflows
• Lighting Ratios and Metering
• Creative Experimentation and Control

Discover how to captivate your audience and boost your brand with powerful visual storytelling. Dive into real-world case studies and lifestyle examples to see how top brands effectively use imagery. Learn to plan and execute photo shoots that align perfectly with your marketing goals. The module also covers efficient digital workflows, from capturing stunning shots to mastering Lightroom editing and managing files for seamless delivery across multiple platforms.

Key learnings:

• Commercial Genres and Styles
• Concepts that Influence Audiences
• Shoot Planning and Creative Direction
• Lightroom and Post-Production Basics
• File Management and Output Formats

Unlock the potential of your photography by crafting a unique style that truly represents you. Immerse yourself in the world of conceptual photography and discover new ways to express your creativity. This program empowers you to undertake a captivating photography project that embodies your distinctive visual language and personal approach.

Key learnings:

• Crafting Your Unique Photographic Style
• Project Aims and Audience Profiling
• Mastering Project Management for Photography
• Market, Primary, and Secondary Research
• Showcasing Your Work to Highlight Personal Style
• Ideation: Storyboards and Mood Boards
• Understanding Audience Reactions to Photography
• Constraints: Budget, Timeline, Regulation
• Experimenting with Conceptual Photography Ideas
• Iterative Development and Stakeholder Feedback

Kickstart your project with the precision and insight you need to achieve success. By clearly defining your aims, pinpointing your target audience, and analyzing your competition, you'll set the groundwork for a winning strategy. Plan effectively by considering crucial aspects like brand identity, budget constraints, timeline management, and compliance requirements. Blend thorough research methods with creative ideation tools such as storyboards, mind maps, and mood boards. Leverage stakeholder feedback for continuous improvement, ensuring your project evolves with clarity and purpose.

Key learnings:

• Crafting Your Unique Photographic Style
• Project Aims and Audience Profiling
• Mastering Project Management for Photography
• Market, Primary, and Secondary Research
• Showcasing Your Work to Highlight Personal Style
• Ideation: Storyboards and Mood Boards
• Understanding Audience Reactions to Photography
• Constraints: Budget, Timeline, Regulation
• Experimenting with Conceptual Photography Ideas
• Iterative Development and Stakeholder Feedback

Elevate your portrait photography skills by mastering the essentials of studio and location settings. Discover how to harness different lighting styles, learn the art of directing subjects, and create compelling compositions that bring out character and mood in every shot. This program includes detailed visual diagrams and real-world case examples to guide you in shaping light, selecting the perfect modifiers, and adapting seamlessly to various environments with professional expertise.

Key learnings:

• Studio and Location Lighting
• Lighting Styles and Layouts
• Directing and Working with Subjects
• Lens Choice and Composition
• Technical Setups and Troubleshooting

Unlock the full potential of your creative projects with innovative ideation and meticulous quality assurance. Dive into engaging techniques like role-play and simulation, explore creative strategies such as forced relationships and de Bono's Thinking Hats, and integrate essential documentation and control processes into your workflow. Experience a transformation in your creative outcomes with more consistent results and powerful decision-making.

Key learnings:

• Innovative Ideation Techniques
• In-depth Critical Analysis and Reflection
• Comprehensive Workflow Documentation and Controls
• Ensuring Technical and Aesthetic Consistency
• Robust Systematic Testing and Review

Unlock the secrets to successful location shooting with our comprehensive module designed to keep you ahead of the game. Dive into pre-production planning and logistics, ensuring you're always prepared for the fast-paced and ever-changing environments of events and specialized genres. Learn from case studies of top photographers who masterfully balance creative vision with real-world challenges such as shifting light, varied spaces, and tight schedules. Elevate your skills and maintain control, no matter the circumstances.

Key learnings:

• Event Types and Location Planning
• On-Site Strategy and Contingency Planning
• Mastering Weddings, Fashion, Pet, and Wildlife Photography
• Insights from Influential Photographers
• Maintaining Creative and Technical Control

Immerse yourself in the world of professional productions and discover how each element seamlessly comes together. Master the dynamics across creative, technical, and managerial teams, and learn how effective communication, precise scheduling, and strategic resource management propel projects to success. Embrace essential health, safety, and wellbeing practices to ensure a safe and responsible environment both on set and on location.

Key learnings:

• Understanding Production Roles and Workflows
• Navigating Team Communication and Hierarchies
• Mastering Time, Asset, and Resource Management
• Implementing Health, Safety, and Wellbeing Standards
• Achieving Reliable and Effective Collaboration

Bring your creative visions to life with seamless, professional photo shoots. Whether in the studio or on location, you'll expertly coordinate every detail from model selection to styling, ensuring each element is perfectly curated. Elevate your projects with the right props, backdrops, and makeup, while maintaining top-notch care and storage for your equipment to guarantee flawless execution from start to finish.

Key learnings:

• Transforming Concepts into Dynamic Shoots
• Expert Model Selection and Guidance
• Curated Props, Styling, and Backdrops
• Optimal Studio and Location Planning
• Ensuring Equipment Longevity and Efficiency

Elevate your career by mastering essential professional skills tailored for industry success. Discover how to effectively customize outputs for diverse audiences, optimize your time and resources, and strategically plan for unexpected challenges. Empower yourself with the confidence to meet expectations and consistently deliver outstanding results for both commercial and creative projects.

Key learnings:

• Selecting Appropriate Outputs
• Client and Audience Alignment
• Time and Asset Management
• Contingency Planning
• Delivering to Brief and Standard

Unlock the full potential of your photography practice by mastering essential concepts like copyright, intellectual property, and sustainable practices. This module empowers you to handle rights and representation with confidence, ensuring your work is both impactful and respectful. Dive into topics like equality, diversity, and accessibility to create inclusive projects while also considering the environmental impact of your work across the photographic lifecycle.

Key learnings:

• Copyright and Intellectual Property Mastery
• Strategic Model and Location Releases
• Inclusive Representation, Equality, and Accessibility
• Safeguarding Vulnerable Audiences
• Eco-Friendly Photography Practices

Elevate your work to a professional level by mastering the art of curating and presenting portfolios that captivate and engage. You’ll learn to expertly sequence your images, refine them to perfection, and craft layouts that seamlessly combine powerful typography with visual hierarchy. Whether you're working on digital or print projects, you’ll create cohesive and compelling bodies of work that resonate with client briefs and exceed audience expectations.

Key learnings:

• Editing and Sequencing Portfolios
• Image Refinement and Retouching
• Typography and Layout Principles
• Print and Digital Presentation
• Audience-Focused Curation

Master the art of communicating your ideas with precision and impact to captivate your audience. Dive into various creative formats—written, visual, audiovisual, and interactive—and leverage industry-standard tools to bring your vision to life. This experience will empower you to tailor content for diverse audiences using strategic structuring and hierarchy to command attention. You'll gain hands-on experience in presenting your progress with contact sheets, mock-ups, and visualizations, all while enhancing your collaboration, feedback, and refinement skills.

Key learnings:

• Creative Communication Formats
• Content Structuring and Hierarchy
• Effective Presentation Techniques
• Collaborative Projects and Team Dynamics
• Feedback Integration and Iterative Refinement

Elevate your project with precision and flair, ensuring it shines during submission or professional presentation. Seamlessly incorporate feedback, refine imagery and layouts, and ensure sequencing, consistency, and technical accuracy. Guarantee your final outcomes not only meet brief requirements but also exceed industry expectations.

Key learnings:

• Feedback Consolidation and Edits
• Technical Accuracy Checks
• Aesthetic Consistency and Coherence
• Layout and Sequencing Refinement
• Submission and Presentation Readiness

Embark on a transformative journey where you'll integrate your work within rich historical and cultural landscapes. Discover how politics, technology, and societal shifts influence creative practices and perceptions, empowering you to clearly articulate your artistic intentions with respect to established precedents. Through engaging discussions and insightful case studies, you will refine your unique voice and position within the creative field.

Key learnings:

• Historical and Cultural Contexts
• Practice, Intention, and Reception
• Technology and Societal Influence
• Case Studies and Peer Dialogue
• Defining Your Creative Position

Dive into captivating theories that reveal how images convey meaning, empowering you to enrich your creative process. By exploring influential concepts from structuralism to feminism and queer theory, you'll gain insights that enhance both historical and modern artistic practices. With these powerful frameworks, you'll be equipped to refine your analysis and articulate your creative intent with precision.

Key learnings:

• Key Theoretical Frameworks
• Exploring Politics, Psychology, and Society
• Historical and Modern Applications
• Mastering Critical Writing and Discourse
• Integrating Theory into Practice

Unlock the secrets to thriving in today's fast-paced photographic industry. Discover how globalisation, quick production cycles, and powerful stock libraries are shaping the market. Leverage cutting-edge AI and social media to stay ahead, while embracing sustainability for responsible artistry. Learn from real-world case studies to master adaptive strategies that balance commercial success with creative integrity.

Key learnings:

• Globalisation and Market Dynamics
• Quick Production Cycles
• AI, Stock Libraries, and Social Media
• Sustainability in Photography
• Adaptive Strategies for Creative Success

Transform your creative journey with a reflective practice designed to drive your growth and success. Unlock the power of structured frameworks to assess your progress, define your unique style, and engage deeply with your audience and market. By refining your Unique Selling Proposition (USP) and aligning with industry standards, you'll confidently steer your next steps towards achieving your goals.

Key learnings:

• Frameworks for Reflection
• Audience and Market Positioning
• Defining Style and Voice
• Technical and Aesthetic Evaluation
• Articulating a Clear USP

Unlock your creative potential by transforming your vision into professional documents that resonate with clients. Our comprehensive approach ensures your objectives are clear, deliverables are defined, and KPIs are set, while considering all legal and ethical dimensions. Prepare for impactful multi-platform rollouts with proposals that clearly showcase your value and strategic alignment.

Key learnings:

• Brief Development and Goal Setting
• Understanding Stakeholders, KPIs, and SLAs
• Legal, Ethical, and Feasibility Checks
• Crafting Multi-Platform Strategies
• Creating Clear and Persuasive Proposals

Transform your ideas into impactful, innovative solutions with our comprehensive research approach. Dive into interviews, surveys, and focus groups, complemented by creative frameworks like GROW, lateral thinking, and the Double Diamond. These tools empower you to refine your concepts, ensuring they are original, relevant, and backed by solid evidence.

Key learnings:

• Primary and Secondary Research Methods
• In-Depth Market and Audience Insights
• Innovative Creative Problem-Solving Frameworks
• Effective Idea Testing and Iteration
• Research-Driven Concept Development

Unlock the power of precise control over your image-making tools and elevate your photography skills to new heights. Our immersive module guides you through advanced formats, understanding lens behavior, mastering hyperfocal distance, and overcoming optical aberrations. You'll delve into the world of histograms and filters, engaging in practical exercises that seamlessly blend theory with real-world application. Be prepared to tackle demanding technical scenarios with confidence and finesse.

Key learnings:

• Advanced Camera Functions
• Lenses, Focal Length, and Optics
• Mastering Hyperfocal Distance
• Light Properties, Meters, and Histograms
• Filters and Exposure Compensation

Unlock the power to transform any environment with expertly crafted production workflows. Dive into the art of creating intricate lighting designs, striking the perfect balance between hard and soft light sources. Master the management of power and exposure to ensure consistency whether indoors or outdoors. Our approach will empower you to compose for movement and space, guaranteeing client-ready results every time.

Key learnings:

• Complex Lighting Configurations
• Managing Interior and Exterior Conditions
• Correction Filters and Power Solutions
• Composition, Movement, and Space
• Adaptable, Repeatable Workflows

Unlock the power of storytelling through hybrid media by mastering the art of connecting with people and enhancing your creative projects. In this course, you'll learn to expertly cast, brief, and direct your subjects while perfectly coordinating styling and makeup. Delve into the essentials of moving image creation, capturing dynamic footage and sound, and achieve seamless editing and sequencing. Elevate your work by integrating stills and video to produce compelling contemporary deliverables that captivate and engage your audience.

Key learnings:

• Casting, Briefing, and Direction
• Styling, Hair, and Makeup Coordination
• Video Fundamentals and Sound
• Editing and Narrative Sequencing
• Integrating Stills and Motion

Elevate your creative projects with comprehensive finishing techniques for both print and digital media. Enhance your images by refining RAW files, recovering highlights, and correcting lenses. Experience seamless batch processing at scale, design captivating layouts, and integrate image and text for impactful storytelling. Prepare your work for book arts, exhibitions, and ensure flawless quality across various platforms.

Key learnings:

• Advanced RAW and Retouching
• Lens Corrections and Batch Workflows
• Narrative Sequencing and Layout
• Print, Book Arts, and Exhibition Prep
• Digital and Interactive Delivery

Unlock your potential to lead creative projects with confidence and precision. Master the art of project management by seamlessly applying initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure techniques. Utilize powerful tools like Kanban, Gantt, RAID, and Critical Path to keep your projects on track. Choose the methodology that best fits your project – whether Agile or Waterfall – ensuring delivery that meets scope, time, cost, and quality standards. Elevate your project management skills and achieve exceptional results!

Key learnings:

• Project Lifecycle and Methodologies
• Effective Time, Resource, and Risk Management
• Mastering Kanban, Gantt, RAID, and CPA Tools
• Ensuring Quality and Managing Change
• Delivering Projects to Scope and Standards

Ensure top-notch quality from the initial concept to the final delivery with our comprehensive QA processes. Experience seamless integration with milestone reviews, interim outputs, and audience testing, all designed to guarantee the highest resolution, color accuracy, and platform compatibility. Trust in our consistent standards to deliver reliable results and elevate your reputation in the market.

Key learnings:

• QA Frameworks and Milestones
• Interim Outputs and User Testing
• Resolution and Colour Management
• Cross-Platform Compatibility
• Error Identification and Prevention

Unlock the business acumen you need to fuel your creative dreams. Dive into essential skills like pricing, pitching, and contracts, while mastering networking and personal branding. Gain membership in professional associations and set a clear path for freelancing or employment, complete with guidance on tax, insurance, and achieving sustainable business growth.

Key learnings:

• Portfolio and Personal Branding
• Networking and Professional Associations
• Pricing, Proposals, and Contracts
• Business Models, Tax, and Insurance
• Career Planning and Continuous Professional Development (CPD)

Elevate your communication skills to masterfully engage with clients, collaborators, and the public. As part of this program, you'll refine your ability to consult, pitch, and negotiate with confidence, all while delivering impactful briefings and updates. Learn to craft compelling reports and visuals using modern online platforms, ensuring your message resonates across cultural boundaries with clarity and accessibility.

Key learnings:

• Client Consultation and Pitching
• Effective Briefings and Negotiation
• Impactful Reports and Visualizations
• Cultural Sensitivity and Accessibility
• Consistency and Coherent Messaging

Transform your vision into reality with our capstone project module, designed to prepare you for showcasing your work professionally. You'll receive invaluable stakeholder feedback to refine your creative and technical skills, ensuring your project aligns perfectly with industry standards and cultural expectations. Step confidently from learning into practice and make your mark in the professional world, with a polished portfolio or exhibition-ready project.

Key learnings:

• Project Iteration and Feedback Loops
• Refining Creative and Technical Execution
• Exhibition, Publication, or Portfolio Preparation
• Contextual Positioning and Rationale
• Professional-Standard Final Delivery