Course Overview
Love photography and ready to move beyond 'point and click'?
Learn the tricks of the trade from a professional photographer and tutor in this hands on course designed to take your creative potential to the next level.
Taught in a workshop style learning environment with weekly class photo assignments, this short course works at your individual level to help you advance and extend your skills.
Upon successfully completing the requirements you'll receive:
- Record of Achievement - Photography Pathways (Level 3)
| Locations | Tauranga |
|---|---|
| Next intake | Aug 2025 View more details |
| Study options |
10 weeks part-time 4 weeks full-time |
| Total credits | 20 |
| Indicative Fees | No tuition fee for domestic students View full fees information |
| Eligibility | View entry criteria |
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Topics you'll cover
You'll learn about working with DSLR cameras, manual settings (lens choice, aperture, shutter speeds, ISO and colour temperature), and digital darkroom workflow.
The course covers the creative elements of photography like critical analysis of images, composition, camera angles and shooting distances, seeing like a photographer, and painting with light.
If a career as a photographer is your goal, this course will also build your knowledge around how to set up a photo shoot including an overview on art direction, choosing a location, directing the shoot, working with studio lighting, and working with models and clients.
Course Fees
| Indicative Fees * | No tuition fee for domestic students |
|---|
Your final fee may vary if:
- you have a choice of topics/papers to study
- the qualification excludes GST
- there are extra course materials to purchase
- student levies apply
We’ll let you know if any of these apply to you.
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Student Loans and Allowances
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Course Entry Information
Entry criteria
Open entry. There are no minimum academic requirements.
*Please note: Students who have already completed this course are not able to be enrolled again. Please contact our Information Centre for details about other courses in this subject area.
Standard Entry Criteria
Admission, entry, selection, and enrolment into programmes will be in accordance with the Academic Regulations and/or, where approved, specific programme regulations.
Other Considerations
You will need to bring your own camera.
This course is taught on Apple Mac computers. Learners must have elementary level computer skills.
It is recommended that you also have access to software for editing.
English language requirements
Level 3 certificate IELTS General or Academic score of 5 with no band score lower than 5 or completed New Zealand Certificate in English Language Level 3 with an endorsement of either General, Workplace or Academic, or meets a relevant English Proficiency Outcome as outlined by NZQA.
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Course Locations and Intake Information
Intake Dates
12 May – 19 July (10 weeks)
25 Aug – 1 Nov (10 weeks)
19 Nov – 17 Dec (4 weeks, 25 hours per week)
This course will run Monday and Wednesday evenings 5:30pm-9:00pm and every other Saturday (5 in total) 10am-4pm.
| Location | Campus | Start Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tauranga | Windermere Campus | 25 Aug 2025 | |
| Tauranga | Windermere Campus | 19 Nov 2025 |
Study options
- 10 weeks part-time
- 4 weeks full-time
