Photography Pathways

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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 2020 View more details
Study options	12 weeks part-time
Total credits	20
Indicative Fees	No tuition fees for domestic students View full fees information

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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, plus you'll get an overview of shooting high quality video on DSLR cameras.

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 fees for domestic students

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Course Entry Information

Entry criteria

There are no minimum academic requirements (open entry).

IMPORTANT: We regret that 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.

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.