Photocourse 1 - Monday afternoons 19 March-4th May

This part-time course, run from our studios in Courtenay Place, Wellington central, provides an introduction to the basic skills of photography through practical workshops and assignments that explore the medium's major themes and techniques.

Photocourse 1 is intended to get you past just setting your camera to Programme and shooting photos that look like anyone else's. We will teach you to take creative control of your camera, rather than let it dictate the kind of photos you take.

We aim to teach you photographic techniques that will help you to realise your visual ideas. You will start to see photographically, creatively and differently. With a small class (limit of 6) and two experienced tutors, we can offer you plenty of individual attention.

The workshop component of the course comprises workshops that Photospace has previously run independently, but they're presented here as a package.
They are:

• Landscape - a day at Makara shooting eith digitally on on slide film
• Introduction to studio lighting - still life & portraiture with controlled lighting
• Low light photography - an evening with an emphasis on experimentation

Please note: Photocourse 1 is not specifically a darkroom course. Inverlochy Art School runs darkroom classes.

The main part of the course comprises eight evening classes, to review the workshop results, teach new techniques, set new assignment work, and learn to edit and evaluate photographs.

Topics covered include:

• Portrait photography
• Documentary photography
• How to take creative control of your digital or film SLR camera
• Camera technique: creative use of shutter speed and depth of field
• Light metering and exposure
• Aesthetics: colour, composition, light quality
• Editing your photos
• Introduction to studio lighting
• Making & using your own pinhole camera (optional)