Modules
Module One: Camera Handling
- Camera controls, care, cleaning and maintenance
- File size, format, downloading and storage
- Exposure control and metering
- White balance, iso / asa
- Aperture and depth of field
- Shutter speed and movement
- Focal length
- Critique
Module Two: Mastering Light and Colour
- Small, medium and large light sources
- Surface texture – matt, smooth and reflective
- Colour in harmony, colour in texture, colour in contrast and spot colour
- Colour temperature and light at different times of the day
- Critique
Module Three: Composition and Design
- Intersecting thirds, the rule of odds and positive and negative spaces
- Proximity, similarity, line and shape, repetition and patterns
- Classical and contemporary composition
- Planning, evaluation and critique
Module Four: Photo Exploration
- Landscape – urban and natural
- Portraiture – showing personality
- Documentary – photographing everyday events
- Research, planning, realization, evaluation, critique
Boutique photographic education delivered on the Kapiti Coast Wellington New Zealand. Certificate programmes in practical and advanced photography. The Photo School encourages students to take photos for their industry during their studies to develop artistically and conceptually. Seminars are delivered at secondary schools, colleges and a diploma course is in development at tertiary level, for further study. NZQA unit standards assessment is used. Whitireia Community Polytechnic partners The Photo School in it's practical and advanced classes. Online learning is a future development.