Summer Courses Photography Sample timetable

Welcome & Introduction

Presentation

• Formal Elements Presentation
• Formal Elements Quiz

Mastering the Formal elements

• Take at least 100 photos, thinking about the Formal Elements - Automatic settings

Trip on foot along the river

Contact Sheets & Preliminary Edit

Image Adjustments on Photoshop

• Introduction to Photoshop - working with layers and adjustment layers

Group Discussion

• Students present to each other either to the class or in two groups (dependent on class size)

Working with shutter speed

Trip on foot into Cambridge City Centre / Market / Backs of Colleges

Go through Editing process outlined on Monday

Selection tools

• Further Photoshop skills - advanced editing, photomontage, selection tools

Group Discussion

• Students to make a selection of relevant photographs to demonstrate what they have learned

Film photography

Loading film

TRIP to take photos

Presentation

• Studio Photography

Introduction to InDesign

Booklets and Prints

• Students make either a series of prints, or create a booklet using photos from Photography Summer School

Group Discussion

• Students present their favourite piece of work / final piece / favourite photograph