Photography

Course details

Give your career maximum exposure by completing this one year course in Photography! During this course learners will become familiar with photographic printing and processing. Learners will also develop the necessary skills to prepare a quality portfolio for entry to third level colleges or directly into employment.

Learners who successfully complete a QQI Level 5 Certificate may be able to use their results to progress to related Level 7 and Level 8 Degree Programmes in Irish Universities and Institutes of Technology. Third level progression opportunities for QQI learners are continually being developed and enhanced.

Course Features

• Learners are continuously assessed through project-based assignments
• Classes in graphic design and desktop publishing
• Visits to galleries
• Full Professional Studio Portrait
• Still Life advertising
• Visiting speakers on a variety of photographic themes and topics, including specialist photography, book-binding, curating and mounting exhibitions
• This course offers the best of both analogue and digital photography

Course Content:

• Use of Cameras and Equipment (digital and traditional)
• Film Processing
• Black & White Printing
• Digital Scanning of Film
• Downloading of Images
• Studio Light and Management
• History and Theory of Photography
• Photoshop
• Communications
• Image Processing
• Digital Marketing
• Work Experience

Entry Requirements

• Leaving Certificate or equivalent, or LCA, or relevant experience
• Interview - applicants should bring a selection of their best work to include recent photos, in both black & white and colour, in hard copy or digital format
• Mature applicants welcome
• Applicants may be accepted without meeting formal entry requirements