Course Outline
Extend your knowledge of exposure, apertures, shutter speeds and depth of field by developing creative photographic techniques and using advanced SLR camera settings.
Learn about the benefits of RAW file formats and use Photoshop to further develop your understanding of levels, curves, and selections to bring out the best of your photographs.
Print out your images on the latest archival Epson printers. Ideal for amateur photographers with a basic knowledge of photography and digital imaging. Students will produce three (3) archival prints.
Required Materials
(students are to supply their own)
- SLR Digital camera
- 1GB USB Memory Stick
- Notebook and pen
Information
Teacher: Margaret Waller - QCA Gold Coast
Margaret graduated from Melbourne’s RMIT in Photography in 1981. For the next 14 years, she lived in Harare, Zimbabwe where she taught photography and photojournalism. During that time she also worked as a freelance photographer, publishing photographs in the Independent (UK), The Irish Times, Newsweek (USA), New York Times and received commissions from a number of UN agencies. In 1996 she moved to Johannesburg to study a Masters of Fine Art at the University of the Witwatersrand. As a part of the Masters program, she published "A Bigger Picture: A training manual of photojournalism in Southern Africa". Since returning to Australia, Margaret has been teaching at the University of Technology Sydney, Charles Sturt University and now a sessional staff member at Griffith on the Gold Coast. Margaret also maintains a freelance professional practice. Her Photographic interests are environmental portraits, social documentary and the landscape.
When: 4, 5 February 2012
Time: 10am - 4pm
Where: Queensland College of Art, Gold Coast.
Cost: $350 Standard | $300 Concession
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