COURSE BROCHURE 1 2 3 4 5 6
Lear to use your digital sigle-les reflex camera (also called a DSLR) i the most effective way, o maual or automatic settigs ad take your to a more professioal level. This itroductory course is suitable for potetial photographers who wat to lear the tricks of the trade. Lear how to edit photos usig Adobe Lightroom software to ehace your work for a rage of purposes icludig websites, blogs, art projects ad social media. Shoot for a rage of scearios ad geres, ad the share your work o social media. Gai skills i shootig ature, sports, food, family ad special evets. This will result i a professioal portfolio of photographic work. TAKE YOUR WORK TO THE NEXT LEVEL Etry: This course is etry-level, meaig that o previous professioal experiece is ecessary to get the most out of your olie studies. Camera: Lear professioal camera craft. Discover light, space ad compositio. Ehace your digital images. Lear the fuctios of your equipmet. Pathways: Gai foudatio skills i digital, take steps towards plaig a freelace career or take up further studies. Course details Course umber Delivery mode Course duratio Assessmets Qualificatio level Awarded by POTENTIAL COURSE OUTCOMES E0161 Olie Max 12 moths Quizzes, photographic assigmets, a portfolio of photographic work Ope Colleges Professioal Certificate Ope Colleges Pty Ltd Your goal is to elevate your curret creative work to the ext level ad lear how to use your DSLR camera to its professioal capacity. Whe you complete this course you might choose to progress to further study, such as CUV40311 Certificate IV i Desig (specialisig i Photography). Course objectives/outcomes: gai professioal, idustry-specific skills lear digital editig with Adobe Lightroom optio for cotiuatio of study i ad desig work as a freelace photographer OR as a pathway to becomig a workig professioal PETER DE DECKKER HEAD OF PORTFOLIO CREATIVE INDUSTRY Welcome to the Certificate i Digital Photography. Your aim is to explore the fuctios of your DSLR camera ad discover what makes a great photo. This course has bee desiged i cosultatio with the Australia idustry to esure you will be taught the latest techiques ad skills. You will ejoy the experiece of a professioal, olie study eviromet, desiged specifically to allow you to pursue your passio for as a creative outlet. you are ecouraged to subscribe to the Australia Istitute of Professioal Photography (AIPP). This is the peak body for professioals.* *Iformatio o the AIPP ca be foud at http://www.aipp.com.au/ 2
THECERTIFICATEIN DIGITALPHOTOGRAPHY ABOUT THE DSLR CAMERA It is required that you ow (or have access to) a DSLR camera to complete this course. The DSLR (or digital sigle-les reflex camera) combies the optics ad the mechaisms of a sigle-les reflex camera with a digital imagig sesor, as opposed to photographic film. WHO THIS COURSE IS FOR If you ow/use a DSLR camera ad wat to pursue your passio for as a creative outlet, this course will give you a itroductio to professioal digital, ad perhaps, a career i the idustry after further study ad experiece is gaied. This course will help you to get the best out of your equipmet. Take your curret photographs to the ext level ad gai the core digital skills that will separate your work from the rest. Use Adobe Lightroom to create professioal-lookig images for display i prit publicatios, your website or blog, or for social media vetures. COURSE OVERVIEW The course cotais six levels to move you through your learig, gaiig skills ad competecies as you go. This brad ew course icludes moder study materials that cover the use of social media i a importat part of reachig your audiece ad gettig your professioal ame out there. You will discover that lots of the material is i video format with practical, easily digestible topics. Ope Colleges has desiged the video cotet for this course i house with expert traiers who are well versed i creatig material for a olie delivery mode of learig. Start your course by discoverig the basics of takig a great shot, the progress to learig about the maual capabilities of your DSLR camera, how to set the aperture ad shutter speed ad use differet leses ad glass filters. You will explore the differet moods that lightig provides, discoverig how to take the optimal shot, as well as progress to developig digital editig skills with Adobe Lightroom. Immerse yourself i the world of your subject ad fially collate ad preset a porfolio of photographic work. Take your curret photographs to the ext level ad gai the core digital skills that will separate your work from the rest. 3
THE LEVELS LEVEL 1 Lear the basic fuctioality of your DSLR camera, use automatic ad semiautomatic modes, avigate Adobe Lightroom ad use Piterest to share photos. LEVEL 2 Discover the maual operatio of your DSLR camera ad lear editig techiques usig Adobe Lightroom. LEVEL 3 Explore outdoor geres icludig photojouralism, street, actio, ature ad ladscapes. LEVEL 4 Lear to work with artificial ad mixed light, shootig iteriors, food, products, macro, cocerts, parties ad corporate evets. LEVEL 5 Get a grip o portrait ad weddig i colour ad black ad white. LEVEL 6 4 Begi your career as a freelace photographer by creatig your portfolio ad plaig your ext steps i the idustry.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS COURSE COURSE NUMBER: E0161 ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Educatio etry requiremets There are o formal educatio etry requiremets for this qualificatio. Creative ability You ll eed some creative ad skills to flourish i this course, though ayoe with a geeral iterest i ad a DSLR camera ca take part. Miimum age requiremets You will eed to be at least 16 years old. If you are uder 18, you will eed the coset of your paret or guardia. Eglish laguage requiremets This course requires you to read ad view olie istructioal cotet ad videos; complete activities ad quizzes; build a portfolio; udertake a rage of practical assessmets ad egage i social media discussios. As such, etry to the course requires Eglish proficiecy to Year 10 level, or equivalet. If you have ot successfully completed Eglish at Year 10 level, you ca demostrate equivalecy with oe of the followig: Your creative ad skills will flourish i this course. Grow your iterest i ad develop skills i lightig ad compositio. successful completio of a Natioally Recogised Traiig qualificatio at Certificate II level or higher; OR 2 years relevat idustry experiece i a role that requires the use of writte documetatio ad commuicatio. Ope Colleges recogises that ot all people are able to read, write ad perform calculatios to the same stadard. To help give you a idea of the laguage, literacy ad umeracy skills required to study this course, you ca udertake the olie laguage, literacy ad umeracy tool available o the Ope Colleges website. This assessmet tool ca also help you determie your learig level ad pla your future studies. 5
COMPUTING REQUIREMENTS Hardware ad software requiremets: All users: Widows: Mac OS: Microsoft Office 2013 or equivalet Iteret coectio 4GB of RAM (recommeded for use with the Adobe suite) Adobe Acrobat Reader XI or equivalet Microsoft Widows 7 or higher recommeded 2 gigahertz (GHz) or faster processor (4GHz or faster recommeded) Mac OS X v 10.6 or higher recommeded 2 gigahertz (GHz) or faster Itel processor (4GHz or faster recommeded) You will also eed access to Macromedia Flash Player ad you are advised to have access to Skype ad sufficiet iteret badwidth to view olie videos, such as those available from YouTube. Audio-visual requiremets: You will eed access to software to view olie videos ad images, such as Adobe Reader, Widows Media Player, Widows Photo Viewer, which are available as a dowload from the iteret. You will require access to a DSLR Camera with either a zoom les or iterchageable leses ad camera software. You may choose to use a tripod; however, this is ot essetial. You might also choose to hire specialised lightig ad/or studio equipmet to take superior quality photographs for your portfolio, this would be at your ow cost but is ot ecessary for the assessmets. Adobe Lightroom You will be required to use Adobe Lightroom software. If you do ot already have access to Lightroom, Ope Colleges recommeds that you subscribe to the Adobe Creative Cloud Photography pla which will provide all the software, techical support ad traiig materials you will eed for Adobe Lightroom. The Adobe Creative Cloud Photography pla is $AU11.99 per moth at the time of publicatio of this documet. Go to the Adobe Creative Cloud Photography web site for more iformatio ad the most curret pricig. Explore the maual capabilities of your DSLR camera. Use specialist Adobe Lightroom software ad discover how to use zoom ad iterchageable leses. 6
Piterest You will be required to create a social media accout o Piterest to display ad share your work with other studets. This accout is free. Facebook Towards the ed of the course, you will be required to create a Facebook page to promote your work. This is free of charge. Website builders At the ed of the course, you will be required to create a olie portfolio to promote your work. You will be give a list of suggested website builders to choose from. Some of them are paid ad some are free. SKILL REQUIREMENTS To successfully complete this course, you will eed to have proficiet computig skills. This icludes the ability to: Create a social media accout o Piterest to display ad share your digital work with other studets. use the computer, mouse ad keyboard with proficiecy, save files ad search the iteret attach ad use peripheral devices such as scaers, digital cameras, media storage (e.g., flash drive for photo storage) save a compressed file (.zip) save a PDF File avigate the iteret. Ope Colleges will rely o your declaratio that you have these basic skills. 7
THECERTIFICATEIN DIGITALPHOTOGRAPHY LEARNING MATERIALS Oce you are erolled i the Certificate i Digital Photography course, we will sed you your log i details for OpeSpace ad you ca start learig. I OpeSpace you will be provided with istructioal videos, a olie discussio forum (where you coect with your traier ad assessor ad fellow studets), ad additioal readigs ad resources. What learig materials are icluded with this course? learer cotet webliks, readigs ad resources videos ad other digital resources ews, social media discussios ad live chats. ASSESSMENT DETAILS Durig the course, you will udertake: OpeSpace is your virtual campus where you will fid istructioal videos ad cotet, ad egage with your traier. quizzes photographic assigmets a portfolio of photographic work. For more iformatio o these types of assessmets, see the Studet Hadbook, available o the Ope Colleges website. 8
STUDY HOURS The maximum duratio for the course is 12 moths. To complete the course i this timeframe, we recommed that you study ad practise a miimum of 2-3 hours per week. This is a guide oly the time take to complete your course will deped o your level of skill ad kowledge. SUPPORT SEVICES Durig your studies with Ope Colleges, you will have access to a comprehesive rage of support services. These iclude: ACADEMIC SUPPORT Your experieced traiers ad assessors are available i OpeSpace to aswer ay questios you may have regardig the learig materials or assessmets. Your program maager ca also provide you with advice ad support regardig the overall course. STUDENT SUPPORT The studet support team is your oe-stop service cetre for all studet admiistrative issues icludig erolmet, chage of cotact details, OpeSpace support, assessmet results ad certificatio. You ca access the studet support team i OpeSpace or by email or phoe. LEARNING SUPPORT The learig support team is a dedicated team of specialists that provide you with a comprehesive iductio to studyig with Ope Colleges as well as specific support if you ecouter learig difficulties durig your studies. Learig support resources, such as writig guides, are available i OpeSpace. You ca access the learig support team via your traier ad assessor or the studet support team. MORE INFORMATION? The Studet Hadbook, available o the Ope Colleges website, provides detailed iformatio o the support services available to studets. We recommed that you read the Studet Hadbook prior to erollig with us. COMPLETION OF YOUR COURSE Upo successful completio of this course you will receive a Certificate i Digital Photography Ope Colleges Professioal Certificate awarded by Ope Colleges Pty Ltd (Provider Number 90796). ARTICULATION PATHWAYS After graduatig you could pursue further study i the area of Desig or Photography, such as the CUV40311 Certificate IV i Desig (specialisig i Photography) or the CUV50311 Diploma of Graphic Desig. Please ote, studets who successfully complete the Certificate i Digital Photography will be eligible for direct etry ito the CUV40311 Certificate IV i Desig (specialisig i Photography), though o direct credit will be applicable. Coect with your experieced traiers ad assessors via OpeSpace whe you have questios about your course. 9
HOW TO ENROL Erollig with Ope Colleges is easy: Erol olie today. Just visit our website, select your course ad click Erol Today OR Erol by phoe. Just call oe of our friedly erolmet cosultats o 1300 853 033 Need more iformatio? We appreciate that choosig the right course is importat. If you would like to discuss your career or course optios, please do ot hesitate to call our erolmet cosultats o 1300 853 033 or email equiry@opecolleges.edu.au with your questios. 10
STUDY LEVELS AND MODULES Oce you are erolled i this course, you will receive access to Level 1, which cotais the first set of modules for the course. Whe you have successfully completed those modules, you will be give access to the ext level. Order of studies Module Topics Level 1 Shoot ad share: the DSLR camera explaied Level 2 Go maual: be i cotrol Level 3 Master outdoor shootig: daylight ad mixed light Level 4 Master idoor shootig: artificial ad mixed light Level 5 Get a grip o portrait ad weddig Level 6 Goig to the ext level 1: Automatic mode Itroductio to DSLR camera operatio Shootig i auto mode Lightig ad compositio I The virtual darkroom: Lightroom I 2: Semi-automatic modes Shootig i semi-automatic modes Lightig ad compositio II The virtual darkroom: Lightroom II 1: Program mode Shootig i program mode Lightig ad compositio III The virtual darkroom: Lightroom III 2: Maual mode Shootig i maual mode Lightig ad compositio IV The virtual darkroom: Lightroom IV 1: Photojouralism ad street 2: Actio ad ladscape 1: Iterior, food, macro ad product 2: Cocerts, party ad corporate evets Photojouralism: defiitio, techique ad tactics, equipmet, ethics ad legal cosideratios Street : defiitio, techique ad tactics, equipmet, ethics ad legal cosideratios The virtual darkroom: Lightroom V Actio ad ladscape The virtual darkroom: Lightroom VI Iterior, food, macro ad product The virtual darkroom: Lightroom VII Cocerts, party ad corporate evets The virtual darkroom: Lightroom VIII 1: Portrait Portrait : colour ad black ad white The virtual darkroom: Lightroom IX 2: Weddig Weddig : colour ad black ad white The virtual darkroom: Lightroom X 1: Creatig your portfolio Creatig a prited or olie portfolio 2: Promotig your work ad Promotig your work ad freelacig freelacig 11 After graduatig you could pursue further study i the area of Desig or Photography.
Brooke Deerig I have foud it very coveiet doig the course i my ow time, at my ow pace olie. If it were t for this course, I probably would ever have bee able to achieve my dream of owig my ow busiess. Brooke Deerig, Ope Colleges studet
Ope College of Accoutig ad Fiace Ope College of Aged Care Ope College of Aimal ad Pet Care Ope College of Art ad Desig Ope College of Beauty Ope College of Busiess, Maagemet ad Marketig Ope College of Child Care OUR PARTNERS College of Fashio Desig ICM Traiig Natioal Safety Coucil of Australia North Coast TAFE Explore your subject ad discover what makes a good photograph great. Ope College of Commuity Services Ope College of Cousellig ad Coachig Ope College of Fitess Ope College of Health Care Ope College of Iformatio Techology Ope College of Natural Therapies Ope College of Photography Ope College of Teachig ad Traiig Ope College of Techical Trades ad Laguages Ope College of Tourism ad Hospitality Australia College of Jouralism 13