Discovering The Art Of Taking And Manipulating The Photographic Image At West Dean College
The digital age has meant that the art of photography is much more accessible to everyone, although navigating your way around a digital camera and the software that supports it, can be a daunting prospect for beginners. For intermediate and advanced photographers, working with tutors who are constantly pushing the boundaries can offer new ways of approaching the craft.
West Dean Colleges programme this summer and autumn offers a wide selection of courses that can give you all the skills that you need to produce stunning and creative photographs with ease. All levels of ability are covered from absolute beginners to advanced practitioners.
All picture making courses are suitable for digital camera users and for digital SLRs.
Picture Making courses:
Left: TimSavage, Centre: Jacqui Hurst, Right: RichardCannon
Gaining control of your digital SLR camera 11 13 June NEW
Course ref: WE1209 Course fee: £178 Level: Beginners/Intermediate
Explore the features of your digital SLR and maximise the quality of the images you capture, as the issues of various file formats, white balance, resolution, exposure techniques and depth of field are demystified. Tutor: TIM SAVAGE
Plant photography using digital cameras 24 27 June
Course ref: LW1243 Course fee: £268 Level: Intermediate
Get close to flowers, fruits, vegetables and trees in West Dean Gardens through your camera lens and learn the secrets of composing pictures and producing high quality images. Tutor: JACQUI HURST
Composing pictures in camera 24 30 July
Course ref: SS1317 Course fee: £572 (incl all dinners) Level: Beginners/Intermediate
On this week-long SUMMER SCHOOL, you will learn how to capture stunning images as you look through the viewfinder to avoid spending time on image manipulation. You explore ways of composing pictures and photograph at different times of the day. Gain confidence to switch off the auto setting and experiment with focal lengths and aperture, keeping a visual journal and producing a range of pictures you are proud of.
Tutor: JACQUI HURST
Visual photography 27 29 August
Course ref: WE1367 Course fee: £182 Level: Intermediate
Explore ways of framing images, considering light, subject and background while photographing on location and tackle portraits without studio lighting, with this award-winning photographer.
Tutor: RICHARD CANNON
Digital colour photography 3 5 September
Course code: WE1383 Course fee: £178 Level: Beginners
Find and create dynamic colour images using your digital camera in the grounds of West Dean and gain confidence in foreseeing the results of your photographs.
Tutor: HOWARD COLES
Creative photography for digital camera users 5 9 September
Course code: 4D1392 Course fee: £339 Level: Beginners/Intermediate
Learn to capture striking images. You are shown how the selection and interpretation of subject matter and digital camera know-how make all the difference. The picture-rich locality, including Chichester Harbour, provides many opportunities for producing a range of satisfying prints in black and white and colour. Tutor: HOWARD COLES
Art books linking photographic images, fine art techniques and texts
26 30 September
Course code: 4D1443 Course fee: £347 Level: Suitable for all
Combine words with photographic images to create an original art book contained in a slipcase. Choose any text as a starting point for working in the landscape of West Dean, and learn a variety of processes for manipulating your photographs. Your slipcase may also reflect the content of your personal art book. Tutor: ROGER POLLEY
Digital Image Manipulation Courses:
Creative digital imaging beyond the basics 15 17 June
Course code: 2D1226 Course fee: £187 Level: Intermediate
Expand your existing knowledge of digital photography further and learn to use Adobe Photoshop software productively as you study the development of images from their conception through to the final stage. Tutor: TIM SAVAGE
Wildlife photography using a digital camera 4 7 July
Course code: 3D1277 Course fee: £279 Level: Beginners/Intermediate
Learn and practise the principles of good wildlife photography on visits to local wildfowl and bird of prey centres, with your digital SLR camera. The tutor also reviews the basic rules of taking sharp, well-composed and correctly exposed photographs, before reviewing and printing in the digital studio. Tutor: STEPHEN WALBY
The digital darkroom editing and printing digital images 21 23 July
Course code: 2D1330 Course fee: £185 Level: Beginners
Explore the basics of image manipulation and digital printing as you are guided through the tools and effects used in Adobe Photoshop, first in group instruction and then through your own experimentation. Tutor: GEOFFREY KIBBY
Creative Photoshop for surface decoration and art projects 7 13 August NEW
Course code: SS1339 Course fee: £602 (incl all dinners) Level: Intermediate
On this week-long SUMMER SCHOOL learn to utilise Adobe Photoshop in an intuitive and inventive way for use in all kinds of art and craft projects. Develop your Photoshop skills on the computer and become more confident with photography, scanning source material and practical ways of making finished objects. Transfer your digital designs onto flat surfaces (eg wood, glass, fabric) with Lazertran products. Tutor: ALISON MILNER
Seascape photography with digital printing 10 13 September
Course code: LW1404 Course fee: £270 Level: Beginners
Experience the fascination of photographing the sea in taught sessions on location in the Witterings coastal area. You return to the digital studio to learn how to enhance these captured images effectively using digital software and printing.
Tutor: NEIL CRIGHTON
Digital action photography at Goodwood Revival 16 19 September
Course code: LW1411 Course fee: £322 Level: Beginners/Intermediate
Capture the atmosphere of vintage motor racing at Goodwood Revival with your digital SLR camera. The tutor gives trackside instruction and also reviews photographic techniques, composition, manipulation and printing back in the digital studio.
Tutor: STEPHEN WALBY
Photographing nature using digital techniques 20 23 September NEW
Course code: 3D1423 Course fee: £270 Level: Intermediate
Enjoy nature photography as you focus on the challenges of close-up and macro photography. A series of high-quality digital prints of your best images are produced following instruction on basic digital editing using Adobe Photoshop.
Tutor: GEOFFREY KIBBY
Creative digital photography 15 17 October
Course code: WE1488 Course fee: £185 Level: Beginners
Exploit the potential of your digital camera and produce good images, as you download and explore the editing and enhancement facilities offered by Adobe Photoshop.
Tutor: TIM SAVAGE
An introduction to digital image manipulation 29 31 October
Course code: WE1518 Course fee: £187 Level: Beginners
Learn the fundamentals of retouching, montage and image manipulation in Adobe Photoshop as you gain experience in working with filters, layers, masks, paths and tools, using your own digital image files. Tutor: MARK HOWARD
For those want moving images
Introduction to animation make a film in a day 25 September
Course code: 1D1432 Course fee: £115 Level: Suitable for all
If you've ever wanted to make a short animation film or wondered how Wallace and Gromit is created, this is your chance to learn more about the wonders of stop motion animation. Working in groups you learn how to model-make with plasticine, story board a simple story, make a 3045 second film and how to upload the film to YouTube and DVD. Tutor: OSCAR STRINGER
All courses are part of the year-round programme of exciting short courses on offer at West Dean.
BOOKING INFORMATION
For further information, to request a brochure or to book a place, please visit www.westdean.org.uk/college, e-mail [email protected] or call 0844 4994408
All prices quoted are for the course fee and lunch. Residential options from £85 for a weekend (Fri evening to Sunday pm) and from £228 for a 6-day Summer School which includes breakfast and an evening meal.
Partners who are not attending courses are welcome to stay at the College, sharing your room on a resident only basis, priced at £60 per night full board. Subject to availability you can stay for an extra night before or after your course from £60 per night.
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West Dean College is situated on the A286, six miles north of Chichester and six miles south of Midhurst.
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