Photography

What does the course involve?

Discovering your voice and expressing your ideas and emotions. This is what makes the Photography course so individual. We want to nurture your individual creativity by giving you lots of choices so you are always working from your passion. You will experiment with digital cameras and learn a range of photographic, critical and investigative skills to analyse, research and evaluate your own work and how it relates to the work of others. You will develop a range of photographic technical skills including lighting, camera skills and digital manipulation. Our excellent facilities include a dedicated teaching room with Adobe Creative Suite, scanners, laser printers and Nikon DSLRs. Studio space with an infinity curve and a traditional darkroom are also available to use in and outside lessons. You will have opportunities to work on live briefs, such as collaborating with music students to produce their CD cover shots. There’s also chance for you to visit international photography festivals like Format and other exhibitions in London and Oxford.

Course Outline

Components of Course
Personal Investigation – 60%
External Assignment – 40%

Coursework 
Personal Investigation: consists of two integrated parts
•     An in-depth critical, practical & theoretical investigative project and outcomes based on themes and subject matter that have personal significance.
•     An extended written element of 1000 words, which may contain images and texts and must clearly relate to practical and theoretical work.

Examination: Component 2 
Externally set assignment (Begins February of second year)
This component incorporated two major elements: preparatory studies and the practical 15-hour exam. The Externally Set Assignment consist of a series of visual and written stimuli, presented by WJEC. One of the stimuli is to be selected by the learner and used as a starting point to which students should respond in a very personal way by developing a portfolio of practical work and final outcome(s).
The practical exam consists of a 15-hour period of sustained focus work where students will create final pieces as a development of their preparatory work.

Exam Board
WJEC