Digital Photography Course

Do you want to take great photos? Interested in understanding more about digital photography? This course covers everything from equipment, light and exposure, as well as composition, printing and scanning.

You will also concentrate on specialist areas like portraiture and landscape and Photoshop skills. This course will be valuable for anyone who wants to build and perfect their digital photography skills.

This course is split into bite sized sections to make studying easier and you have access to your tutor, who is available to help every step of the way. So Start Learning today!

Distance Learning Support

At Start Learning we pride ourselves on our friendly and supportive tutors. Your tutor support will start as soon as you receive your course and will be valid for 12 months. All our tutors are highly qualified with extensive experience in supporting distance learning students. You contact your tutor via email and they are responsible for marking assignments answering your questions and guiding you through the course.

Entry Requirements

No prior knowledge is needed although a reasonable level of literacy is preferred.
At Start Learning we believe that everyone should have the opportunity to expand their knowledge and study further, so we try to keep our entry requirements to a minimum. 

Recommended Hours of Study

We recommended you spend approximately 110 hours of your time studying for the Digital Photography course. The pace of study is completely up to you. To give an example, if you dedicate 2 hours a week to the course it would take you a year to complete but if you could spare 4 hours a week you could complete it in six months.

Course Contents

There are 12 assignments in the course - a combination of written and practical
Also included, there are 20 or so self-assignments that allows the student to build their knowledge on the main areas of photography in a fun and challenging way.
There is no word count for these assignments. However, you must prove to your tutor that you have fully understood the questions asked.

Unit 1- Key topics
History of Photography
Equipment and accessories
Light
Exposure
The Photographic process

Unit 2- Extending Skills and Knowledge
Composition, viewpoint and framing
Digital cameras
Data storage and transfer
Printing
Scanning
Digital image editing and Photoshop

Unit 3- Photography in practice
Specialist area - Portraiture
Specialist area – Landscape
Other specialist areas
Extending the single image
Section summary

Unit 4- Advanced technique
Further Photoshop
Digital Restoration
Careers and opportunities
Final Project Submission assignment

Qualifications

Upon successful completion of this course, you will gain a Level 3 NCFE Award certificate

Awarding Body Information

NCFE is recognised as an awarding body by the qualification regulators ('regulators') for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The regulators are the Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator (Ofqual) in England, the Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills (DCELLS) in Wales and the Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) in Northern Ireland. The course is recognised in Scotland by the SQA (Scottish Qualifications Authority).

Examination Centre

There is no exam as such, although you will be required to complete a series of tutor-marked assignments. There is no word count for these assignments although you do have to prove to your tutor that you have fully understood the questions asked.

Language of Course

English