PHO2208 Photographic lighting studio

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   Demonstrate a sound practical and critical understanding of photography and the borders it shares with other art forms;

2. 2

   Explore further the camera-based approaches associated with 'constructed' photography, including digital and medium format cameras, tungsten and electronic studio lighting, photographic image-producing materials, design and art-directed approaches, staged/fabricated studio tableaux and constructions;

3. 3

   Apply appropriate Occupational Health and Safety practice to studio operations at all times;

4. 4

   Demonstrate awareness of the constructed approaches associated with 'fabricated' photography, exploring the construction of photographic 'reality' (including an awareness of the historical basis and contemporary application of these ideas), utilising a range of artificial and natural lighting techniques, and studio-based approaches (including the relation of photographic imagery towards its ad-mixture with other disciplines and approaches);

5. 5

   Understand photography as a visual language applied through producing photographic works suitable for folio presentation and developing ideas and imagery relating to projects in other studio areas;

6. 6

   Elect to undertake further units in photomedia with a view towards either specialisation or application of the media within other studio disciplines;

7. 7

   Understand and be able to apply the rules of occupational health and safety appropriate to the unit of study.