SEG Level 3 Award in Photography

This course provides you with the opportunity to develop the necessary skills in photography, to enable you to gain confidence to become a successful professional Portrait and/or Wedding photographer. You will learn how to create a portfolio of work to showcase your talent.

At the end of the course students are able to attend a work attachment to gain additional experience in the day to day running of a commercial studio, helping with shoots, editing, printing and dealing with customers. Work attachments are arranged personally with the provider, (not via CTP) and are subject to availability.

Photography equipment is available at the studio for anyone who does not have their own.

“This course is very well structured and delivered.  The tutor is really knowledgeable and experienced in portrait photography.  He also has a great sense of creativity and is good at building rapport with the trainees.  With just four trainees on the course, we were able to make a lot of progress in just two weeks.  I would strongly recommend this course to anyone who plans to take up portrait photography (especially wedding photography) as a new career.  Finally, it was a really enjoyable experience.”
- Course Attendee

This course is delivered over 10 days face to face at our associates Studio in Christchurch near Bournemouth.

Course Outline

Unit Digital Photo Imaging Techniques R/601/2571

• Competently use and control of Compact and Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) cameras to control focussing, to include manual and auto settings
• Aperture priority
• Shutter priority
• Manual exposure settings
• White balance
• ISO settings
• File formats (e.g. RAW and JPEG settings)
• Correct use of light meter

Be able to download and store digital images from a camera

• Import images into an image management system (Adobe Photoshop & Lightroom)
• Appropriately store digital image files using professional image management software (Adobe Bridge)
• Optimise digital images for export for various purposes (Adobe Photoshop)
• Retrieve and output images for subsequent use

Be able to create and present a portfolio of photographs taken with a digital camera to a professional standard

• Visual awareness
• Control of media and materials
• Appropriate layout
• Presentation of imagery
• Precision and attention to detail

Be able to review own creative development

• Evaluate personal progress in relation to digital photographic practice

Assessment is by completion of

• Questionnaire
• Produce a 10 image portfolio submitted in 3 different outputs (ready for print, website, GIF/video for social media) to a professional standard
• Each portfolio image supported with an explanation of how it was created and digitally enhanced (Adobe Photoshop)
• Scrapbook/Diary to support their learning activities on the course
• Observation of correct use of equipment, health and safety at work and questions and answers throughout the course