Digital Photographic Practice

With the completion of The Art Of Photography I start the next module with great enthusiasm. I found TOAP to be a challenge as I'd not even heard of a 'blog' and hadn't kept any sort of learning log since school days so from a technical point of view, starting the course was a big learning curve. TOAP gave be a sound grounding in all the project areas, all of which I enjoyed. I gained in creativity both practically and cognitively. The reading list recommendations started off as a mind blowing approach to viewing photography, but toward the end of the course, I started to understand what was being said.

I would have preferred to start People & Place as my next module as it appears to be more interesting to me than DPP due to the subject matter, but taking heed of the advice from the college I am completing DPP first in order to build a firm technical basis in order to move onto P&P. I completed TOAP in 13 months, I intend to complete DPP in less than this time, my desire to move onto P&P a driving influence. 

Digital Photographic Practice  - Course Aims

On successful completion of the course I'll be able to:

• demonstrate an awareness of the image quality expected in photographic practice
• use an effective workflow to develop images of the appropriate standard
• produce images with differing degrees of manipulation and understand tht ethical issues associated with manipulation
• reflect perceptively on my own learning experience

The course has five parts with projects and an assignment for each:

Part one - Workflow
Projects:
A sequence of actions
Histograms
Editing
Assignment one - Workflow

Part two - Digital image qualities
Projects:
Linear capture
Highlight clipping
Noise
Dynamic range
White balance and overall colour
Assignment two - Digital image qualities

Part three - Processing the image
Projects:
The value of raw
Optimising tone and colour
Creative interpretation
Black and white
Assignment three - Monochrome

Part four - Reality and intervention
Projects:
Digital photography and 'truth'
Assignment four - Real or fake?

Part five - The final imge
Projects:
Finishing
A web gallery
Assignment five - Personal project