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Griffith College BA vs Diploma?
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I’ve just graduated from a course that I enjoyed but never really wanted to do anything with. I’ve always had graphic design/photo editing as a hobby since I was about 14 and decided in the last few years that I wanted to go into a creative career, having spent a year as Design Editor in the college newspaper I decided graphic design wasn’t for me and so I went towards my other interest, photography. I’ve looked into it and I think the course in Griffith College is perfect for me but I was wondering does anyone have any experience in doing this course or any course in this area to make sure im making the right decision! The B.A is a new course and is three years and the Diploma is one year, you can do the diploma and have the option of continuing on to do the further 2 years in the B.A. I would like to learn as much as possible and wouldnt mind another three years in college so thats not really an issue. If anyone has any information or advice I would really appreciate it. Its been very difficult to get through to the departments in Griffith so I’ve only gotten to talk to the lecturers once at the open day!
Ring and ask for Hector Heathwood (or ask for his email address). He is one of the head lecturers and should be able to answer any of your questions.
Peter
I’m all for education and would never discourage anyone from doing a course that they are interested in of that may be of benefit to them. But I’d hate to see anyone waste their time or money doing a course that may not be appropriate. Ask yourself these questions before you decide to go ahead with it.
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What do you want to get out of the course?
What percentage of course graduates actually end up working in the industry?
How many well established professional photographers here have undergone formal photographic education?
Would you be better of doing a marketing course and assisting an established photographer to gain experience?Thanks Peter for the name, I’ll definitely try get in contact with him.
Thorsten, those are good questions and I have considered a lot of them before but its nice to have them out clearly in front of me, thanks. I think undergoing formal education to fully understand all the technical stuff as well as giving me a lot of practical experience before I go it alone is the best step for me. I’m very driven and want to know everything there is about something if its something im getting into so I think the best step is to just immerse myself in it for at least a year…dont know if that makes any sense! It’s a CAO course so I’ll apply in February anyway and I have until August or whatever (cant even remember anymore!) to research it all fully and make sure i’m making the right decision, not to mention save up some money for it!
I was hoping there might be someone here who has done this course before or is at least familiar with it to give me a first hand insight? Maybe not as the B.A such a new course.
I can ask what you want to do? Is it Weddings, motorsport, sport, landscape, press, studio or more commerical stuff? Or are you not sure yet, more kinda try it out and see what interests you most before falling into something.
Bear in mind you may need a quality portfolio for the course applications, so get out there and get snapping
Keep us posted on how you get on. I think a few ppl on here, including me, would a very interested.
I don’t think a portfolio is needed I think its a course you come out of with one! But i’ll double check now you have the doubt in my mind! I have a huge interest in fashion so the dream is to do something with that (the BIG dream being high fashion editorial stuff but that’s a bit far off now!) but other than that I want to photograph people, i’ve always thought people are so interesting and want to do something with that. So those are the area’s I want to get into and i’m hoping this course will get me the technical and practical knowledge as well as help me to break into these areas.
I’m all for education and would never discourage anyone from doing a course that they are interested in of that may be of benefit to them. But I’d hate to see anyone waste their time or money doing a course that may not be appropriate. Ask yourself these questions before you decide to go ahead with it.
What do you want to get out of the course?
What percentage of course graduates actually end up working in the industry?
How many well established professional photographers here have undergone formal photographic education?
Would you be better of doing a marketing course and assisting an established photographer to gain experience?Couldn’t have said it better. You said you want to work in fashion photography…that’s cool, but I don’t think a course is going to help you break into that area. Best way would be to learn as an assistant for a few years, yes earning crap money, but what it gives you is a foot in the door, a way to make contacts, then when you think ur ready, a freelance career in the industry might be possible. Industries like fashion, formula 1 (where I used to be), anything that seems glamourous from the outside is hard to get into…it’s a case of knowing someone already in there. That’s my 2 cents…best of luck with it!
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