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Photography Course
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Hi… Im really interested in becoming a photographer but am working full time at the moment. Does anyone know of any part-time/night/online/weekend courses i can do that would get me a recognised qualification? Im in Cavan and have checked it out around here and there’s nothing.
I have no experience at all just very snap happy!
Most of the courses I know about are in Dublin so thats not much help to you. Why not try the Open University and you can do it from home.
Peter
You can do a BA in Photography with these guys
I have their Photo I course. Materials ar every goodhttp://www.oca-uk.com/courses/photography
ndillane wrote:
You can do a BA in Photography with these guys
I have their Photo I course. Materials ar every goodGreat looking course
Has anyone done it or know anyone who has? Any comments?
They follow pretty much the standard Open University format.
I received a large lever arch folder with all the course notes.
The course author is a guy called Michael Freeman, allegedly “one of the world’s most respected photographers, he is widely published,with more than 80 books to his credit….worked on commissions for Time-Life, Readers digest and Geo”
He looks pretty accomplished to me !!!!
The notes are very comprehensive, although they don’t explain how to use the camera itself, I guess that’s what the manual is for :-> They essentially get you try something and then get you to analyse/think about it
You are assigned a course tutor (not Michael Freeman!) who will work with you.
The tutor I have been assigned, had her own exhibitions etc so looks pretty good to me also.
You have a lot of assignments that you work through and have to comment on.
You also get to do projects that you submit to your tutor who marks them and provides feedback.
If you want to work towards a degree you need to maintain your work book which you need to submit for overall assessment and grading. This costs extra.
I travel abroad a fair bit with my job so its impossible for me to do a regular course so this format has suited me in the past. You need to set aside about 6 hours a week if you want to progress. You get two years to complete each module.
I made a big mistake signing up in Sept as the dark evenings and wet weekends are not conducive to photography. I haven’t made a lot of progress to be honest (my issue) and have not submitted my first assignment to my tutor yet.
If you serious about getting a decent qualification it looks like a decent option, however if you don’t travel and have access to a local face-to-face based college I be inclined to recommend that. Alternatively you could combine the OCA course with some short face-to-face courses so that you get the best of both worlds.
If you want more info feel free to post. If you are in the Cork area I can show you the notes some weekend or evening. Mark (the PI admin) can vouch for me that I am not an Internet stalker :->
As I make progress (hopefully) I will post again
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