We have just finished finalising the new set of photography seminars, in collaboration with Calumet, which will run through this coming autumn. These will be both at the Birmingham Branch and also Drummond St, London.
Birmingham Branch
QTVR (360 degree imaging master class) - 3rd September
Digital Workflow (the basics) - 7th September
Introduction to Large Format Photography - 24th September
Introduction to B&W film processing - 1st October
An Introduction to Architectural Photography - 8th October
Introduction to Urban Landscape Photography (Spaghetti) - 15th October
Student Day at Calumet (what you'll need to get through your course) - 26th October
Introduction to Night Photography - 3rd November
Student - Business (what they don't teach you at college) - 9th November
Advanced Urban Landscape Photography pt2 (West Bromwich) - 12th November
Introduction to Interiors Photography - 19th November
Night Photography at the German Market - 18th December
London
Introduction to Night Photography - 15th September
Introduction to Large Format Photography - 13th October
QTVR (360 degree imaging master class) - 27th October
Digital Workflow (the basics) - 10th November
An Introduction to Architectural photography - 24th November
To register for these courses, view costs and make payments, please visit - www.calumetseminars.co.uk
All these should be on the system by Mon 5th September. For any queries regarding course content etc. please don't hesitate to send me an email: richard@emphasis.biz
Yours,
Richard Southall
www.emphasis.biz
www.richardsouthall.co.uk
Tuesday 30 August 2011
Monday 15 August 2011
New Photography Seminars at Calumet - Autumn 11
Over the last couple of weeks, I have been busily writing and developing the next set of Calumet photography seminars. These will include:
Introduction to Large Format Photography
Introduction to B&W film processing
Portfolio Development for Students
Introduction to Night Photography
Photography Business Practice for Students (what they don't teach you at college)
An Introduction to Architectural Photography
Urban Landscape Photography (Spaghetti Junction)
Urban Landscape Photography (West Bromwich)
Introduction to Interiors Photography
Dates for these seminars will be announced shortly. The student sessions will be open to all current photography students - National Diploma, HND, Degree and MA and will be at a significantly lower price than normal seminars.
If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Richard Southall
www.emphasis.biz
www.richardsouthall.co.uk
Introduction to Large Format Photography
Introduction to B&W film processing
Portfolio Development for Students
Introduction to Night Photography
Photography Business Practice for Students (what they don't teach you at college)
An Introduction to Architectural Photography
Urban Landscape Photography (Spaghetti Junction)
Urban Landscape Photography (West Bromwich)
Introduction to Interiors Photography
Dates for these seminars will be announced shortly. The student sessions will be open to all current photography students - National Diploma, HND, Degree and MA and will be at a significantly lower price than normal seminars.
If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Richard Southall
www.emphasis.biz
www.richardsouthall.co.uk
Photography education - 'food for thought'
I have recently come across a discussion paper by John Kippin (Association of Photography in Higher Education) entitled 'Why Study Photography' . It's an interesting read and debates the contexts and merit of photography education. However, its underlying arguments worry me and in many ways confirm some of my beliefs regarding how some academics view photography education.
There is a palpable air of distaste in the article towards the teaching of technique and key-skills and how this denigrates the value of their qualification. But they must now realise that both students and 'industry' are becoming all to aware of how ill-prepared and ill-equipped the majority of the graduates they are producing. I agree that research and contextual studies are extremely valuable in a higher level course but they should not detract from the teaching of essential key skills. Too many graduates leave these institutions with at best the barest knowledge of 'depth of field' let alone basic lighting skills and work-flow practice.
From long discussions with ex-students, photography degree courses seem to be in many cases a numbers game where institutions try to enrol as many students as possible whilst restricting access to resources and tutors. This has resulted in 'fofo' education - 'fuck-off and find out'. This is where a ill-prepared/over-pressurised tutor sends his cohorts out to research usually irrelevant or spurious subjects rather than tackle the core needs of the unit he/she should be teaching.
This practice was high-lighted in the various 'end-of-year' shows I visited this year, where there was little evidence in the vast majority of work on show, of any student reaching a minimum level of professional competence. More disturbing was that many of the students who I spoke to, had not been told by their tutors/peers how inadequate their work was. Only a couple had experienced a 'critique' in their 3 year education and then only once or maybe twice. So what may I ask were the tutors doing for the rest of the time. For photographers, of any level, feedback is their most valuable tool. Without it, we have no way to gauge or judge our progression and development.
John Kippen also claims in his piece about the high employee ability of photography graduates, but it is curious when other trade bodies have asked the association members for data regarding their ex-students, only a couple were prepared to comply and even that information was sketchy at best.
I would ask John Kippen and his colleagues at their next conference, to take a long hard look at their courses and ask the brutal questions about them that everyone is. Are they their just as a numbers game and a way of providing employment to academics or do they truly care about developing and progressing students in to the career which they are truly passionate about entering. Without the links with industry and the necessary skill set, these students will fail and not only that - they will also have a mountain of debt to deal with!
Richard Southall
www.emphasis.biz
www.richardsouthall.co.uk
There is a palpable air of distaste in the article towards the teaching of technique and key-skills and how this denigrates the value of their qualification. But they must now realise that both students and 'industry' are becoming all to aware of how ill-prepared and ill-equipped the majority of the graduates they are producing. I agree that research and contextual studies are extremely valuable in a higher level course but they should not detract from the teaching of essential key skills. Too many graduates leave these institutions with at best the barest knowledge of 'depth of field' let alone basic lighting skills and work-flow practice.
From long discussions with ex-students, photography degree courses seem to be in many cases a numbers game where institutions try to enrol as many students as possible whilst restricting access to resources and tutors. This has resulted in 'fofo' education - 'fuck-off and find out'. This is where a ill-prepared/over-pressurised tutor sends his cohorts out to research usually irrelevant or spurious subjects rather than tackle the core needs of the unit he/she should be teaching.
This practice was high-lighted in the various 'end-of-year' shows I visited this year, where there was little evidence in the vast majority of work on show, of any student reaching a minimum level of professional competence. More disturbing was that many of the students who I spoke to, had not been told by their tutors/peers how inadequate their work was. Only a couple had experienced a 'critique' in their 3 year education and then only once or maybe twice. So what may I ask were the tutors doing for the rest of the time. For photographers, of any level, feedback is their most valuable tool. Without it, we have no way to gauge or judge our progression and development.
John Kippen also claims in his piece about the high employee ability of photography graduates, but it is curious when other trade bodies have asked the association members for data regarding their ex-students, only a couple were prepared to comply and even that information was sketchy at best.
I would ask John Kippen and his colleagues at their next conference, to take a long hard look at their courses and ask the brutal questions about them that everyone is. Are they their just as a numbers game and a way of providing employment to academics or do they truly care about developing and progressing students in to the career which they are truly passionate about entering. Without the links with industry and the necessary skill set, these students will fail and not only that - they will also have a mountain of debt to deal with!
Richard Southall
www.emphasis.biz
www.richardsouthall.co.uk
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