DIPLOMA OF PHOTO IMAGING

Torrens University Australia

About

If you’re a keen photographer who’s ready to take your skills to the next level and perhaps make photography your career, this diploma course will be perfect for you.

It will give you a broad base of generalist photo imaging knowledge and experience.

Interweaving theory and practice, you will gain skills in using software, such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Premiere, as well as the know-how to use equipment such as DSLR cameras, studio lighting, video rigs, and more.

You’ll explore both still image and video formats, and learn real workplace procedures so you have the confidence to manage many types of photography assignments from start to finish.

With exercises grounded in industry practice and access to studio spaces even outside of class hours, you can refine your skills and experiment with different techniques.

Guided by lecturers who are professional photographers, you’ll identify and explore your own personal style.

And all the work you produce in the course will help build your professional portfolio – putting the spotlight on your creativity to impress clients or potential employers.

You will graduate as a curious, independent thinker with the skills that you need to experiment with photography in different ways.

As smart, passionate photographers, our graduates never stop learning and developing their own style.

Structure

LEVEL 100

  • Core Units
  • DPPIVL100 Visual Language of Photography
  • DIG104A Motion Design
  • DPPIFO100 Folio
  • DPPIPR100 Professional Practice
  • DPPIDP100 Domestic Portraiture
  • DPPIPP100 Post-production
  • DPPMD100 Media & Documentary
  • DPPILL100 Light and Lighting
  • DPPIDI100 Digital Imaging
  • DPPICC100 Camera and Capture
  • WIL100B Work Integrated Learning

LEVEL 200

  • Core Units
  • DPPICO200 Commercial Photography

Learning outcomes

  • Identify and explore your own personal style and build a professional portfolio;
  • Explore both still image and video formats
  • Learn real workplace skills so you have the confidence to manage many types of photography assignments from start to finish.

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