Signed up for a photography course

[Rob MacKillop]

The fee is £250, but I managed to get an ILA grant for £200, so it's just costing me a fiver

T189 - Digital photography: creating and sharing better images - Open University Course

Starts in May. Ten hours a week, they recommend, for ten weeks. Looking forward to it!

 

[Pete Askew]

Sounds good Rob. Then at least one person on RPF will know what they are doing!!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Just wait until I sharpen my critical faculties!

 

[Hamish Gill]

sounds like a good opportunity to tout this place to some strangers ...
oh yeah, erm learning stuff too ...

Cant complain for a £5 eh!
Keep us posted on what you learn ... as Pete says at least one of us will have a clue

 

[Rob MacKillop]

I'll certainly mention this site.

 

[Pete Askew]

So, the course is £250. You get a grant for £200. And it therefore only costs you £5. Is there a maths module too?!

 

[Hamish Gill]

I'll certainly mention this site.

good man

 

[Rob MacKillop]

LOL. Typo. The course costs £205...

 

[Kev Pugh]

Good for You Rob, Reckon you'll enjoy it, I did my HND Photography & Digital Imaging back in 2009 and loved every minute of it

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Good to know. Cheers.

 

[Allan Batchelor]

It does sound interesting but the 205 bucks is a bit of a bummer

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Rob, looks excellent

I took a read of the curriculum:

The course will introduce the full range of basic aspects of digital photography including:

• ‘ways of seeing’ and the elements of composition
• the basic principles of capturing light information digitally (e.g. sensors, memory, file types)
• the digital workflow (capture, organise, edit and share)
• how to control exposure
• how to control focus and Depth of Field
• digital colour management – an introduction
• how to print and project your images
• how to technically and creatively improve your own or others’ images using Photoshop Elements.

That's a lot of very useful content - will be keen to see what you think as you work through it.

There's always something new to learn!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Yes, it seems fairly comprehensive for a basics course. I'll keep you posted. The Open University has a good reputation for having well thought out and planned courses.

 

[Hamish Gill]

I think you will certainly find you questions from the other day more comprehensively answered than we managed!
Looking forward to seeing your progress through!
If you fancied it, you could carry on your blog through the course... I reckon that would make for interesting reading!
No pressure though, I'm sure you will be busy enough!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

That's a good idea - I just hope I can find the time. But you guys will not be forgotten

 

[Dan Cattermole]

Fair play Rob! That's a great thing to do when starting out in photography.
Like bieng taught to drive through driving lessons, rather than teaching yourself through other rebellious means
Not that that's what I did in my younger days, but you see were I'm coming from!

That's an excellent thing to do Rob.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Cheers, Dan. Getting to do the course for £5 was a good motivator!

 

[Davie Hudson]

Me and Allan done a course a while back and similarly to yourself I done it on the basis I was getting it for nothing the course you're doing looks a lot better than ours though as I personally wanted more in the lines of studio and portrait (stuff i don't normally do) and ending up doing landscape( which i do normally do lol)