Jersey Arts Centre
Marc Medland https://marcmedland.co.uk/projects/
CCA Galley https://www.ccagalleriesinternational.com/
Glenn Perotte https://www.glenperotte.com/
ArtHouse Jersey
Sound of Colour ARRIVALs https://www.arthousejersey.je/our-work/the-sound-of-colour
Studying photography enhances your creative, social and cultural understanding, while developing your specialist technical knowledge around equipment, techniques and style
Jobs directly related to your degree include:
Jobs where your degree would be useful include:
Remember that many employers accept applications from graduates with any degree subject, so don’t restrict your thinking to the jobs listed here.
You’ll need a portfolio of your work to demonstrate your ability and style. You can develop this through work experience or volunteering, as well as getting involved in university projects, local competitions and final year degree shows.
Degree courses may provide opportunities for you to get work experience through placements and to undertake live briefs. Use these experiences to build up a network of contacts that can be helpful for finding work. Attending industry talks can also provide access to contacts.
You may be able to find relevant opportunities in image archiving, print services, framing services and photo developing centres within pharmacies, supermarkets and department stores.
Interpersonal skills are critical for photography careers, so any experience which promotes customer service skills will be useful, as is experience at events, particularly social ones, where you can observe structure and organisation and practise your photography skills.
There are many online courses and tutorials available which could help you to develop skills in photo editing and image processing.
Search for placements and find out more about work experience and internships.
Relevant employers can depend on your specialist area, which may cover:
Employers include:
A large number of photographers are self-employed and work in a freelance capacity.
It’s also possible to use your creative skills in related areas such as marketing and digital marketing, advertising, web design, graphic design, publishing and curating, where opportunities exist with a range of businesses and consultancies. Teaching is another option for photography graduates.
Find information on employers in creative arts and design, marketing, advertising and PR, media and internet and other job sectors.
Studying photography provides you with expertise in sophisticated photography techniques, such as composition, manipulation, editing, processing, colouring and visual effects, as well as practical skills in relevant technologies.
You learn how to curate and exhibit your photography and develop the marketing skills needed to sell and promote it. You also learn about the key legal, ethical and cultural issues around taking, editing and selling photographic images.
The course also allows you to gain confidence in relationship building between image maker, subject and client.
In addition, you acquire a range of skills that are highly valued by employers. These include:
There are a range of photography-related postgraduate courses available both in the UK and internationally. These courses may help develop the skills you need for self-employment, or improve employability in what is a very competitive field.
Some courses focus learning into a specific area of photography, such as clinical photography or photojournalism, while others offer a more in-depth look at photography generally.
Other areas of postgraduate research, study and training commonly taken up by photography graduates include advertising, design, film, editing, journalism, teaching and creative enterprise.
For more information on further study and to find a course that interests you, see Masters degrees and search for postgraduate courses in photography.
Over a third of graduates working in the UK six months after graduation are working as photographers or audio-visual and broadcasting equipment operators.
| Destination | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Employed | 78.9 |
| Further study | 7.8 |
| Working and studying | 3.8 |
| Unemployed | 4.3 |
| Other | 5.2 |
Graduate destinations for photography
| Type of work | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Arts, design and media | 42.9 |
| Retail, catering and bar work | 20.3 |
| Marketing, PR and sales | 7.9 |
| Secretarial and numerical clerk | 4.5 |
| Other | 24.3 |
Follow the 10 Step Process and create multiple blog posts for each unit to ensure you tackle all Assessment Objectives thoroughly :
OBSERVE: Identify and note details
REFLECT: Generate and test hypotheses
Once you have been instructed on how to use the lighting studio safely and respectfully, you will be able to use the studio during lesson times or in study periods. You must book the facility in advance via one of your teachers JAC / MM / MVT / CMK
You must always leave the studio in a clean and tidy, safe manner. All equipment must be switched off and packed away. Any damage must be reported and logged.
Types of lighting available
Still Life Photography and using the product table / copy stand
Still-life Studio Shoot:
You can choose to photograph each object individually or group together several objects for a more complex still life arrangements.
Technical stuff
Continuous Lights – photograph objects three dimensionally
Camera setting: Manual Mode
ISO: 100
White Balance: Daylight
Aperture: F/16
Shutter: 0.5 sec to 0.8 sec (depending on reflection of each object)
Lights in room must be switched off to avoid reflections
Continuous Lights – portrait
Camera setting: Manual Mode
ISO: 100
White Balance: Daylight Shutter Speed 1/125 sec Aperture f/16
Flash Lights – photograph images, documents, books, newspapers, etc or portraits
Camera setting: Manual Mode
ISO: 100
White Balance: Daylight
Aperture: F/16
Shutter: 1/125-1/200 (depending on reflection of each object)
Flash heads set to power output: 2.0
Use pilot light for focusing
PORTRAITS
Camera settings (flash lighting)
Tripod: optional
Use transmitter on hotshoe
White balance: daylight (5000K)
ISO: 100
Exposure: Manual 1/125 shutter-speed > f/16 aperture
– check settings before shooting
Focal lenght: 105mm portrait lens
Camera settings (continuous lighting)
Tripod: recommended to avoid camera shake
Manual exposure mode
White balance: tungsten light (3200K)
ISO: 400-1600 – depending on how many light sources
Exposure: Manual 1/60-1/125 shutter-speed > f/4-f/8 aperture
– check settings before shooting
Focal length: 50mm portrait lens
Task 1 Image Analysis
Choose a photograph from the wall, analyse, interpret and discuss
Add answers to sheet provided and discuss
Task 2 Photo – game
Roll the dice / Lucky Dip
Photograph the prompts around school site
Show on whiteboard and discuss
Task 3 Summer Task
Discuss and explain
Create a blog post that clearly shows that you can crop street photography images effectively and critically.
Make one of each and label them accordingly.
Remember to show before and after / screenshot the crop overlay to illustrate your process…
Save / export 12-15 images in a new folder in your M Drive, ready for Monday’s Lesson with MVT
You can use Photoshop or Lightroom or both
1 x landscape crop + 1 x portrait crop…zoom in !
1 x panoramic crop (vertical or horizontal)
1 x square crop
1 x circle crop
1 x multi – circle / porthole crop (3, 6 or 9 images)
1 x polygon crop (use polygonal lasso tool in Photoshop) eg TRIANGLE
Explore negative space by cropping out areas in an image
Combine your cropped images
OBSERVE – SEEK – CHALLENGE
SMB What camera function has been the most useful for you recently?
Why ? What has the function helped you to do ?
TPS What camera function can we used to change the depth of field in an image ?
CC Explain how this works and what the benefits are ?
You will need to make your own way to Havre Des Pas (swimming pool) with a camera / your phone. Wear appropriate clothing.
Park at Snow Hill if you need.
You have permission from parents and staff to join this activity.
Leave school at 1.45pm at the correct time…we meet at 2.20pm and then start our walk.
We will release you from La Collette area at 3.20pm
We will be focusing on urban, residential, leisure and industrial landscapes during the lesson in response to New Topographics.
You may also want to continue to photograph around the marina area / finance district / waterfront.
The route is great to photograph at night too…to extend your assignment and improve your mark you should produce more images over the next few weeks.
