Advance level
Kickstart Your Photography Journey!
By taking our course, learn how to take your photography, videography, cinematography, and editing skills up a notch. Is it that you want mastery of complex camera techniques, have the highest professional video standards that your work can achieve, or boost your knowledge of post-production? Let’s just say our course has all that and more.
You will get in-depth knowledge of lighting in photography, videography camera equipment, and other cinematographic tools such as a gimbal and focus motors. Finally, you will sharpen your skills in editing using Photoshop, Lightroom, Premiere Pro, and After Effects. Practically through exercise and project-based assignments, you can assemble a body of work for portfolio purposes in the industry, showcasing your capabilities and creativity in visual arts.
Course Features
Explore the features of Immerse yourself in the vibrant realm of photography through our accelerated Advance Level Course!
Multidisciplinary Advanced Course that inculcates sophisticated techniques in photography, videography, cinematography and editing for the dedicated learner who wants to take his skills to a new level in all those areas.
Dive deeper into advanced photography, with emphasis on advanced camera settings, lighting techniques, as well as professional portrait and product photography.
Expert Training in Videography and Cinematography would mean practice on how to handle cameras and shots, together with movements and how to use the wide range of camera angles in creating dramatic and interesting visuals.
Mastering Storytelling Techniques through careful shot selection, pacing, and editing to achieve maximum impact.
Artificial and natural lighting, as well as advanced lighting setups such as three-point lighting and creative light modifiers for photography and videography
Industry-Standard Editing Tool Proficiency: For example, proficiency in Photoshop, Lightroom, Premiere Pro, and After Effects to make student projects look professional.
Learn how to Build a Story from concept to completion, using creative skills in building narrative development, shot planning, and editing to create a well-thought-out and engaging project.
Discover Different Camera Angles: here you learn to understand the importance of shot variety, such as wide shots, close-ups, and creative angles for a more engaging story and images.
Specialized techniques for genre: portraiture, product photography, dynamic video shoots-all genres will be covered in an all-rounded approach to becoming a multitalented visual artist.
Final Project where students have to submit a portfolio that clearly demonstrates mastery over the entirety of subject areas including photography to post-production.
Course Content
This course at Advanced Level is created to provide fully immersive learning in photography, videography, cinematography, and editing. It is a perfectly balanced content where theoretical knowledge is supported by hands-on practice, ideal for aspiring professionals. Breakdown of detailed content of the course below
01. Photography
Introduction to Photography
Get refreshed with all these basic photographic elements and dive deeper to know what makes photography an art: techniques and genres - advanced.
Types of Photography
Find out about various types of photography, such as portraits, landscape photography, product photography, and street photography, and try to understand master each type.
Various Lenses
How various lenses, like prime lenses, zoom lenses, macro lenses, and telephoto lenses will affect your composition, depth of field, and your point of view.
Compositions
Know about the advance rules and techniques, and how to break them creatively so that your visuals are impactful.
Modes of Focus
Review multiple autofocus modes-continuous, manual, and autofocus-and discover which type is right for the photo you are shooting
Exposure Triangle
Understand ISO, aperture, and shutter speed; when to use them, and how to apply them in challenging light conditions to get the perfect exposure
Using Flash
Learn advanced techniques about flash on-camera and flash off-camera to supercharge your photographs: bounce flash, diffusers, and lighting ratios.
Advanced Portrait Lighting Techniques
Learn the lighting setups for professional portrait photography: three-point lighting, Rembrandt lighting.
Product Lighting
Learn how to make your product photograph appealing with the intricacies of product lighting focusing on reflections, textures, and angles.
Other Photography Skills
Additional skills such as working with models, directing, and location scouting that will give you a complete edge in your advanced photography knowledge.
02. Videography
Introduction to Videography
Learn the fundamentals of videography and what it entails-differentiating it from photography in terms of motion, storytelling, and planning for shoots.
Equipment
Know advanced video equipment including advanced cameras, stabilizers, external audio recorders, and lighting kits needed to produce high-quality video.
Camera Settings
Learn basic camera settings for video such as frame rate, resolution, and bit depth and know how to make the best adjustments for a variety of shooting conditions
Angles
Study of different angles of cameras, and how stories are affected through their use, such as wide, close-up, overhead, and tracking shots.
Advanced Lighting Techniques
Knowledge on the use of continuous lighting, LED panels, as well as natural light in video production and mastering the art of lighting in video storytelling.
03. Cinematography
What is Cinematography?
Understanding what makes cinematography different from videography, focusing on this element of visual storytelling that separates cinematography as art.
History of Cinematography
Study how cinematography evolved from its early development up to the modern digital approach, which also touches changes in storytelling.
Tools
Practice with a range of tools, such as cameras, tripods, sliders, and stabilizers, and learn how these help in the creation of the cinematic look.
Story Establishing
Obtain knowledge on how to visualize a story through careful planning on those shots, locations, and compositions that can best capture the best narrative for the audience.
How to Set Up and Use Gimbals
Master gimbals and stabilizers for smooth, dynamic shots-for quality cinematic videos.
Focus Motors
Learn how to get more precise pulling with focus motors; you can achieve sharpness even in complex scenes.
Angles
Explore the advanced camera angle and movement of dolly shots, crane shots, handheld techniques to get compelling visual stories.
Shot Selection
Master the art of selecting the appropriate shot for every scene by working out an equation of the composition, movement, and the moving storyline.
Movements
Master cutting-edge camera movements such as panning, tracking, and aerial shots that give your cinematography a professional touch.
Lighting
Understand Lighting from a cinematographer's point of view and use it to convey mood, emotion, or sense of depth in your storyline.
04. Editing
Photoshop and Lightroom
Master advanced techniques for post-processing in photography using Photoshop and Lightroom, such as colour correction and retouching, as well as compositing for high-quality images.
Premiere Pro and After Effects
Video editing with Premiere Pro and After Effects: key cuts in Premiere Pro, colour grading, adding transitions in Premiere Pro, and motion graphics and compositing as well as advanced video effects with After Effects.
Final Project Submission
There is a need for a final project that can take the shape of either a photography portfolio or a short video/film produced by capturing mastery of the skills that are learned in this course. The portfolio has to be at least 10 edited photos and possibly a video project on advanced videography and cinematography techniques.
Who is this course for?
This is an intermediate course on photography, video, and cinematography for professionals looking to produce the highest qualities of work. It will be suitable for those possessing a solid foundation in photography and videography techniques and who are interested in mastering professional standards of lighting, composition, camera handling, and editing skills. Whether you are hobbyist looking to make the step to professional work, a freelance photographer wanting to expand your expertise, or an entry hopeful into the creative industry as a cinematographer or editor, this course will give you the depth and the breadth required to succeed.
What will I be learning?
- The camera skills, professional camera settings, advanced exposure control, focus modes and the knowledge about lenses for specific photography and videography situations.
- Lighting techniques, both natural and artificial lighting, advanced techniques for portrait and product photography, and lighting for videography with cinematic effects.
- Skills of Composition and Framing: A more effective method of advanced composition, shot selection, and imaginative frame for photographs and moving images alike.
- Cinematography: Understand how to build from the top down how to pre-visualise, shoot and cut moving image in relation to storytelling, rhythm and pacing of emotions
- Master of Final Cut Pro Editing Tools: Industry-standard tools like Photoshop, Lightroom, Premiere Pro and After Effects, for high level photo and video post-production.
- Advance Cinematography: Shooting and working with professional filmmaking tools, which may include gimbals, focus motors, stabilizers, and managing angles and movement of cameras.
- Portfolio Development: Refined portfolio of shoots, lighting, and editing work in a wide genre.
- Creative Problem-Solving Ability to respond to real-life issues in shooting locations by changing the lighting, camera angle, and even narrative structure.
