Fine Arts Photography

Next Courses
March 7 and 9 2010

If you have mastered the basics in photography and are considering digitally preparing and producing your special images as prints for display or an exhibition, then this course will provide lots of ideas and tips to achieve this. Triple ‘Australian Landscape Photographer of the Year’ , Nick Melidonis will share his thoughts on creatively seeing and selecting original images and the steps required in readiness to produce a fine art print. Participants will receive feedback on some of the images they have chosen as potential fine art images.

Requirements

Participants need a good understanding of photography; how to use a digital SLR and basic computer skills
Participants are asked to bring up to three images of their choosing for feedback on the review night. Images to be in JPEG format up to 1280 pixels on the longest size.

Course Content

Basics of good composition and learning how to see
Shooting for maximum quality; RAW vs. JPEG images
Pre-visualisation for better images
Choosing images for impact
Fundamentals of Adobe ‘Lightroom’ and ‘Photoshop’ for digital enhancement – the ‘Fine Art’ digital file
Preparing images for printing
Choosing a theme for an exhibition or a body of work
Options for displaying images

Course Dates, Times & Locations

See UWA Extension Course Calendar (Photography)

See Nick’s Calendar
Enquiries: Email extension@uwa.edu.au

Fine Arts Photography