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HND: Photography

This is a highly practical course where your creative photographic techniques will develop along with your technical and practical skillsets. Working in our dedicated photography studios and on location, you will acquire skills that are essential for professional/commercial success. Working on your own and with others on a variety of challenging photography briefs will prepare you equally well for employment or self-employment. This course also prepares you for progression to a degree at university. We will support you to become confident in how to manage your time, resources and photographic workflow and encourage you to explore a wide range of photographic techniques including darkroom/wet process using film and paper.

Course information

Level:

SCQF Level 8

Duration:

  • One year full-time
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What skills will I learn?

  • Camera Skills
  • Composition Skills
  • Image Editing Skills
  • Lighting Skills
  • Research Skills
  • Planning, Presenting and Evaluating Skills
  • Teamworking Skills
  • Communication Skills
  • Ethical Practice
  • Digital File Handling including Metadata
  • Colour Management
  • Entrepreneurial Skills
  • Portfolio and Self-Promotion 

What will I study?

HND Year 2 SCQF Level 8
  • Exhibition
  • Photojournalism
  • Advertising
  • Graded Unit 2
  • Alternative Processes
  • StockSocial
  • Business
  • Creative Industries
  • Advanced Image Editing
  • Landscape
  • Environmental

Application Information

What further study options are available?


  • Photography degrees at university

What career opportunities are there?

  • Self-Employed Photographer
  • Photography Assistant
  • Junior Photographer
  • Image Editor
  • Press/ Social Media photographer