The UAL Level 2 Certificate in Photography is made up of the following units:
Unit 1: The Camera: (film & digital)
Unit 2: The Photographic Project (film or digital)
Unit 3: Lighting and Photography (film or digital)
Unit 4: Digital Imaging and Printing (digital)
Unit 5: Process Film and Print (film)
No formal qualifications are required. However, a keen interest in photography and a desire to begin investigating it as a creative process with a view to achieving the qualification. Ideally students should have their own SLR camera (film or digital) or be looking to acquire one during the early stage of the course. Students will be required to document and record their work in sketchbooks.
You will explore a varied range of techniques through studio-based workshops, lectures, projects, and visits. You will work with both digital and analogue photography techniques, as well as editing your imagery in Photoshop.
Assessment is on-going throughout the course culminating in exhibiting work in an end of year exhibition.
Fees: £550.00
Fees Advanced Learning Loan: £0.00
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The cost of the course is £580
Who is it for?: The course is open to those with some previous experience who are wanting to continue investigating photography as a creative process. It is an accredited course and it is important that anyone embarking on the programme of study does so with a view to achieving the qualification. Students must want to pursue the qualification. For those wishing to follow a non-accredited leisure based course please see the Develop your Skills in Photography offer.
Career Opportunities: Gaining this qualification will be the first step towards a professional qualification in photography.
Next course available: September 15th, 2026
Number of Weeks: 30
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