Course Summary
This award winning programme will provide you with technical, theoretical and professional skills. This programme offered is a three-year full-time basis or three-year part-time basis. Our programme will help you to build a strong creative practice with sound theoretical understanding to develop your own personal style; while many genres of the medium are explored it has a distinctly commercial bias. During your studies, you will enjoy a whole range of photographic processes; including traditional analogue and digital technologies. Throughout the programme our learners present their work and ideas to their peers; this enables their ability to pitch to clients, develop professional confidence and provides an excellent springboard for their careers. Applicants should have a passion for photography and be motivated to explore the creative applications of this medium.
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Career Sectors
This course prepares you for working in the Career Sectors below. Follow the links to get a fuller understanding of the sectors you are preparing for.
Language Options
* Time abroad utilising this language
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Entry Requirements
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The Student
Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests. If these interests do not describe you, this course may prepare you for work you may not find satisfying.
Creative
Creative people are drawn to careers and activities that enable them to take responsibility for the design, layout or sensory impact of something (visual, auditory etc). They may be atrracted to the traditional artistic pursuits such as painting, sculpture, singing, or music. Or they may show more interest in design activities, such as architecture, animation, or craft areas, such as pottery and ceramics.
Creative people use their personal understanding of people and the world they live in to guide their work. Creative people like to work in unstructured workplaces, enjoy taking risks and prefer a minimum of routine.
Career Progression
Our Graduates’ work has been featured in the likes of; Harper’s Bazaar, Hot Press, Vogue, The Irish Times, The Irish Independent, Irish Tatler, Irish Wedding magazines and the World Press Photo and National Geographic; some are working with fashion photographers in New York and London, while others have chosen to set-up as sole traders and run their own photography studios. Graduates will be in a position to enter the photographic and related visual media industries including freelance practice, commercial photography, fashion photography, sports photography, photojournalism, weddings and PR photography, curating, publishing, exhibiting, research and picture editing.
Further Research
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