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Photography for Beginners

Course Code
ARDE016A.FC
ARDE016B.FC
ARDE016C.FC
Start Date
22/09/2026
12/01/2027
13/04/2027
End Date
01/12/2026
23/03/2027
22/06/2027
Location
Ware Campus
Ware Campus
Ware Campus
Study Mode
Part Time
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This course will teach you the theory and practical skills necessary for you to achieve successful photographs, progressing gently to more advanced techniques.

You will need to bring a digital single lens reflex (DSLR) camera to the class.

How to book

Bookings for our Art & Design short courses and workshops can be made via our online payment portal at HRC Online Shop/Part Time.

Please add the relevant course/workshop to your cart before making payment via your online shop account, ensuring you fully complete the checkout process.

If you have not used our payment portal before, please click here and select ”Register for an Account”.  You will only need to register for an account once.

For further details regarding the booking process, please see the Further Information section below.

Term 1: Taught theory and practical skills, including use of shutter speed, aperture and depth of field.

Term 2 and 3: Practice the theoretical skills taught in term 1 in a variety of settings, i.e. still life, cityscape, landscape, motion and night photography. The focus will be on taking good quality, creative photographs using the camera rather than editing techniques. There may be an element of photographic manipulation using Photoshop on a Mac computer.

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A DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex) camera is essential.

This course is progressive, for courses starting in:

September – There are no entry requirements.

January – You must have completed term 1 (September).

April – You must have completed term 1 (September) and term 2 (January).

£130 for each of the 10 week blocks.

There may be an opportunity for on location shoots, particularly in the third term.

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This course is scheduled on a Tuesday evening, 19:00 – 21:00, at our Ware Campus.

All our Art & Design Short Courses are for aged 18+ unless otherwise specified.

How to book

Bookings for our Art & Design short courses and workshops can be made via our online payment portal at HRC Online Shop/Part Time.

If you have not used our payment portal before, please click here and select “Register for an Account”.  You will only need to register for an account once.

Please add the relevant course(s) to your cart before making payment via your online shop account, ensuring you fully complete the checkout process.

Once your booking/payment has been processed on our system, you will receive an email confirming your booking (please allow 3-5 working days for this).

The Department will contact you via email with start-up instructions approximately 1 week before the start of the course.

Please monitor your junk mail for emails from us as we are aware some of our system generated emails can end up there.

All our Art & Design short courses and workshops run subject to reaching minimum numbers.  In the event we are unable to run the course/workshop you are booked on to, you will be offered a space on an alternative course or a full refund of the course fee.

We endeavour to remove our courses from the website once they are full, in the unlikely event you are able pay for a course/workshop that is full, you will be offered a space on an alternative course or a full refund of the course fee.

For further information please contact our Information Centre by email on admissions@hrc.ac.uk, or to speak to an advisor please call 01992 411411.

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