Course summary

This course is the natural progression from the HNC Photography and enables further development and exploration of your studies to top-up your achievement to HND level. It offers a strong emphasis in specialist advanced techniques, opportunities for developing a personal style and guidance in producing a unique portfolio of commercial as well as artistic images, based around themed projects, including portraiture, photojournalism, landscape, fashion, advertising, etc. In addition, the course is underpinned by theory units and involves visiting specialist workshops. Walsall College is proud to boast its many industry links, in particular a dynamic partnership with The New Art Gallery Walsall. 500,000 images worldwide are uploaded onto Facebook every second. If you are an art student interested in photography, you’ll be glad to know that in recent times, photography has become elevated in status as an art and displayed readily in art galleries. No other visual medium competes with photography in its capacity for immediacy in capturing the intensity of the moment. There has never been a better time to study photography. Here at Walsall College, in addition to well qualified and experienced creative staff, we have an excellent range of industry-standard equipment, including large and medium format cameras, a large darkroom and digital post-production facilities.