Urban photo course

7 hours of photo course

This group photo course explores a wide range of photographic techniques. The practical application will help the participant to organise his shots and to finalise his first photo projects. This course can be taken after a beginner's photo course or if all the points of the beginner's photo course have already been acquired. This 7-hour photo course is given in French in the pedestrian centres of Carouge and Geneva. (10h-12h one hour break at noon 13h-18h)

Programme of the urban photo course:

• Approaching a district, taking up architecture, orienting your photo project and your images.
• Preparing for a trip, identifying locations, anticipating your route.
• Approaching the public, shooting anonymous people.
• Complex creations and constructions, understanding visual perception.
• Constructing his shots and his stagings.
• Technical views and choices.
• Creating a natural light system, taking advantage of the architecture of the location to magnify your images.
• Commitment: The photographic road trip, the reportage.
• Study and analysis of the photographs taken.
• Distribution, copyright, image rights and legislation.
• Image management and archiving, building your series, your contact sheet.
• Digital development" and exploitation of the images for a better printed result.