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Intro to Photography
As the world of photography evolves, so do our courses. Introduction to Photography is our cornerstone short course and the place to start your photographic journey. Enjoy an updated, relevant educational experience to master the foundations of photography and explore your creative side under the guidance of an established photographer/lecturer.
We are also proud to offer this course perfectly adapted for online learning with small virtual classes and ample one-on-one time with your lecturer, but at a reduced rate! Learn more about this below.
In-Contact, On-Campus Option:
Our course caters to the enthusiastic beginner to intermediate level photographer and takes a varied approach to teach the fundamental concepts of Photography.
Through a combination of theory classes, online resources, supervised practice sessions, and assignments, students learn both the theory and practical application of photographic techniques to take stunning images.
An introduction to visual literacy supplements the taught technical skills which, in turn, support the comprehensive lecturer feedback provided on submitted practical work.
This combination helps the learning photographer to develop a sound understanding of the creative opportunities that accompany their evolving technical know-how.
No camera? No problem! As part of this course, you qualify for a reduced-rate rental of an entry-level DSLR camera and lens kit from Orms Rental for only R1000 for the duration of the course.
Get the Deal!
Structure
The course consists of two sessions per week for four weeks. Classes are held on the Tuesdays and the Thursdays for the duration of the course.
Participants will need to complete homework projects in their own time.
Outcomes
- On completing this course, participants will have:
- A practical and theoretical understanding of the useful fundamental concepts of Photography
- An understanding of photographic composition and visual literacy
Course Fee Includes
- An reduced-fee rental of an entry-level DSLR camera and lens kit from Orms Rental for only R1000 for the duration of the course.
- 15% discount on print from Orms Print Lab for the duration of the course
- Student work curated and printed for an exhibition opening at the school’s gallery.
Online Option:
Enjoy an adapted version of our hugely popular Intro to Photography short course, from home! Classes will occur once per week through Google Meets, you’ll receive weekly video material to watch prior to some of the sessions and assignments to complete, and receive one-on-one critique sessions to improve your photographs both technically and conceptually.
Structure
From 18:00 – 21:00 on Thursdays.
Participants will need to complete homework projects in their own time.
Outcomes
- On completing this course, participants will have:
- A practical and theoretical understanding of the useful fundamental concepts of Photography
- An understanding of photographic composition and visual literacy
Course Fee Includes
- 15% discount from Orms Print Lab for the duration of the course
Online Version
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Intro to Video Production
Learn how to use modern video production equipment, including manual settings on various types of cameras, lights, tripods, and audio recording equipment, to produce professional videos.
Course Outcomes
- Know the different types of cameras used to produce video as well as tools for mounting cameras, lighting and audio recording.
- Know how to use the manual functions on cameras used to shoot video.
- Know the standard shot framings and video shooting rules.
- Know how to control the lighting on a shoot, including blocking and bouncing light and adding artificial lighting, to create standard types of lighting.
- Know how to record audio for video productions.
Included:
20% discount voucher from Orms Rental,
Structure
5 consecutive Monday evenings for 3 hours per session. This course is also offered as a One-Week option – running Monday to Friday.
CURIOUS TO SEE OUR CAMPUS? BOOK AN ONE-ON-ONE GUIDED TOUR HERE!
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Lightroom 101 for Photographers
Adobe Lightroom: Post-production and image management for photographers
Lightroom: designed by photographers, for photographers. Gain this powerful all-in-one image editing and management tool and learn how to import, organize, manage, and find your images, along with harnessing its’ image enhancing capabilities with our Lightroom for Photographers Short Course. Offered on-campus and online.
With the amount of digital images one generates these days, there is no getting away from and editing and general image management software. Editing images, outputting them to various media platforms, keywording, library collections, copyrighting, watermarks, are but a few of the Lightroom 5 features that can be as sophisticated or simple as you need, and an essential tool for any professional or hobbyist photographer.
Gain this essential skill with our comprehensive Lightroom for Photographers short course, with ample personalised attention and notes to refer back to.
Structure
4 Sessions. One Session per week. Once per week in the evenings / once per week day-time / once per week online.
The Daytime option runs from 10:00 – 13:00 daily for 4 consecutive days.
Included
Detailed notes on the work covered.
*LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE. BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL.
CURIOUS TO SEE OUR CAMPUS? BOOK AN ONE-ON-ONE GUIDED TOUR HERE!
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Online Programmes via Payjustnow
Now you can pay for your programmes with Payjustnow!
Take advantage of zero interest payment plans for courses hosted on online.ctsp.co.za
Please note that because we will need to enroll you manually in the course, access is not as immediate as it would be if you pay directly on course description page.
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28 Sep 2021
ON-CAMPUS COURSE
Intro to Photography
As the world of photography evolves, so do our courses. Introduction to Photography is our cornerstone short course and the place to start your photographic journey. Enjoy an updated, relevant educational experience to master the foundations of photography and explore your creative side under the guidance of an established photographer/lecturer.
We are also proud to offer this course perfectly adapted for online learning with small virtual classes and ample one-on-one time with your lecturer, but at a reduced rate! Learn more about this below.
In-Contact, On-Campus Option:
Our course caters to the enthusiastic beginner to intermediate level photographer and takes a varied approach to teach the fundamental concepts of Photography.
Through a combination of theory classes, online resources, supervised practice sessions, and assignments, students learn both the theory and practical application of photographic techniques to take stunning images.
An introduction to visual literacy supplements the taught technical skills which, in turn, support the comprehensive lecturer feedback provided on submitted practical work.
This combination helps the learning photographer to develop a sound understanding of the creative opportunities that accompany their evolving technical know-how.
No camera? No problem! As part of this course, you qualify for a reduced-rate rental of an entry-level DSLR camera and lens kit from Orms Rental for only R1000 for the duration of the course.
Get the Deal!
Structure
The course consists of two sessions per week for four weeks. Classes are held on the Tuesdays and the Thursdays for the duration of the course.
Participants will need to complete homework projects in their own time.
Outcomes
- On completing this course, participants will have:
- A practical and theoretical understanding of the useful fundamental concepts of Photography
- An understanding of photographic composition and visual literacy
Course Fee Includes
- An reduced-fee rental of an entry-level DSLR camera and lens kit from Orms Rental for only R1000 for the duration of the course.
- 15% discount on print from Orms Print Lab for the duration of the course
- Student work curated and printed for an exhibition opening at the school’s gallery.
Online Option:
Enjoy an adapted version of our hugely popular Intro to Photography short course, from home! Classes will occur once per week through Google Meets, you’ll receive weekly video material to watch prior to some of the sessions and assignments to complete, and receive one-on-one critique sessions to improve your photographs both technically and conceptually.
Structure
From 18:00 – 21:00 on Thursdays.
Participants will need to complete homework projects in their own time.
Outcomes
- On completing this course, participants will have:
- A practical and theoretical understanding of the useful fundamental concepts of Photography
- An understanding of photographic composition and visual literacy
Course Fee Includes
- 15% discount from Orms Print Lab for the duration of the course
Online Version
Send me more info!
30 Sep 2021
ON-CAMPUS COURSE
Intro to Video Production
Learn how to use modern video production equipment, including manual settings on various types of cameras, lights, tripods, and audio recording equipment, to produce professional videos.
Course Outcomes
- Know the different types of cameras used to produce video as well as tools for mounting cameras, lighting and audio recording.
- Know how to use the manual functions on cameras used to shoot video.
- Know the standard shot framings and video shooting rules.
- Know how to control the lighting on a shoot, including blocking and bouncing light and adding artificial lighting, to create standard types of lighting.
- Know how to record audio for video productions.
Included:
20% discount voucher from Orms Rental,
Structure
5 consecutive Monday evenings for 3 hours per session. This course is also offered as a One-Week option – running Monday to Friday.
CURIOUS TO SEE OUR CAMPUS? BOOK AN ONE-ON-ONE GUIDED TOUR HERE!
Send me more info!
9 Oct 2021
ON-CAMPUS COURSE
Studio Portraiture One-Day Workshop
Unpack the art of studio portraiture, come to understand essential lighting set-up and manipulation, and work in a full studio set-up to face and overcome shoot-day challenges with our unique and compact one-day Studio Portraiture Workshop led by our Academic Head of Photography and technical guru, Eugene van der Merwe.
Structure
One full-day session, on a Saturday, from 09:30 – 16:00.
Included
Refreshments, gear to play with.
3 hour studio time in the school studio on successful completion of the workshop (Subject to availability and school opening hours).
*LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE. BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL.
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6 Oct 2021
ON-CAMPUS COURSE
Lightroom 101 for Photographers
Adobe Lightroom: Post-production and image management for photographers
Lightroom: designed by photographers, for photographers. Gain this powerful all-in-one image editing and management tool and learn how to import, organize, manage, and find your images, along with harnessing its’ image enhancing capabilities with our Lightroom for Photographers Short Course. Offered on-campus and online.
With the amount of digital images one generates these days, there is no getting away from and editing and general image management software. Editing images, outputting them to various media platforms, keywording, library collections, copyrighting, watermarks, are but a few of the Lightroom 5 features that can be as sophisticated or simple as you need, and an essential tool for any professional or hobbyist photographer.
Gain this essential skill with our comprehensive Lightroom for Photographers short course, with ample personalised attention and notes to refer back to.
Structure
4 Sessions. One Session per week. Once per week in the evenings / once per week day-time / once per week online.
The Daytime option runs from 10:00 – 13:00 daily for 4 consecutive days.
Included
Detailed notes on the work covered.
*LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE. BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL.
CURIOUS TO SEE OUR CAMPUS? BOOK AN ONE-ON-ONE GUIDED TOUR HERE!
Send me more info!
14 Oct 2021
ONLINE COURSE
Online Intro to Photography
Start your photographic journey with our updated, relevant online educational experience to master the foundations of photography and explore your creative side under the guidance of an established photographer/lecturer.
Our course caters to the enthusiastic beginner to intermediate level photographer and takes a varied approach to teach the fundamental concepts of Photography.
Classes will occur twice per week through an online video conference call, you’ll receive weekly video material to watch prior to some of the sessions and assignments to complete, and receive one-on-one critique sessions to improve your photographs both technically and conceptually.
Structure
From 18:00 – 21:00 once per week.
Participants will need to complete homework projects in their own time.
Outcomes
- On completing this course, participants will have:
- A practical and theoretical understanding of the useful fundamental concepts of Photography
- An understanding of photographic composition and visual literacy
Course Fee Includes
- 15% discount from Orms Print Lab for the duration of the course
This course is also available as an in-person, on-campus short course that occurs in either the evenings, during the day-time, or on weekends. You can learn more about these options by following the button below:
In-Person Short Course16 Oct 2021
ON-CAMPUS COURSE
Intro to Photography
As the world of photography evolves, so do our courses. Introduction to Photography is our cornerstone short course and the place to start your photographic journey. Enjoy an updated, relevant educational experience to master the foundations of photography and explore your creative side under the guidance of an established photographer/lecturer.
We are also proud to offer this course perfectly adapted for online learning with small virtual classes and ample one-on-one time with your lecturer, but at a reduced rate! Learn more about this below.
In-Contact, On-Campus Option:
Our course caters to the enthusiastic beginner to intermediate level photographer and takes a varied approach to teach the fundamental concepts of Photography.
Through a combination of theory classes, online resources, supervised practice sessions, and assignments, students learn both the theory and practical application of photographic techniques to take stunning images.
An introduction to visual literacy supplements the taught technical skills which, in turn, support the comprehensive lecturer feedback provided on submitted practical work.
This combination helps the learning photographer to develop a sound understanding of the creative opportunities that accompany their evolving technical know-how.
No camera? No problem! As part of this course, you qualify for a reduced-rate rental of an entry-level DSLR camera and lens kit from Orms Rental for only R1000 for the duration of the course.
Get the Deal!
Structure
The course consists of two sessions per week for four weeks. Classes are held on the Tuesdays and the Thursdays for the duration of the course.
Participants will need to complete homework projects in their own time.
Outcomes
- On completing this course, participants will have:
- A practical and theoretical understanding of the useful fundamental concepts of Photography
- An understanding of photographic composition and visual literacy
Course Fee Includes
- An reduced-fee rental of an entry-level DSLR camera and lens kit from Orms Rental for only R1000 for the duration of the course.
- 15% discount on print from Orms Print Lab for the duration of the course
- Student work curated and printed for an exhibition opening at the school’s gallery.
Online Option:
Enjoy an adapted version of our hugely popular Intro to Photography short course, from home! Classes will occur once per week through Google Meets, you’ll receive weekly video material to watch prior to some of the sessions and assignments to complete, and receive one-on-one critique sessions to improve your photographs both technically and conceptually.
Structure
From 18:00 – 21:00 on Thursdays.
Participants will need to complete homework projects in their own time.
Outcomes
- On completing this course, participants will have:
- A practical and theoretical understanding of the useful fundamental concepts of Photography
- An understanding of photographic composition and visual literacy
Course Fee Includes
- 15% discount from Orms Print Lab for the duration of the course
Online Version
Send me more info!
2 Nov 2021
ONLINE COURSE
Video Editing: Introduction to DaVinci Resolve
Gain essential video editing skills
Our video editing course is open to all and perfect for those who have no video editing experience or would like to learn the basics of editing video in DaVinci Resolve specifically.
In this course, you will be introduced to foundational digital imaging principles, find out how to preserve your creative assets, learn how to correctly work with video and audio files in DaVinci Resolve, and enrich your technical skills with a basic understanding of powerful editing principles.
All of our lessons are highly practical with in-class exercises and optional homework so you will get to spend a lot of time familiarising yourself with the DaVinci Resolve interface and editing workflow.
Structure:
Once per week
Week 1: Digital Imaging & Media Management
Week 2: Intro to Video Editing
Week 3: Intro to Audio Editing
Week 4: Intro to Editing Theory
Week 5: Practical In-Class Narrative Editing Exercise + Final Assignment.
** All content and media used for the exercises are provided in class.
*LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE. BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL.
CURIOUS TO SEE OUR CAMPUS? BOOK AN ONE-ON-ONE GUIDED TOUR HERE!
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3 Nov 2021
ONLINE COURSE
Online Photoshop for Photographers
ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS
As an introduction to Adobe Photoshop, this course will teach you the essential fundamental skills and concepts needed to get the best out of your photographs. Learn how to adjust image tone and colour, make changes to selected areas of your photograph, repair imperfections, merge multiple images, apply effects, prepare your images for printing. You will learn how to combine these skills and others in an efficient, non-destructive workflow.
Structure
Five online sessions, Wednesdays 18:00 – 21:00.
Included
Five Online Sessions including:
- Five online learning sessions through 3CX
- Interactive presentations with VO and visuals that will guide you through the learning material at your own pace
- A live demonstration of the concepts explained with one of our expert-lecturers, which will be available to view after the demo too.
- Weekly homework assignments
- Live Feedback session with individual attention
- Examination.
*LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE. BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL.
