Black & White Photography
Julia Anna Gospodarou, a multi-award-winning fine art photographer, teaches you how to take artistic photographs in black and white.
As you learn you'll be composing and taking your own black and white photographs in weekly assignments.
Choose Expert option for personal feedback on your photos from Julia Anna Gospodarou.
You'll learn:
- how black and white photography works as a fine art medium
- expressing your own artistic vision through black and white images
- rules for creating images
- composition for monochrome photography
- theory of black and white and fine art photography
- practical guidance on composing and taking photos
- processing RAW images into fine art prints (and 'photography drawing')
This course is suitable for those with a basic understanding of photography, but you don't need to be a camera specialist or to own high-end equipment in order to create fine art photography and to follow your vision. Julia will teach how to use the tools you have to express yourself.
Julia’s course draws on her experience of fine art architectural photography, but the rules and techniques she teaches can be applied to all kinds of black & white fine art photography.
She will also discuss a new kind of photography she practices, which she calls ‘(en)Visionography.’ She argues that in the digital age, photographic images have become less dependent on subject and camera and can be largely the product of the artist’s creativity in the digital darkroom
The Black & White Photography course will give you a fascinating insight into the creative thinking underlying the work of a successful contemporary fine art photographer, and in turn offers inspiration for students who want to explore their own creative path.
You'll need:
- A DSLR is required if you want better quality RAW images, but any camera that shoots RAW is good (mirrorless etc.).
- Also you can use film cameras and scan your photographs in order to process them further and submit them in your assignments.
- A wide angle lens or an over-all zoom lens to give you more freedom of creation, but you can use your favourite lenses too.
- A tripod
- A set of ND filters (my recommendation for ND filters would be a 10-stop + 6-stop + 3-stop one) if you want to work with long exposure photography in your assignments, but it is not compulsory.
- A camera with BULB function is also required if you want to shoot long exposures.
- Processing software, like Photoshop, Lightroom, Aperture etc., to which you can add your favourite plugins or other software.
- 'From Basics to Fine Art - B&W Photography' by Julia Anna Gospodarou and Joel Tjintjelaar as a way to enrich the course notes and deepen your knowledge in fine art photography.
The course includes:
- 4 on-demand video lessons - presented by Julia Anna Gospodarou
- lifetime access to the video, notes and interactive class
- flexible classes - join and learn when and where you like
- downloadable lesson notes
- practical (optional) photography assignments
- access on your mobile, PC, Mac or laptop
- small interactive online classroom chat online to students from around the world
Time to complete this photography course:
Every student is different but in general we think the whole course will take around 14 hours to complete including:
- Video lesson: 2 hours in total
- Downloadable notes 30 minutes per lesson
- Assignment: at least 2 hours per lesson
- Interactive classroom time: 15 minutes per lesson
- Tutor feedback review (Expert level): 15 minutes per assignment
Ready to get started?
Just add the course to your basket above - choose the 'Expert' option for personal feedback from Julia on your photos.
Any questions? Contact us by clicking on the orange speech symbol - we'd love to hear from you.