Photographing Japanese Culture For The World To See (5 Weeks)

¥22,999
Course Code: JCP101
Day: Fri Time: 19:10-21:00 Hours: 10 Sessions: 5 Semester: Spring Instructional Language: English Prerequisites: Basic computer skills and any type of camera are required. Location: In-Person (Tokyo) English Proficiency Level: High Intermediate, Advanced

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Course Description

This course will enable you to bring your photography to the next level, sharpen your eye, and direct your focus on the Japanese culture as a background to work with. We will explore how to tell a story, the power of editing your work, and how to introduce your images to a wider audience. Creating your own style and signature will allow you to have more control with where your images could be seen. The course will give you a bigger picture of possibilities of how to enhance your hobby of today and even make a career out of your photography tomorrow.

Learning Objectives

1. Each week, we will be exploring deeper the technical aspects of the camera and equipment that can be used alongside it, and with easy homework assignments to reinforce the weekly knowledge provided, can steadily share with each other the change in our image narrative.

2. This course will be providing a sound understanding of how to use the manual setting with SLR cameras and how these settings effect the resulting image.

Who should take this course

Anyone who appreciates still photography, but never quiet took the next step to explore their artistic abilities, this course welcomes you now to jump in and have fun with like minded explorers of this medium.

Textbook

No required textbook/Handouts

Instructor

Karl Doyle

Instructor Biography

Coming from an international photographic background, Karl has lived and worked in London, Paris, Miami and NY. He has worked alongside some of the most creative professionals in the fields of fashion, advertising and branding, including fashion visionary Thierry Mugler on many perfume campaigns for Clairns of Paris. Together with top fashion models, stylists and art directors Karl has traveled the globe and gone on to enjoy creating fine art photography, shooting in remote locations such as northern Mongolia and Iceland. Irish born and with a diploma in photography his camera has never stopped clicking. Now a four year resident of Japan, he documents the culture here in all it's facets.