Program Photography School in English - KSA

1. FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY
You’ll learn how to work with light, and learn the basics of photo composition. We will help you bring out your own style of photography, and you will leave the studio with photos for your portfolio. During the class, you will work with a professional model and a fashion designer / stylist from the School of Fashion Design.

• Preparation of editorial and commercial session according to modern standards.
• Commercial session: budget, cost estimate, client agreement.
• Costing of a commercial session – what it includes.
• Equipment selection.
• From inspiration to photo selection.
• Studio lighting: honeycomb, softbox, beauty dish.
• Lighting elements with different colors, textures.
• Post-production of a large number of images
• Planning shots with a large number of clothing elements.
• Artistic fashion photography.
• The effect of the unusualness of the photo.
• Long exposure times, light painting, double exposure, etc.
• Wrong aesthetics.
• Use of photo editing software: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Bridge, Adobe Lightroom.

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2. COMPUTER LAB
The subject Computer Lab is designed to teach the student to work with Adobe Photoshop and other programs that one uses in professional work with photography in the digital space. It’s not just about digital photo manipulation, but also about the creative use of the acquired skills in working on computer programs. From photorealistic digital manipulation with a photographic image (photomontage, …), to combining photographic media with other digital media (photographic animation, …), to interactive computer work (website …).
PhD Błoński Tomáš Agat
Fotografia jest dziś artystycznie używana w różnych dziedzinach naszego życia. Studenci  uczą się podstaw programów, i aplikacji pakietu Adobe do łączenia fotografii z innymi kierunkami sztuki wizualnej oraz retuszu zdjęć.
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Bridge, Adobe Lightroom
Graphic design (Graphic Design): Illustrator, InDesign
Video: Premiere Pro lub After Effects
Social Media and Internet: Xd, Spark
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3. WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY
Working with a professional model. Photos for your portfolio.

• Basic issues in working with clients
• The most important frames in wedding photography.
• Crisis situations.
• How to show the love of the newlyweds
• Glamour, or a beautiful bride.
• The contract. Legal issues.
• Photographic equipment.
• Difficult lighting conditions. The search for beautiful light.
• How to turn rain, fog, clouds into photo assets.
• What to do when light is scarce. – Indoor photography.
• Several light sources and mixing lights of different color temperatures.
• How to flash – triggering one and more lamps.
• Artistic wedding photography
• Post-production of photos.

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3. PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY
Portrait photography is a compilation of practical classes, workshops and lectures. It gives students the opportunity for their own artistic expression but also shapes their knowledge of what was and is currently in art. The classes focus on classical portrait subjects and exercises related to studio and experimental lighting. The search for new forms of expression, darkroom work, the issue of commercial portrait photography.
After a year’s work, the student is aware of the formal and thematic diversity that fall under the title PORTRET.

Program:

• Composition in portrait photography.
• Light and shadow as a modeling element in portraiture.
• Depth of field as a significant element in the creation of a portrait.
• Perspective of a photographic image and what influences it.
• The issue of movement recorded photographically as a formal aspect to be used in the context of portraiture.
• The role and importance of the prop in portrait photography.
• High key and low key.
• The world’s greatest portrait photographers
• Interference in the process of analog / digital photography (modifications, interference, pseudo-solarization, etc.).
• Practical application of elements and means affecting the nature of portrait photography.
• Analysis and correction of works takes place throughout the semester.

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4. STAGED PHOTOGRAPHY
The subject of Staging Photography aims to develop photographic thinking and open it to other media in the field of art. Important is the photographic use of modes of expression such as object, installation, land-art, performance, happening,action, process art and luminography – light painting. The idea is to work creatively with light, space or time. The goal is to produce a photographic project in which the photographic medium is the final work, not just documentation.
In the end, a series of photographs is created in color, black and white chemical photography, digital print, photographic animation, interactive work, or other artistic work coming out of the photographic medium.
PhD Błoński Tomáš Agat
Topics covered include:

• from concept to post-production
• working with light
• long exposure times
• double exposure
• color, black and white, digital photography techniques
• creation of fictional reality, moving the emotions of the viewer
• the greatest creators of staged photography: Gregory Crewdson, Jeff Wall, Cindy Sherman

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5. NUDE PHOTOGRAPHY (CONSTANT PARTICIPATION OF MODELS)
„Nude” or „Body as a form” are the most common English names for the subject „nude.” We strive to go beyond these, and the work of our graduates is mainly characterized by great diversity. The school provides models or models, but a lot of work is created outside of classes. Hand-created black and white prints compete with photos after extensive processing in Photoshop. The best results are provided by a thoughtful idea, madness on set and focus in post-production.
Nude photography classes aim for students to create works that are aesthetically or formally more interesting than those published to date. A high degree of unrealism is required. All image capture techniques are acceptable. Emphasis is placed on manual post-production procedures, which produce extraordinary results when combined with processing with graphic programs.
Classes include:

• Law of authorship in photography- lecture and examples of the lecturer’s own experience
• Demonstration of the canons of lighting used in the act*.
• Taking photographs of nudes of a model or model engaged by the school
• Guidelines for performing nudes outside the school
• Discussion of topics and conditions for passing
• Consultation of individual works

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6. GUMPRINT TECHNIQUE
Chromate rubber is a 19th century technique, now experiencing a resurgence. Its advantages are the uniqueness of each print and its proven durability of several thousand years. Indeed, the image has the composition of Egyptian manuscripts. Papers of various compositions are used, chromium salts as a light-sensitizing agent, any pigments and gum arabic, which binds the pigment to the paper.
Other substrates can be used instead of paper. We use print-sized negatives and expose the image to the sun or a UV lamp.
Classes include:

• Clarification of the final image according to the assigned subject.
• Preparation of the substrate with gelatin and formalin.
• Preparation of the negative with the help of graphic programs or manual procedures.
• Preparation of emulsion with a composition in accordance with the creative intention.
• Application of emulsion on the substrate.
• Exposing the print.
• Developing the print in water.
• Binding of the print and author’s signature.
• All stages are consulted.

Classes are currently conducted „in real time,” although in the 2020 summer semester they were conducted remotely with satisfactory results.

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8. ADVERTISING PHOTOGRAPHY
During the classes at this studio, students acquire the skills to take creative advertising photography with high aesthetics, good production technique along with the application of an advertising slogan. During the exercises, all aspects important in advertising photography are covered: aesthetics, composition, post-production, idea, advertising slogan, technical aspects, lighting. Catalog and lifestyle photography are also practiced. The studio aims to expand the boundaries of creativity, following the saying that „the only thing that limits us is our imagination.”

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10. LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY

A classic subject, it teaches field work, the use of natural lighting and the art of composition. Landscape is the search in the surrounding space and the ability to interpret what we see. Students learn about the styles , directions and prominent figures of photographers in this field. They will learn about ways to make landscape photographs more attractive, as well as directions for their commercial use. Program based on outdoor activities. Short outings during the course of the class to carry out specific exercises and consult the results on an ongoing basis, as well as longer outdoor trips for the whole group to one place. Students also complete homework assignments, averaging one per month.

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