SHORT COURSES

Photography – Basic Digital photography

Course code: H40E115
Type: Short Courses
Duration: 10 weeks
Subject area: Adult Short Courses
Location: Hereford
Additional Costs - £5.00,FE Tuition - £82.00

About the course

This course is aimed at those who wish to learn more about the basics of digital photography. These skills and processes involve thinking about how digital photography works.The course is suitable for those using a DLSR camera or android smartphone (iphone users are welcome to enrol, though there will be less technical information provided). The course will explore the many ways in which the practice of photographs can be approached, investigated, edited and displayed in both historical and contemporary contexts.

Topics covered will include:

  • How to make digital photographs;

  • How to edit digital photographs;

  • How to make a series of digital photographs;

  • How to crop digital photographs;

  • How to distort digital photographs.

Why choose us

Gemma Moore is a British socially engaged artist based in the West Midlands. Her latest projects have involved working with people living with dementia on a large-scale project called Durational Drawing, which has included making and documenting the project’s process. Other photographic bodies of work include the Feminist Persona Series (2021) which has won several awards, including the Sidney Nolan Trust Residency Award (2021) and The Mike Holland Award upon commencing her Masters Degree studies in Fine Art at the Birmingham School of Art. Her main photographic interests are the following – abstract, black and white, feminist performance photography and social documentary photography.

What you could do next

The college may schedule a progression course subject to demand.

Key facts

Dates 13th January to 24th March 2026 (no class on 17th February)

Times: Tuesday evenings, 6.00 to 8.00pm, 10 weeks

Level: Beginners

Venue: Folly Lane Campus

Tutor: Gemma Moore

Cost: Tuition £82 + Materials £5 = £87

Entry requirements

No previous experience necessary.