At a glance
A practical course where students take and make photographs to communicate ideas, tell stories and explore the world. Students learn camera skills, editing and presentation, and how photography can shape meaning for different audiences.
This course is a good choice for students who:
- enjoy creative work using cameras and editing software
- like experimenting with images, style and visual storytelling
- want to build confidence presenting and explaining their creative choices
About this course
Photography helps students explore and understand self, others and the world through images. Students learn how photography has different styles and conventions, and how photographers use choices (like composition, lighting and editing) to represent ideas and communicate meaning. Assessment usually includes practical photography tasks and projects, supported by planning, reflection and short responding tasks.
Pathways
This course can support pathways into areas such as:
- photography and digital content creation
- media, communications and creative industries
- design, marketing and visual storytelling pathways
Some units you may study
Students complete 2 units for a Minor or 4 units for a Major.
Creativity in Photography
This unit is about the creative process in photography and how photographers develop ideas and style.
Students will:
- explore techniques and strategies used to create photographic works
- create photographs that express ideas about self, others and the world
Communicating Meaning in Photography
This unit is about how photographs communicate meaning and how different audiences can read images in different ways.
Students will:
- explore photographic forms, styles and conventions used to communicate ideas
- create photographic works in response to issues, with a clear message for an audience
Photography in Context
This unit is about how time, place and culture shape photography and how meaning can change depending on context.
Students will:
- explore photographers from different times and places and what influenced their work
- create photography that shows understanding of context, ethics and respectful representation
Narratives in Photography
This unit is about photography as storytelling, including constructed or documentary photo narratives.
Students will:
- analyse how images can be sequenced or shaped to form a narrative
- create a photographic narrative that communicates a perspective, idea or story
Arts at Gungahlin College
Arts programs include Dance, Drama, Media, Music, Photography, Visual Arts, as well as Industry skills programs Stage Performance and Live Production and Services. Arts studios and classrooms are fully equipped with high-quality technology and resources, including a fully operational theatre.