Learn more about the academic programs we are delivering in Winter 2025. If you have any questions about part-time studies, please contact us.
Whether you are a hobbyist photographer, a serious amateur or just starting to learn about photography, join Seneca's photography courses to learn the secrets of professional photography along with digital imaging techniques. During these classes, you will receive instruction in many aspects of digital photography including composition and lighting to optimizing images in Photoshop.
Students are expected to bring their own digital manual camera to class and memory cards.
Hobbyist photographers may be interested in completing our Creative Photography program.
Part-time Studies courses are being offered in either of the following four formats: Online, Flexible, In-person, Hybrid. Click Availability below to see current offerings.
A workshop for small or home-based business owners (non-photographers) interested in capturing images of their products. Learn basic camera skills, simple lighting techniques and photo editing to produce photos on your own. Uses could include marketing materials, web, portfolios or online catalogs.
This course provides students with the techniques, application methods, and technical skills required for wedding and event photography. The importance of proper equipment, lighting, and staging is discussed.
This course combines appreciation of photography with technical instruction and creative investigation. The use of f-stops, shutter speeds, metering and the building blocks of composition including subject selection and the rule of thirds are highlighted. Available light shooting and use of flash lighting is also introduced. Students must bring their own 35mm or digital camera (no autofocus cameras please).
This course is for those with some mastery of the camera, its controls, subject selection and composition. Students learn to control light by use of reflectors and gain a sense of composition and cropping in terms of personal perspective. Creative camera use is highlighted. Students must provide their own manual 35mm or digital manual camera (no point and shoot cameras please).
This course is for those who have mastered their camera, its controls and their functions. Students learn to control light by use of reflectors and ambient and halogen light. The use of on camera flash and strobe lighting and the application of natural light including the use of light/flash meters is discussed. Students must provide their own manual 35mm or digital manual camera (no point and shoot cameras please).
Photography I will introduce students to the technical and artistic world of digital photography. Students will learn to use the camera as a visualization tool for understanding light and composition. Using standard principles of design and composition within a frame, students will compose, shoot and analyze images taken with digital cameras.
This hands-on course begins with the core features of photo manipulation and continues with advanced functions that focus on measurable improvements in productivity and speed. Topics include using layers to build composite images, adjusting tonality, retouching images, using filters, feathering photos, masking, colour range selection, professional retouching skills, systematic image analysis, filter technology, advanced composite images and colour models.
Maria Graziosi
Program Assistant
maria.graziosi@senecapolytechnic.ca
Melanie Rubens
Program Coordinator
melanie.rubens@senecapolytechnic.ca
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