Level 2 Photography
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Whaea A. Jelicich.
Level 2 Photography
Students learn and engage within the context of Art Photography in New Zealand. Developing their technical skills, learning from established practice photographers and building up their own photographic practice.
Photography offers a dynamic avenue for student learning, as it enables them to foster creativity and explore their own unique themes and ideas. Through the process of creating, analysing, and presenting photographic artworks, students develop an understanding of visual literacy.
The course empowers students to work independently, fostering an environment where their creativity and problem-solving skills flourish, enabling them to enhance their photographic practice. It is important that students understand that this is a critical thinking subject and requires more than just taking photos to achieve.
Students are required to have their own DSLR camera and a device capable of running the adobe creative cloud software to take this subject.
Entry Criteria
To gain entry into Level 2 Photography the successful completion of a Year 11 course in Art is beneficial. If not, then please see the HOD Art before selecting this course as there are substantial costs associated with this course.
Students must also meet the requirements to study a Level 2 NCEA Award.
It is recommended that you have prior experience with digital technologies and are computer proficient, as work produced in this course is done through using Adobe Photoshop.
To do this course students will need a DSLR camera and a device capable of running the adobe software.
Equipment/Stationery and Course Costs
Equipment/Stationary and course costs
This course is a digital course and as such students are required to have a laptop capable of running adobe creative cloud. Students are also required to have their own DSLR camera.
Senior art curriculum costs cover things such as:
Access to all creative cloud software (photoshop, illustrator, in design), professional printing of external portfolios
Pathway
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is eligible for NCEA Course Endorsement.
External
NZQA Info
Visual Arts 2.2 - Use drawing methods to apply knowledge of conventions appropriate to photography
NZQA Info
Visual Arts 2.3 - Develop ideas in a related series of drawings appropriate to established photography practice
NZQA Info
Visual Arts 2.4 - Produce a systematic body of work that shows understanding of art making conventions and ideas within photography
Disclaimer
Course selection does not guarantee a course will be available or that you have approval to take a course. Final course confirmation is in January and depends on your final results and in rare cases, staff availability.