Re: SD card media

[howard <home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

karl shah-jenner wrote:

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: What is your target audience? (Yes, I know I should have asked that
: first time round!) . As a Uni course for experienced photographers, or
: experienced amateurs / semi-pros, your ideas look good, though I assume
: you'll also include photographic techniques as they are affected by
: digital cameras etc.


  

Karl: that was very helpful and interesting. My cohort, as I said are 16-18 years old students, but my course is taught to rank beginners, on a time allocation of 4 hours / week in the first year and 5 hours / week in the second year...different playing fields obviously!

Fortunately the official syllabus (from www.ocr.org.uk) has no demands on a specific knowledge base so my approach has to be:
Year 1 (a huge range of ability and attitude, and I have virtually no choice over whom I teach)

1. camera technique
2. wet processing (because so many colleges in higher education expect a knowledge of it)
3. visual skills - in taking and looking
4. research skills and language skills
5. and hopefully creativity, though that's hard on the back of the current English education system

Year 2 (selected now by end of year 1 exams)

1. digital techniques - but because of lack of hours, much of this is on a need to know basis
2. understanding photographs, language and interpretatiive skills
3. creativity (can be very challenging!)

As for me I'm just a hobbyist snapshotter!

Howard