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Whether it's a picture of the latest news event, or the bride and groom at a wedding, photographs can make powerful impressions on our lives. If you enjoy taking pictures, a photography school could turn your hobby into a career.
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The Art Institutes
Looking for a career in game art and design, photography, broadcasting or visual effects? The Art Institutes provides you with more than just hands-on training using the latest software...
Programs: Commercial Photography, Digital Photography, Digital Print Production, and Photography
Locations: Multiple locations throughout the US and Canada. Programs vary by location, and are subject to change without notice.
The following schools offer degrees in photography:
Ashworth College teaches students how to create effective pictures, and make prints both in the darkroom and digitally in its Intro to Photography diploma correspondence course. The course teaches the techniques of proper camera usage, including lens selection, composing a good picture, and the use of lighting and filters to create effects. Students learn how to develop film, and create photographic prints. Advanced topics include the use of digital cameras and the use of image editing software to create digital prints.
Get more information on the distance learning Intro to Photography diploma from Ashworth College
Antonelli College teaches students traditional darkroom photographic skills along with the latest digital photography techniques in its Associate degree program in Photography. In addition to courses in lighting, composition, and color, students learn the specifics of portraiture, studio photography, and photojournalism. The program also includes business courses focusing on the needs of the self-employed entrepreneur.
Briarcliffe College prepares students to apply the new technology of digital processing and imaging to the art of commercial photography. Students learn to apply digital graphic design theory to different types of photography as they prepare for careers in photographic editing, portrait photography, or new media artist. *
Brooks Institute offers a bachelor degree program in professional still photography. The curriculum is designed to give the student experience in situations which are similar to what they will find upon graduation. Upon completion of a set of core courses, students can choose majors in advertising, commercial photography, digital imaging, digital media, industrial and scientific photography, or portraiture.
Brooks Institute Visual Journalism bachelor degree program is designed to marry modern digital and computer skills with the traditional art of photojournalism. No longer restricted to the newspapers and magazines, today's photojournalists create picture stories for the Internet and other forms of new media. By providing an education in traditional photographic skills, digital camera skills, and computer usage, the program prepares graduates for this new world of communications.
Learn more about the Visual Journalism degree from Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara, California
Brown College helps students develop their artistic techniques and technical skills in its Bachelor of Digital Photography degree program. Students gain experience with photo studio equipment and printmaking as they learn different styles of photography, including portraiture, commercial photography, and photojournalism.
The Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston University prepares students for careers as portrait or commercial photographers with its in depth photography certificate program. Coursework includes basic photographic principles, digital imaging, instructor led shooting time, and business skills needed to start a professional photography business.
Hallmark Institute of Photography offers an intensive Professional Photography certificate program that features courses in Art and Technique, Digital Imaging, Design and Imaging arts, plus courses in operating your own photography studio. Using up to date technology, the program can be completed in ten months.
The Harrington College of Design teaches students the art and science of photography in its Associate degree in Digital Photography. Students learn the photographic principles and picture taking skills used in commercial photography, portraiture, and photojournalism. They learn to use studio equipment and software applications to create high quality images.
The International Academy of Design and Technology Associate of Science degree in digital photography program prepares students for a career in photography by teaching them the traditional methods of setting up and taking pictures, along with the latest techniques for using the computer as a darkroom. Students get hands-on experience in photographic settings from advertising shoots to portraits.
Ohio Institute of Photography and Technology provides students with training to gain an entry level position in one of several photographic fields, including commercial, applied, or portrait photography. The Associate of Applied Science in Photographic Technology degree program includes a number of general studies courses that increase the potential to rise to a managerial position later in the graduate's career.
The concentration in general applied photography gives students training suitable to gain a position in a full service studio. Coursework includes lighting, darkroom design concepts, portrait and commercial photography, and Photoshop. The Portrait Photography concentration covers additional skills in portrait work, including candids, weddings, and on location photographic shoots.
The commercial photography concentration teaches students skills necessary to create photos of merchandise and facilities for commercial advertising.
* These schools do not guarantee employment or salary.