 The Accademia D’Arte AD’A in collaboration with Thedarkroom International School of Photography of Florence and member of the National Association of Professional Photographers – TAU Visual offers Academic three-year Photography courses, Professional Photography one-year courses and Short Photography courses.
 Academic Photography course: The Three-Year Academic Program is designed to prepare the student for photography as a profession. Covering many different fields of photography, the course strongly focuses on the commercial aspects of the profession, as well as the creative side needed to pursue photography as an art form. The school's programs reflect the competence and diversity of the instructors; all individually professional photographers, they aided in the creation of the courses, drawing from their specialization in diverse fields to create a complete and comprehensive study of many different types of photography. Maintaining a high standard, the school requires the students to work of projects that they will be able to use as portfolios for entry into the world of professional photography.
 Professional Photography course: This course is conceived to offer a basic knowledge of basic photography. Students learn how to use a camera and lenses, principles of composition and lighting and develop a critical eye on framing.
They learn darkroom basics and will be able to develop on their own a b/w film and print photographs in the darkroom. In the second quadrimester they begin digital systems besides the traditional techniques. The program involves the use of Mac system and Apple Aperture to make an archive, to edit it and to do all photographic adjustments on the raw files..
During the course the students will produce some portfolios, both classic and digital.
The short courses offered by the Academy are:
Classic Photography course The Introduction to Classic Photography course is a basic course for teaching students how to shoot, develop and print black and white photographs. It is not a digital course, but primarily a darkroom course using traditional methods. This course allow the student to have a good knowledge on the camera and its functioning. Moreover introduces to the darkroom and its various processes. At the end of the course the student is able to shoot photographs in a conscious way, to develop films on his/her own, to print b&w pictures in the darkroom alone. The student will also have a basic of photographic composition and lead to develop a critical eye in Photography.
Digital Photography course This course introduces to the use of the digital photocamera and digital photography. Beside the use of the camera, the lenses the program involves the use of the computer and applications for editing and adjustments of photos.
This course is designed to supply you with a good knowledge of fundamental photography techniques such as depth of field, motion and angle of field.
Large part of the course will deal with editing the works produced, photo adjustments, portfolio making, slide show and multimedia exports.
Landscape and Architecture Photography course This course is primarily a introductory course to photography with a special focus on particular subject matters, such as landscape and architecture. A focus shall be laid on the history of photography, on equipment (camera, lenses, tripods) and on digital shooting techniques. Large part of class time will be spent on outdoor walking trips for shooting. Digital processing and compositional techniques will also be covered, with the use of Mac computers, apple aperture and adobe Photoshop. Emphasis will be given to practical work, both collective outdoor shooting and post producing.
By the nature of the course, many classes take place outdoor, in locations of particular interest for their view or sites with relevant architectonical buildings.
Fashion Photography course This course introduces to the use of the camera through the study of the specific matter of fashion photography. Beside the use of the camera, the lenses the program involves the use of the computer and applications for editing and adjustments of photos.
The course is based on a series of theoretical and practical lectures about the technical, cultural, visual and historical aspects of Fashion Photography.
The course will concentrate broadly on the technical aspects like camera, lens, exposure, lighting, settings, locations, use of flash units, portable and studio units, light metering. Post-production with Aperture and Photoshop will be part of the program and basics of the applications will be covered.
This course allow the student to have a good knowledge on the use of the camera. It introduces to the techniques to approach fashion photography and studio techniques; Apple Aperture and Adobe Photoshop are the applications used to edit, adjust and post produce the images taken. The student will also have a basic of photographic composition and lead to develop a critical eye in Photography.
Photojournalism This course introduces to the use of the camera through the study of the specific matter of photojournalism. Beside the use of the camera, the lenses the program involves the use of the computer and applications for editing and adjustments of photos.
This course is designed to supply you with a basic knowledge of photojournalism and documentary photography. It will deal with press photography, and some aspects of it will be discussed. Focus will be placed on the history of documentary photography through lectures and slide shows as well as on how to make a story. Great attention will be given to the choice of the right equipment, digital cameras, lenses, flash, applications for the computer and travel equipment. Some experiences would be made with field trips for on location shooting.
The lessons are taught in Italian and/or in English language.
At the end of the course students will receive a certificate of attendance (diploma).
The only courses offered by Accademy that are not held on campus are those of photography, which are held outside of city center and are easily reachable by public transportation.
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