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CaptureIt: The Art of Smartphone Photography – (Taster/Online)

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About this class

This is an online taster for the full course that will be held from Nov 6, 2024 to Dec 11, 2024.

Participants who are interested in photography but have no prior experience can learn the fundamentals of photography in this course using their own personal phones. This course will examine the key photographic processes and artistic elements related to making images through a mixture of lecture, demonstration, and hands-on tasks. These include camera phone operation, composition, lightning, editing and honing one’s photography vision.

Class Outline

Instructor and Participants Introduction

  • Welcome remarks
  • Flow and purpose of the session.

Participants introductions through photos

  • Participant choose a photo from their phone that they feel represents them.
  • Presentation of Photos and how it reflects who each person is.

Discussion on Photography

  • Discuss the reasons why people take photos, such as capturing memories, expressing creativity, documenting events, and telling stories.
  • Talk about different types of photos, including portraits, landscapes, action shots, and abstract photos.

Main Elements of Photos

1. Framing

  • Define framing and explain its importance.
  • Show examples of good and bad framing.

2. Storytelling

  • Explain how a photo can tell a story.
  • Share examples where the story is evident.

3. Composition

  • Define composition and its rules (Rule of Thirds, Leading Lines, Symmetry, etc.).
  • Show examples of good and bad composition.

Photo Assignment

  • Assignment details.
  • Participants to take a photo that incorporates the main elements discussed: framing, storytelling, and composition.
  • Participants share their photos and discuss how they incorporated the elements.

Materials needed

Please note: VCUQatar reserves the right to cancel classes for which not enough participants are registered. Already paid fees will be refunded.

Please do not purchase materials until VCUQatar has sent final course confirmation.

Items to buy/have for this class

  • Smartphone

Schedule

Start: Wed, 18 Sep, 2024
End: Wed, 18 Sep, 2024
Lessons: 1
Days: Wednesday
Time: 6:00 -7:00 pm
Location: Online
Cost: Free

Instructors

Tasneem Alkhatib 1

Tasneem Alkhatib

A documentary filmmaker and educator, Tasneem previously served as an Assistant Professor for Design and Digital Media at the Applied Science Private University in Amman, where she contributed to curating the university’s new major in Design and Digital Media. In 2014, she initiated a community-based arts education project with young Syrian refugees in Zaatari Refugee Camp, Jordan, and co-founded Another Kind of Girl Collective (AKGC), where she served as a producer and editor. She taught and facilitated multimedia projects with AKGC in cross-border collaborations based in New Orleans, LA. Recently, she began working in Qatar as a producer with a media production company, leading various commercial and corporate media projects, while continuing to teach media-based workshops across different sectors.

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