Special Event Photography Essentials

Special Event Photography Essentials

This certificate may lead to employment competency but does not lead to an Associate Degree.

This certificate provides students with the necessary skills to become a professional special event photographer. They will learn important needed skills from the understanding of how to manually operate a camera in a vast array of lighting situations, how to start and operate a photographic business, how to create a cohesive photographic style, professionally edit photographs, and create a photographic portfolio that is needed to enter the field of photography.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students should be able to:

• Understand how to create complete wedding and other event photographic packages for clients.
• Create a cohesive photographic style that applies to the chosen form of special event or wedding photography.
• Analyze the geographic photographic market to create a viable business plan that will be appropriate to attract clients in the chosen type of event or wedding photography.
• Produce a wedding photography or event photography portfolio of work to attract clients and represent the skill level of photographic work.