MDS-20040 - Module Specification
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2025/26

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

none

Barred Combinations

none

Description for 2025/26

Creative Digital Image Production (Photography) places an emphasis on both creative digital photographic practice and theory. During the module you are introduced to different genres of photography and individual photographers work and asked pertinent questions about the definition and intent of the work as a mode of communication and its uses in the digital era. You will be able to advance both your contextual understanding of digital photographic practice, your own creative photographic practice and professional photographic skills. In practical workshops we will explore studio and exterior lighting, the use of different lenses and the variety of techniques available to the contemporary photographer using digital image making equipment. Students are asked to produce an individual photographic project and workbook which details your idea development and a critical evaluation of your final project.
Previous student projects have spanned a number of photographic genres including narrative, fine art (abstract and conceptual), documentary, studio, sports and street photography covering a range of subject matters such as the representation of women in sport, gender, consumerism, environmental issues, domestic violence, portraiture, memory and the family album.

To allow students to develop a critical understanding of photographic theory and practical skills in digital still image production by producing a coherent portfolio /series of images and a reflective analysis of their work in the form of a workbook.

Intended Learning Outcomes

plan and complete a coherent individual digital photographic project: 1
demonstrate critical self-evaluation of their project and its production process in the context of photographic theory and practice: 2
develop professional software skills: 1
acquire and apply enhanced skills in digital still-image production acquired during the module: 1
Demonstrate knowledge of photographic theory in the context of their own project: 2

Study hours

24 hours of lectures and workshops.
32 hours practical work in the lab or on student's own digital appliances and project research.
60 hours preparation and execution of the creative project.
34 hours on workbook developing the practical project idea and a critical evaluation of the final completed project.

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment