Travellers make photographic documents of their experiences or use photography to explore unfamiliar cultures and geography. Their ultimate intention is to use their photographs to tell others of their experiences and observations. Photographs become an element of the traveller's narrative.

The principle theme of this digital photography course is visual storytelling. You will explore essential aspects and devices of storytelling as a framework for presentation of your travel photographs. You will learn how to research destinations and the photographic opportunities that are present, how to create a story structure, choose a point of view, plan and optimize your daily photographic activities, how to select and edit images, write and edit your story and finally, how to present your story. Various forms of printed, electronic and multimedia presentation will be discussed. Software for image management, archiving, and preparation of images for printed journals and travelogues, for audio-visual presentation will be demonstrated.

You will learn how to develop new attitudes to aesthetic, social, and psychological elements of travel photography. This will be complemented by an exploration of appropriate photographic techniques for various subjects and a discussion of appropriate equipment and travel security.

Note: A hands-on photographic workshop can be added to this course. Participants would simulate a travel experience by visiting and photographing a neighbourhood for a day. They would then produce a travel story presentation that is appreciated through discussion with fellow participants.

Course Outline

This digital photography course generally consists of 6 three-hour sessions. It can be extended by including an photography project, exercises in storyboarding, image editing and multimedia development.

	Photography Course Content
Session 1	Storytelling Planning Your Trip
Session 2	What to Take, What Not to Take:    Selecting equipment Photo Technique
Session 3	Seeing Perception Emotion Aesthetics Composition Approaching the subject:    Landscape    Flora and Fauna    Urban landscape    Architecture    Street photography    Social documentary    Urban iconography
Session 4	Travel:    Security    Research    Contacts    etc. While travelling:    Organising your day    Subjects and strategies  Appreciation of photos  Discussion of travel projects
Session 5	Putting it all together:    Image management    Archiving    Sorting and selection    Writing & Editing    Sound    Preparing for print    Preparing for multimedia     Production tools and software
Session 5	Appreciation of travel programs, films, lectures and books.