Fashion Photography Specialist

  Italy

• Milan: 
Milan

Term: Throughout the year 

Description: Editorials, advertising, catwalks, events: photographers are the main players in the fashion scene, the eye through which the smallest details can combine into a stunning creation and shape not just fashion, but the whole pop culture world.

The course is divided into three modules:

Fundamental. All the basic techniques required to use a professional camera and arrange a professional set.

Advanced. A thorough study of the styles and trends throughout the 20th century and still relevant today, in order to provide students with a much needed cultural background for the reinvention of concepts, suggestions and shapes in their work.

Trend. Four shootings, four different concepts. A full immersion into practice for the creation of a photographic book with professional models. Students are committed to working in professional teams, displaying their own creativity and putting their technical skills to the best advantage.

Duration course: 324 hours
Duration single lesson: 6 hours
Attendance: from Monday to Friday
Hours: 9:30 - 12:30 / 14:00 - 17:00
Language study: Italian/English

The minimum requirement to participate is to be at least 18 years of age.

Highlights: Course Program:

The camera and its different types
Film and digital
Light quality and filters
Introduction to digital post-production
Practical exercises
Analysis of the image and editing
Photography during the 40s 90s
Fashion photography
Photography for advertisements
Professional team during photo shoots
Fundamentals of shooting outdoors
Fundamentals of photo shoot set construction
The photographic set in fashion photography. The actors and technical terms
Different types of fashion photography: beauty, commercial, fashion and glamour
Fashion photography evolution.
Main international agencies and the current cool photographers
Portfolio preparation
Visiting professor: the manager of a photographic agency
Italian and international fashion magazines
Advertising photography and photographic sets
Visit to a photographic show (to check the calendar)
The photographer for catwalks and fashion shows. Techniques and suggestions
Visiting professor: the portfolio of an international fashion photographer
Outdoor lesson on a photographic set
The photographic set in fashion photography.
The actors and technical terms
Different types of fashion photography: beauty, commercial, fashion and glamour
Fashion photography evolution.
Main international agencies and the current cool photographers
Photography for advertisement and setting the scene
National and international fashion magazine
Fashion show photography. Techniques, dynamics, and curiosities
Story board creation through ideas and images in fashion magazines
Casting for models and photo shoot location (indoors and outdoors)
Photo shoot: creating a personal portfolio
Photoshop: analyzing and editing of images
Booker in the Italian photography agency
Portfolio of an international fashion photographer
Make-up artist and hair-stylists
Visiting a photo exhibition

Degree Level: Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

Minimum Education: High School

Cost in US$: Enrollment fee: 600 Euro (EU) / 700 Euro (Non EU); Tuition fee: 6900 Euro

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Italy Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work in Groups of 8-12

Application Process Involves:

• In-Person Interview Required
• In-Person Interview when Feasible
• Other
• Phone Interview
• Written Application

Post-Program Services Include:

• Job and Internship Network

UpToDate Fashion Academy's Mission Statement: Uptodate Fashion Academy was established with the basic aim of developing a high quality educational project focused on specific and strongly sought-after branches of the fashion business. Since then, Uptodate has developed and specialized on markedly innovative sides of the fashion business, quickly building up a reputation as a distinguished, unique player in the Milan fashion scene and attracting an increasingly large international audience. The Academy's vision is to give untrained students the chance to turn into high qualified professionals thanks to intensive, full time programs steadily connected to the strongest demands of the current fashion business. Located in a two storey facility in the very heart of Milan, close to the major fashion streets of the city, Uptodate Fashion Academy relies upon a stunning location, internationally renowned teachers, a special and certified didactic method and a strong job placement service in order to provide students with the highest level of quality to study and learn fashion in Milan.

Year Founded: 2001