BASIC PHOTOGRAPHY COURSES

3 months or 5 weeks

The Darkroom Course introduces students to the fundamentals of black & white printing in our fully equipped Professional Darkroom.
Our Digital Imaging Courses start from introductory Adobe Photoshop CS5 courses through to advanced Photoshop CS5, Bridge CS5 and Lightroom 3 courses covering colour management, workflow, compositing and retouching.
The Basic Photography Course is an ideal course to learn more about your camera, composition. In this course the Darkroom Course and the Digital Imaging Course are combined.

We offer this Course also as a special SUMMER & WINTERCOURSE. These courses take 5 days and are an ideal way to learn more about your camera, composition, Amsterdam and how to start creating your own portfolio.

Our courses are presented in a relaxed atmosphere where student involvement is encouraged, feedback is important, and the instructors are always available to answer questions. All our courses include supervised photography on location in or near Amsterdam.

Students comments:

Julia Homayoun-Nejad

I just finished the beginner’s digital 3 day course. I have to say this is by far the best beginners course I’ve done (and I have done a few). All the confusing technical terms and functions (and their relationship to each other) are explained in a straightforward way – we practiced until we all understood. In just 3 days I learnt much more than I ever expected to and not a single minute was wasted or unnecessary. The course structure has a good combination of discussion, demonstration and doing. And because it’s packed into 3 intensive days – I learnt and remembered everything much better than on the longer spread out courses I have taken. I left inspired and itching to do more. I’ll definitely be back for the advanced course.

Liza Brouwer:

After having gone though the three days Beginners Digital Course, I feel like I have entered a new world! Taking pictures for me were always just the acts of “zoom” and “click” and since I bought a camera that can do more, I wanted to know more. The course was very well constructed and although there was a lot of technical information, the way it was presented by the teacher was down to earth and a lot of fun! I really recommend this to anyone who wants to make a start towards doing more with digital photography and photoshop.

Nardus Lamprecht:

I’ve been interested in doing a photography course for a while now and was delighted to find a course (in English!!) here in Amsterdam. After completing the beginners course in Digital and Analogue photography I can honestly say “I am hooked for life” I found the quality of teaching to be of the highest standard and I never thought it was possible to learn so much about photography in such a short space of time and in a very comfortable and relaxed atmosphere. I would highly recommend the FOTOfactory to any aspiring photographers!

Aravind Sakthivel:

After buying a DSLR, we normally try to learn it our-self and finally will be a point where you feel you miss something, a professional touch or professional guidance. I too had the same; myself using a DSLR in auto mode with default camera setting did not make effective use of Camera nor my photography skills. Fotofactory was one stop shop for my questions. Professional teaching. Practical examples made the course easy for beginers too. Highly qualified instructors and sharp subject matter, pleasant friendly teaching made it a very good work learning week. Fotofactory is vanilla available for foreinegers, expats I English spoken curriculum. Thanks for intenstive training and making me take off program mode from my camera!! Regards

Tze Moi:

It is comforting to know how much I don’t know and to discover the art of photography all over again. It is a good experience and with lots of fun and pleasure! Our teacher is a real photographer, by heart for sure and this is the most important factor for a photographer. I have been wondering, if adding more theoretical structure to Day 1 – About Camera; will kill the joy and fun of the course. {I thought – and have some idea on how to add ‘structure’ to the theory on camera.} I am looking forward to spending more time at the school starting September for the Full 3-year Course.

Mara Bouman:

I flew nine hours over the Atlantic from Sint Maarten to join this course “BPC.” I have no regrets, I have learnt a lot as a beginner and I am now enthusiastic to put it into practice. We had a very good teacher who demonstrated a lot of patience that made us all and me in particular feel very comfort. I enjoyed the courses very MUCH!

Astrid Dalsgaard:

Stayed in AM 10 days to follow the entire course (analogue and digital) and loved it. Tried out things that I have dreamt of for years – especially analogue photography. I now know that I will pursue visual anthropology and am on the look out for and old Pentax and a darkroom in Copenhagen. Perhaps also find time to show Photoshop who is boss behind the screen! Enjoyed it a lot and will seriously think about coming back for shorter courses in the future!

Jeanette Lin:

First of all, I would like to thank the FOTOfactory for introducing me to the world of photography. Secondly, the intensive 3 days of basic digital photography course is the best ever, now I’ve knowledge of photography, and how to use my camera. I highly recommend the course to everyone who really wants to know how to operate their digital camera. I was happy I did this, and hope will come back again!

Basic Photography Course:	€ 850,-* Sunday 15 January 2012
	€ 850,-* Sunday 11 March 2012
	*automatic payment.
Darkroom course:	€ 450,-* Sunday 15 January 2012
	€ 450,-* Sunday 11 March 2012
Digital Imaging Course:	€ 450,-* Sunday 15 January 2012
	€ 450,-* Sunday 11 March 2012
	*automatic payment.
Studio Location :	Westerstraat 187 1015 MA Amsterdam
Darkroom Location :	Bethaniënstraat 5-B 1012 BZ Amsterdam
Postaddress:	Westerstraat 187 1015 MA Amsterdam
Phone:	09.00-16.00 uur: tel. +31(0)20- 7766766
Program:	program

Costs are based on *automatic payment and excl. 0% VAT. Without automatic payment + 2%.


Included: Unless stated otherwise in the course description, we provide basic materials and equipment, tea and coffee and a certificate at the end of each year. On successful completion of the 3 years you will be awarded a Diploma.
Not included: Excursions, batteries.


For more information ask for an information brochure.
To enrol for one of our courses please use our booking form .
For application and portfolio requirements, please use our booking form.
Here you can see the program.

We welcome you to come along on a course day, so that you can experience the typical atmosphere and speak to other students. You will be able to see the lessons, see work from our students, and get more information about the courses we offer at the FOTOfactory. You can of course ask questions at this time and, in particular, meet a few of the students and teaching staff informally. If you wish to make such a visit, please fill in an information form and we will contact you.

If you need more information, please call us on +31 (0)20 7766766 or mail us: info@thefotofactory.nl