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PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE

There is nowhere better to take a course in photography than Rio de Janeiro; Brazil's burning heart. Capture the flavour of this beautifully enigmatic city with your lens on one of our professional courses for all levels...

Christ the Redeemer & Sugar Loaf Mountain, Copacobana & Ipanema beaches, Brazil's colourful people and exotic flora and fauna... all undeniably perfect photographic subjects. Rio is a menagerie of colours, flavours and LIFE. The enormous contrast between the lives of the rich and poor makes it a fantastic place to capture a real cross section of humanity, and explore how people live in our world. Set your imagination loose!!

Courses are available at beginner, intermediate & advanced levels to cater for any kind of student. However, the full time course is currently only available at beginners level. No specific qualifications or experience are needed at any level.

The photography centre

The Photography Centre we work with is the oldest and traditional photo school in Rio de Janeiro. It's a non-profit institution which was founded in 1951 and aims to “stimulate and advertise the art of photography”  The centre fulfills this mission by organizing indoor and outdoor photography courses, seminars, workshops & expositions and photo projections. It also teaches photography courses to everyone from beginners to professionals who want to improve their skills.

The photography centre is located around 15-20 minutes from your accommodation on public transport. For information on living in Rio and your accommodation, please see here

SPECIALS, EXTRAS & ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The full time course is aimed at beginners, and will cover many of the basic ideas and skills associated with photography. It's a wonderful way to get acquainted with photography in a chilled out Brazilian environment, while exploring gorgeous Rio de Janeiro!

The course will be taken over a period of 4 weeks, and courses run throughout the year. All lessons are taught in English and all course materials are in English.

2008 course dates:

	Spring Course : 3rd - 28th March 2008
	Summer/Autumn Course : Dates are flexible and will depend on demand. The course is likely to run in July or September. If there is high demand, we will run both courses.

You will have one lesson every day Monday-Friday, and each session lasts approximately 3 hours. The lessons will all take place during the week, to allow you the weekends for sightseeing and travel with your fellow students and other volunteers!

On the course, you will cover a variety of skills and ideas and have the opportunity to put them into practice in beautiful Rio de Janeiro! You will learn:

	How to use digital and film cameras
	Technical skills including composition, lighting & colour usage, flash techniques, exposure and filters
	Practical studio photography, including portraits and still life
	Practical outdoor photography
	A visit to a professional studio

You’ll be taught using videos, slides, enlarged photographs and your course book. You’ll also have access to all the different cameras and studio equipment at the centre.

The courses at the centre fall into three levels - basic, intermediate and advanced. The courses are all different lengths - from 12 to 24 hours total, and are taken as supplemental to a main Travellers project (for example teaching or coaching sports). Lessons will usually be run during the day or in the evening, several times per week, and we can arrange for lessons to fit around your volunteering timetable. Some examples of courses that usually run are:

Basic Courses

	Basic Photography Course – Digital and Traditional - 6 Weeks
	Photo Recycling Course - 2 Weeks
	Portrait Photography & Lighting (this course takes place in the studio at the centre) - 2 Weeks

Intermediate Courses

	Nature Photography - 2 Weeks
	Image Treatment (using Photoshop CS2) - 4 weeks
	Flash Photography - conventional and creative - 3 weeks
	Artistic Photography - 2 weeks
	The 'Language of Photography' - creating a photograph from beginning to end - variable

Advanced Courses

	Fashion Photography - 5 weeks
	Publicising & Marketing your Photography - variable
	Professional Social Photography - how to use your photography skills for money at events like weddings or parties - 3 weeks

All courses run with set start dates and these start dates differ throughout the year. If you're interested in a particular course, please contact us for course start dates. If you are interested in another area of photography, we can sometimes organise a course in this area - just ask! If you are a group, and would like us to tailor a course for you in a particular area, this is also possible.

Our courses are all practical, and most of them include the opportunity to take photographs outdoors. The part time courses are usually held in Portuguese. However, there are English speaking tutors at the centre who will be assigned to help out during your course, and will be able to translate all instructions.

Paulo is the tutor for all the full time courses, and some of the part time course.

Paulo Cezar de Souza has been a photography teacher with the “Fluminense Photography Society – SFF, for over 10 years. [Fluminese is a word used to descripe Rio and the surrounding areas] His decade as a teacher is currently being celebrated with an exposition at SFF.

Paulo Cezar has shown his work in several expositions – national and international, and has received several awards. In August 2006 August, he recieved the first prize in photography at an event organized by “Fortaleza de Santa Cruz da Barra”, in the city of Niterói.

He has also taken part in the FotoRio 2007 – The International Photography Meeting of Rio de Janeiro

On a personal level, Paulo is a friendly and charismatic man with a great sense of humor and a cheeky grin! He has retired from his full time job, and so now dedicates his time to photography. He works and exhibits at schools and galleries in Rio and its sister city Niterói, which is just across Guanabara Bay. He really is a pleasure to learn from and a great teacher!

Photographs provided by centre students Sid Bond, Delcio Capistrano, Eryck Machado, Paulo Figueira & Luiz Ferreira. Also, of course Paulo Cezar de Souza, your teacher!!

For Rio, you'll fly into the international airport.

When you arrive, you'll be welcomed by our local Organiser and introduced to the people you'll be living and working with.

Where possible, all flights we arrange for you have changeable return tickets because many of our volunteers choose to extend their stay once they are in their destination country. Changeable return tickets enable you to do so, within the limits of your visa and the level of your air ticket, of course. If you choose to book your own flights, you should endeavour to get a changeable ticket.

VISAS:. All requirements regarding visas will be arranged by our office and the process of obtaining a visa will be made very easy for you.

We can also arrange your flight dates to give you additional time at the end of your project for travelling around and sightseeing - this is a fascinating and wondrous country!

To see what support we provide in our countries, please read Support and Backup

To see the Prices of this project and all our other projects in Brazil, please click here

• Accommodation and breakfast while on your project,
• 2 T-shirts, if required for your project
• All support and backup during your programme
• Meeting you at the nearest airport, where appropriate, but exclude international travel.

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