Learn what it’s like to study at South Australia’s only dedicated photographic school.
Info Night 1, Wednesday 6pm March 11
Info Night 2, Wednesday 6pm June 10
Info Night 3, Wednesday 6pm November 25
Learn More about the CCP’s flexible study options:
Photograph by Lynn Ruesseler
Study a Certificate IV or Diploma of Photography and Photo Imaging part time, or full time for two years.
We offer private tuition or customised professional development for individuals and groups looking to further their skills.
Study any of our topics included in our accredited courses for personal development or take one of our many workshops and masterclasses.
Our fully equipped professional studio space is both versatile and spacious. Giving you the freedom to create whatever your heart desires. The CCP has played host to theatre groups, large scale photo shoots, product, advertising and portrait work as well as conferences and more.
Photograph by Cynthia Gemus
The Centre for Creative Photography is the largest photography school in Adelaide, South Australia.
The CCP runs a nationally accredited Certificate IV and Diploma in Photography and Photo Imaging, taking enrolments throughout the year. Short workshops are also run during school holidays. Our flexible learning approach means courses can be studied individually for personal interest, in-service training, or to complete the qualifications.
Photograph by Elysha Glaser
Saturday 7 March 2020
Saturday 6 June 2020
Saturday 21 November 2020
This one-day workshop presents an introduction to Digital SLR cameras and image capture. It is intended for those who are new to digital photography and want a thorough introduction to working with digital cameras.
Tuesday 21 January 2020 10am – 2pm - SOLD OUT
Tuesday 7 April 2020 10am - 2pm
Saturday 4 July 2020 10am-2pm
November TBA
Join AIPP Accredited photographer Kylie South for her newborn photography workshop at the CCP. This class is aimed at photographers wanting to get into newborn photography and it covers a wide range of subjects. NOTE: For temperature control purposes we use a stand-in baby. Cameras are optional in this class.
Saturday 11 April
Saturday September 26
This course will help you learn everything about studio lighting with artificial light in a day, including camera selection, lens selection, shutter speeds and F-stops, lighting ratios and studio best practice.
Saturday 16 May 2020
Learn to use the beautiful and magical (and temperamental!) tintype process, one of the oldest photographic mediums. This course is a one-day workshop, where participants will learn how to pour, sensitise, expose, develop and varnish plates in a hands-on environment.
Four Wednesdays from May 6 - 27
There's a lot to managing your photography business. Join the CCP as we explore how to maintain a sustainable photographic career.
Saturday 16 May 2020
This course will be held amongst the rolling hills at Magpie Springs Cellar Door Art Gallery south of Adelaide. Break down what makes a succesful landscape photograph and then make images of the vineyards, hills and river.
July 4 2020 10am - 5 pm
This course will extend your “in camera” imaging, and the conceptual development of your photographs. You will discover tangential ways of developing your ideas, and learn to think outside the square.
08 August 2020 10 - 1pm
Working alongside an established wedding photographer is a time-tested pathway to both the wedding industry and hone your collaboration skills.
In this short workshop we’ll be covering the foundation of what it takes to be the kind of second shooter that will entice other photographers to team up with you.
Saturday 29 August 2-9pm
This course teaches how to accentuate the unique formations of this coastline under different lighting conditions.
This introduction to photography course will teach fundamental photography techniques and how to work with digital image capture. This course is the first of nine that make up the Certificate IV in Photography and Photo Imaging.
This portrait photography course is for studio-based photographers that want to extend their practical knowledge with photographing people on location and in the studio.
This course will introduce students to digital imaging concepts like bit depth, file systems, colour spaces, digital manipulation processes like curves, levels, layers.
Essential for photographers and modern art history novices alike, the course illustrates Art practice since pre-photography starting with Romanticism 1780-1850 through to current art practice with Post-Modernism and Deconstructivism in Architecture.
This course is suitable for the experienced artist as the topics covered are intended to extend their photographic knowledge, confidence and communication for the next level.
For the novice or experienced photographer intending to learn or refresh their knowledge with lighting systems and studio techniques for portrait and tabletop still-life work
Going deeper than Digital Imaging 1, we introduce new concepts and greater attention to blending modes, advanced selections, and filters. In this course we emphasize colour management across your devices and work flow.
This photography course will look at various aspects of contemporary photographic culture, and how various artists have responded to a variety of issues.
This is Diploma level course is designed to further extend the experienced art/commercial photographer’s vision and relationship with their medium.
This course is for beginners to introduce them to film-based image capture and processing. Students will learn about all basic darkroom processes and printing.
Congratulations to our CCP Staff and Students who won awards at the South Australian Professional Photography Awards 2019
Photograph by Bec Joannou - Student Photographer of the Year
Is Ryan Gosling a real-life photographer?
Saturday 29 February, 10am-5pm
Saturday 30 May, 10am-5pm
Learn (or refresh your knowledge of) the basics of Photoshop. This is a one-day class for intro- or intermediate-level students who want to understand the Photoshop workspace. We'll cover the fundamental tools for layers, masks and selections, adjusting colour, exposure and a few tricks as well.