Duke of Edinburgh Award Photography Online Courses
Learn to take amazing photographs whilst meeting the strict eligibility requirements of the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze and Silver award scheme. By the end of the course, students will have learned the advanced features of a DSLR camera, inspired to be more creative, built an impressive portfolio and had their passion for photography fueled.
We offer 2 on-demand DofE courses both or which have 12 modules and can be used together to extend your skills to 6 months.
Designed and run by Sharp Shots Photo Club, UK’s No. 1 kids and teens photo club. Only Sharp Shots know how to inspire teens to build a life passion for photography.
We offer 3 other Duke of Edinburgh photography skills course options: In-person, Zoom+ and Smartphone. We understand our students have different requirements therefore with our 4 options there is a DofE photography course for everyone. With over 2000 students already successfully completed our online DofE photography courses, you know this is an online photography course you can trust
DofE Online
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- Course Introduction
- Course Content
Course Introduction
For Bridge, DSLR or Mirrorless cameras. Our ‘on-demand’ DofE online courses have been expertly built to cater for the DofE student who wants to start their course when they want without having to schedule. Created specifically for the Duke of Edinburgh Photography Skills by tutors with many years experience teaching teens and young adults.
Course Content
- Welcome & Introduction
- Important DofE Course info
- Helpful Information
- Be Inspired – previous students work
- Get to know your camera
- Modules:
- Week 1 – Camera settings
- Week 2 – Focus
- Week 3 – Aperture
- Week 4 – Landscapes and Sunsets
- Week 5 – Fast shutter speed
- Week 6 – Slow shutter speed
- Week 7 – Rule of thirds
- Week 8 – Black and white
- Week 9 – Frame within a frame
- Week 10 – Still life
- Week 11 – Editing
- Week 12 – Self portraits
- Conclusion and DofE Assessment
- Any questions
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DofE Online Part 2
(Follow on) course
- Course Introduction
- Course Content
Course Introduction
For Bridge, DSLR or Mirrorless cameras.This follow on DofE online course is for students who have completed a Sharp Shots DofE camera course previously. It has been expertly built to cater for the DofE student who wants to build on their camera & compositional knowledge forbronze, silver and gold awards.
Course Content
- Welcome & Introduction
- Important DofE course info
- Helpful Information
- Be Inspired – previous students work
- Get to know your camera
- Modules:
- Week 13 – Textures
- Week 14 – Shadows
- Week 15 – Your Home
- Week 16 – Reflections
- Week 17 – Ants Perspective
- Week 18 – Leading Lines
- Week 19 – Landscapes
- Week 20 – Colour
- Week 21 – Blur
- Week 22 – Patterns
- Week 23 – You choose
- Week 24 – Editing
- Conclusion and DofE Assessment
- Any questions
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The skills taught in our online DofE photography courses:
- Learning how to use a DSLR or Bridge camera, and become proficient in its functions
- Learning how to compose great photos with different composition techniques
- Learn how to use light creatively, working in natural and artificial light
- Build up a portfolio of a chosen themes, such as wildlife, or portrait photography.
- Learning how to re-touch digital images (using photo editing applications) including cropping, adding effects and adjusting colour
- Helping recognise great images and enter competitions
Online Courses FAQs
Does it matter what camera I use?
Not at all, we welcome any camera model and type. We use Canons & Nikons on the course, however, the course is created with material applicable to most cameras.
How long is the course?
The course will take place over 12 weeks, with one lesson opening each week. As it is an online on-demand course, the lessons will be readily available to watch online each week as the course progresses.
Can I share my images during the course?
We have created a closed Facebook group that is only accessible to our DofE online photography course members. We use this page to show weekly progression to adhere to the DofE requirments and as a space to share images, and also draw inspiration from others.
Our members only Facebook group for the DofE skills course is full of students interacting, making new friends and gaining their feedback. We have many students photography work that can be browsed for inspiration!
What is the layout of the course?
There will be a video lesson & course information for each weekly assignment as well as loads of photography tips and tricks!
What do I receive at the end when I have completed the course?
Once you’ve sent in your final portfolio of images, we will then complete your DofE skills assessment, file and report this with the DofE. You will receive a certificate of completion from us and you will have a portfolio of your work to show off to family and friends. Parents – there will now be a new designated photographer to record all of your family holidays and events!
What is the course content?
There will be a video introduction from Lillie, as well as a welcome information providing an introduction to the course. The topics covered in lessons are as follows:
- Lesson 1: Focus
- Lesson 2: Light
- Lesson 3: Close-ups
- Lesson 4: Sunsets
- Lesson 5: Action
- Lesson 6: Black and White
- Lesson 7: Perspective
- Lesson 8: Rule of Thirds
- Lesson 9: Frame Within a Frame
- Lesson 10: Still Life
- Lesson 11: Self Portraits
- Lesson 12: Editing
Part 2 (Follow on):
- Week 13 – Textures
- Week 14 – Shadows
- Week 15 – Your Home
- Week 16 – Reflections
- Week 17 – Ants Perspective
- Week 18 – Leading Lines
- Week 19 – Landscapes
- Week 20 – Colour
- Week 21 – Blur
- Week 22 – Patterns
- Week 23 – You choose
- Week 24 – Editing
Tutor feedback for DofE skills?
The course is very explanatory and detailed, however, occasional feedback is given on DofE on-demand & Smartphone course if the tutor feels the weekly photos provided need some guidance.
DofE On-demand course support?
Sharp Shots are more than happy to provide support – DofE photography support will be given by emailing dofe@sharpshotsphotoclub.co.uk. Support or questions are unlikley to be answered through any other channel including social media (Facebook messaging, Instagram, etc) or any other Sharp Shots email address
Do I have to provide evidence of weekly progression?
In short, yes you do. Sharp Shots have created this course so that it’s super easy for you to adhere to the mandatory DofE requirements –
- Online DofE students need to use the Facebook members only group to show their work to the tutor
- The tutor will assess and ‘like’ the page to show that the photos have been assessed for that week.
The Final DofE Skills assessment:
Sharp Shots have created a seamless assessment process for your DofE Skills course, keep your photo posting up to date and follow the course assignments and we’ll take care of the final assessment –
- The final DofE assessment is made at the end of the 12 week course.
- Sharp Shots will carry out the assessment and file with the DofE direct as we are an Approved Activity Provider.
- We require each online DofE student to send in 24 photos (2 for each weekly assignment) via WeTransfer
- Wetransfer instructions are given within the online course.
- Sharp Shots can only accept the photographs via Wetransfer.
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More Testimonials
We were impressed throughout by how brilliantly organised and patient you are. The clearly laid out structure and content of the course was reassuring, and your calm directions gave Jasmine confidence when she had initially felt apprehensive at the prospect of participating in a webinar. Jasmine also appreciated your timely advice and support on the weekly assignments…made the whole experience fun and rewarding. Thank you and wishing you every future success. – Gail
Molly really enjoyed the course and had great fun coming up with ideas each week and then executing them. I’m really proud of her for her efforts and she has produced some really lovely photographs. I think she will have a lifelong passion for photography as a result. – Andrew
William really enjoyed and got a lot out of the online tutorial yesterday. He is raring to go with his assignment for this week. I’m also looking forward to seeing the photos he takes with the new skills he learns. Thank you! – Vanessa
I would also like to say a big thank you to you. I think that the course has been very well & professionally run. Jonathan has been very excited, inspired & motivated by it – and has also taught his dad how to use the camera properly!! – Isobel
My son has just completed the DofE Webinar course and loved it. The different topics each week really made him think about his photography and has really fed his interest. Would definitely recommend this course. Thank you!
Many thanks indeed, Lillie for the programme. It was fab for Olivia (and for us all) – the webinars were great and the 12 week programme of work. It has really been a great development opportunity for her and she is debating whether to continue to A level. We will be wholeheartedly recommending the programme!
Thanks – he’s enjoyed it a lot and is well set up for his Photography GCSE next year. – Dave
Emily has really enjoyed the course – and we’ve been super impressed with what Emily has accomplished. At last – someone in our house can finally use our camera with great results! The way the course is structured is superb, really focused & clear – thank you! – Michelle
Sophie really enjoyed her DofE course with you. We recommended it to 2 people who said the same -Lydia
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