Diploma of Photography

Explore your creative potential with a Diploma of Photography, and build a career in photography, content creation, or image retouching with hands-on training, evolving tech, and expert mentorship from industry professionals at Collarts. Benefit from the flexibility of Diploma of Photography and study either on campus or online.

You’ll develop skills in lighting, post-production, camera fundamentals, design principles, photographic composting, commerciality, portraiture and mobile filmmaking. You’ll also gain knowledge of the industry and camera fundamentals from academics who have a wide range of experience and expertise in photography.

Whether you’re wanting to upskill or change careers, our student-focussed course will develop your technical prowess alongside your unique artistic vision. Embrace your passion for photography with a Diploma of Photography at Collarts.

Voted as Australia's #1 provider of creative arts courses for Teaching Quality and Engagement, our curriculum is anything but ordinary.

Voted as Australia's #1 provider of creative arts courses for Teaching Quality and Engagement, we help shape and nurture the talent of the next generation of photographic storytellers.

Whether your aspirations lie in Commercial and Advertising Photography, Editorial, Portraiture, or Domestic and Artistic Photography, this course will develop your technical prowess alongside your unique artistic vision.

You’ll be taught cutting edge, career-ready skills by industry experts who are currently working within the photographic industry.

Our comprehensive course spans photographic technologies, portraiture, commercial photography, post-production, mobile and experimental photography, documentary and photojournalism, alongside units exploring creative entrepreneurship.

And we'll make sure you graduate job ready: 82% of our graduates land jobs shortly after course completion. This course gives you a variety of real-life industry experiences. With the opportunity to create a capstone project and undertake industry placement, you’ll leave Collarts with an in-depth understanding of the photographic industry.