HONE YOUR SKILLS WITH HIGHLY
EXPERIENCED
PRACTITIONERS x TRAINERS

Always have a flair for photography but unsure if you are doing it the right or professional way? Learn how to create the best photos for your clients while building a portfolio that, not only impress your potential clients, but also your future prospective employers.

In MAD School, there is no examination but only project-based learning so as to make sure our students learn real skills when learning from very experienced professionals in an adult learning environment.

We are also glad to be the top ad design/photography school (non-government funded) in Singapore for the second consecutive year according to the number of awards won by our students at the prestigious annual Crowbar Awards.

Professional Studio.

Real Models. Shoot.

Our project-based-no-examinations learning methodology makes sure real skills are being transferred from our practitioner-trainers to our students effectively, and that every student who graduates from the programme not only knows how to execute, but also thoroughly enjoyed the process of learning.

Course

Diploma in Photography & Digital Imaging

Digital Imaging
(Editing photos professionally using Adobe Photoshop & Lightroom)
Natural & Artificial Lighting
(Knowing how many lights you need and where to place them for every shoot)
Fundamentals of Photography
(Learn everything you need to know about handling the camera and photography perspective)
Product Photography
(Understanding how to shoot products for commercial gigs)
Portraiture Photography
(Shooting humans the right way with your lens)
Fashion Photography
(One of the most important part of your portfolio if working for a magazine publisher is what you want)
Documentary Photography
(Enough said)
Visual Communication
(Skills is nothing without the aesthetic sense)

AWARDS WON BY OUR
STUDENTS

LECTURERS

Being industry players, active in their respective fields, our lecturers stay abreast with their fast-evolving industries and impart their most up-to-date knowledge to students. Featuring an array of award winners, from recipients of internationally acclaimed creative awards to honorable media accolades, our lecturers are well- versed in the do’s and don’ts in winning awards, and use only such lofty standards as benchmarks for their teaching.

GLOBAL

MadGlobal subscribes to that, connecting us to the matrix of The globalized world. It’s an independent entity armed with an altruistic vision of exposing students all over world to all things creative, sans geographical boundaries.

From overseas learning trips to New York, conference in Bali, advertising awards competition such as Adfest in Thailand and Adstars Korea; to global networking lunches, we have the students’ expansion of their creative minds at heart.

AWARDS-LAB

At Awards Lab, everyone’s a winner! Even without bagging an award. It’s a boiler room where students are subject to the rigours of agency environment. And the demands of producing award-winning work.

In consecutive 2 years, we are crowned the top design school (non-government funded) in terms of number of awards won in the prestigious Crowbar Awards competition.

Awards or not, walk away with a winning portfolio.

DO-GOOD

Love what you do so much? Why not do projects and campaigns that will be running live and get paid through Make The Change?

Through Make The Change, students can:

Make use of their design skills to help ngos & other social enterprises
Take part in real projects for various companies
Guided by experienced industrial practitioners
Get paid for their work
Enhanced their portfolio with projects completed under make the change

Featured Trainers

In the ever-changing media landscape, Teo has proven his ability to stay versatile through his expertise in image composition, crafting light, and in creating the mood of the image. His efforts have gained him many clients’ compliments and land him numerous international awards. Some of these awards include Cannes, D&AD, One Show, CA, Clio and Adfest.

With near to 10 years of experience working as a full-time photographer in 2 of the largest media owners in Singapore, Singapore Press Holdings & MediaCorp, Mark has in-depth experience taking photos of both celebrities and products for fashion magazines, online media, etc.

Mark brings with him professional photography experience where our students get to benefit greatly from.

Barry is a lead photographer in commercial and photography works and is also featured as one of the Canon EOS Professionals in commercial photography.

With his knowledge in photography equipment in and out of the studio, Barry was also the official photographer for Singapore Manhunt 2013, covering the event shots and portraits of the winners/sponsors.