In A Level Photography students can develop integrated knowledge, skills and understanding in the use of a digital camera. We explore using not only automatic modes but manual modes, dictating shutter speeds, aperture settings, and other manual functions so that students can have a more creative influence on the outcome of their images. In addition to this, students look at existing photographers and their work and discuss why the images have been taken in the style that they have, giving reference to aspects such as the story behind the image, its composition and framing. With all of these skills and techniques the students are challenged through a series of small projects that will build on these skills to produce a portfolio of work that shows the processes they have gone through in order to create their images. All of this will then form the basis for the externally set exam that will test students' skills of image capture, manipulation, context, and presentation to enable them to come up with a final piece relevant to the exam title.