GCSE Photography Term One Task Checklist | ||
Title | Details | Completed |
Timeline | History of photography timeline with relevant information. This should be presented creatively and neatly in your sketchbooks. | |
DOF | Depth of field. You should have at least five images demonstrating an understanding of depth of field in your sketchbook. These should be annotated and have a title. | |
Motion / Blur | At least two images demonstrating an understanding of motion blur in your sketchbook. You could also have an example of existing photographers work. These should be annotated and have a title. | |
Composition | At least 2 images demonstrating the rule of thirds/composition | |
Black and white and colour | You should have at least three images (each in black and white and colour) Annotate these and give the page a title. | |
Westonbirt | You should have a range of images from Westonbirt – these should be on your memory stick | |
Emotive photographs | You should have a piece of extended writing on a selected emotive photograph | |
Letterforms alphabet | You should have a contact sheet with an entire letterforms alphabet | |
Letterforms quote | You should have a quote created from your letters forms – this should be presented creatively in your sketchbook. | |
take nothing but pictures
Term One Checklist
Camera Basics.
You will learn the basics of aperture and shutter priority. And you will use them to develop pictures with creative depths of field and you will learn how to create motion blur.
You will look at film speeds, colour and black and white photography. To make photographs interesting to look at you will learn about composition and the "rule of thirds.
As an ongoing independent study you will produce a timeline for the history of photography from the discovery of silver nitrate to the current compact cameras. This is an ongoing homework that you should submit at the end of the half term. Camera Basics
Labels:
aperture,
Black and White,
Camera skills,
ISO,
motion blur,
shutter speed
Portraiture, Photoshop, Opie & You
You will continue to develop your skills with the DSLR and your own compact camera as you learn some Adobe Photoshop tricks, different styles of portraiture, different methods of lighting your pictures including studio lighting. You will also research and report on contemporary photographers such as David Hockney, Sam Taylor-Wood and Julian Opie (pictured left). Your final submission will be your own version of a Julian Opie photo.
Labels:
Hockney,
Julian Opie,
Photoshop,
Portraits,
Sam Taylor-Wood
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