Welcome to the course!
During your first lesson or two you will be expected to submit and display your summer task. As a group we will discuss the merits and limitations of the mini-projects, and your work will be assessed soon and you will receive feedback too. Your Summer Task will then form the start of your coursework (Component 1 / 50% of overall mark).
(If you have not completed a Summer Task as a new recruit…then you have until Friday 13th September to complete the task appropriately.)
We will also discuss your thoughts and feelings / knowledge and understanding of…
Photography’s function(s)
Photography as an art-form
Photography as a science
The difference between the study of photography and the practice of photography
Henri Cartier-Bresson once said…”Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst”
What do you think Cartier-Bresson meant by this…? Discuss
Other…
Blog Overview
Sharepoint Overview
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Lightroom
Demonstrating a critical and contextual understanding of photography can be tricky, especially if the subject is relatively new to you in Year 12. The following activities have been designed to encourage you to reflect on what you know already about photography. Hopefully, some of the prompts will encourage you to further develop your understanding of photography through additional pondering and research.
In small groups, discuss the following questions and create a poster / brainstorm with your findings and answers…
- Why do people take/make photographs?
- Why is photography important?
- What skills do you need to be a good photographer?
- How many different kinds of photography can you think of?
- How does photography help us see the world?
- Can photographic images be trusted?
- What are the similarities and differences between photography and other types of visual art?
- When would it not be OK to take a photograph?
- How do you know when you’ve made a good photograph?
- Are photographers also artists?
- Where is the best place to see photographs?
- What kind of photography interests you most?
- What confuses or frustrates you about photography?
Watch this short film in which the photographer William Klein discusses his contact sheets. Make some brief notes. What does he help us to understand about photography?