1. image analysis
2. file management
3. standards and ethics
4. code of conduct

First Steps…

You should all have a valid login now…which provides you with a Hautlieu Creative account so that you can start creating and curating your own blog.

This will be your normal, everyday login details. We expect you to check your emails everyday too…and get used to using Office 365, and follow us on Twitter too (HautlieuC).

The blog provides you with a neat platform to showcase your learning, including knowledge and understanding and of course your images too.

You should have access to the Media Drive (M : Drive)…this is where you must store all of your files. Please check this!

You will learn how to adapt and organise / store your image files…and you must manage file sizes carefully.

We will teach you step by step how to use the blog…then it is down to you to look after it and present your work as thoughtfully and carefully as possible. Each time you publish a blog post…it is then available for marking and assessment. Unpublished work will not normally be marked…thus affecting your progress and success.

We will also comment on your blog posts regularly…which will appear as a new email for you. You are expected to respond to the advice and suggestions accordingly. We constantly track your approach to lesson, independent study and overall progress.

You are expected to take responsibility for your own learning, progress and success during A Level Photography…

• minimum 2-5 hours per week
• weekly photo-shoots (200+images) must clearly demonstrate a range of approaches, reinforcing the techniques you have learnt
• complete any / all incomplete class tasks by the end of the week
• contribute your own photo-assignments + research
• seek out opportunities to extend your learning / skill level
• if you are absent you must check the blog daily / check emails for instructions, guidance and advice and complete in accordance with deadlines for your teaching group (these may change depending on timetable).

IMAGE ANALYSIS | GROUP EXERCISE 1

Using the matrix TECHNICAL – VISUAL – CONCEPTUAL – CONTEXTUAL below work in small groups to analyse and interpret this image :

Who – what – where – how – why?

IMAGE ANALYSIS GROUP EXERCISE 2

Using the matrix TECHNICAL – VISUAL – CONCEPTUAL – CONTEXTUAL below work in small groups to analyse and interpret this image :

Analysing Robert Frank – Trolley, New Orleans

File Management

1. Use the Media Drive : m / drive
2. Create folders and label them—you must be able to locate your files quickly
3. Save all images from camera in unique folders (you may want RAW images, JPEGS etc)
4. Each photo-shoot should be in a seperate folder
5. Compress images that you want to upload to the blog (1 MB is fine)
6. Be Selective ; edit your choice of images
7. Quality is better than quantity
8. Only delete total disasters
9. Embrace happy accidents / creative mistakes
10. Be open minded !

Representation, Standards and Ethics

Photographers (and artists in general) can bend, twist and manipulate the truth…they can influence how we understand the world.

BBC Age of The Image : CLICK to WATCH

How we represent individuals and groups of people, change the context or meaning, and how fair we are with our methods has huge importance on the way we work…

We all have various roles and responsibilities…

Hautlieu School Code of Conduct

• Be respectful when taking photographs…think about who / what is in the frame !
• Ask permission where necessary…
• Do not trespass on private land / derelict property
• Copyright…beware !
• Always credit the artists work in your research / blog
• Do not plagiarise / copy