checklist unit 1

UNIT 1: Exploring The Visual World

Name ............................................... Target Grade.................. 

Mindmap  - one for Formal Elements…..

Definitions – Line… Colour… Pattern…. Texture….. Tone….. Form…. Depth…. Shape…. Movement…. Reflection…… Landscape….Portrait,… Composite … Documentary images

The definitions post requires you to find a definition for the formal element/ photography genre that you were assigned, adding at LEAST one example and also in your own words provide your understanding of what the definition means.

                                                                                                                       

Image Bank – Line… Colour… Pattern…. Texture….. Tone….. Form…. Depth…. Shape…. Movement…. Reflection…… Landscape….Portrait,… Composite … Documentary images

The image bank requires you to show a MINIMUM of 5 image examples that inspire you and that are linked to the formal element/ photography genre that you were assigned.

Research Notes – Cedric Delsaux….Ansel Adams… David Hockney… Henri Cartier Bresson… David LaChapelle…. Richard Avedon… Bill Brandt… Rut Blees Luxumberg… Alec Soth… Vivian Maier...

For each research note you are required to show a minimum of 3 images, carry out an evaluation of the images (denotation, connotation, context) and state how their work has influenced you.   For example Vivienne Maier 

Visit report:   As briefed this document should be in Power Point or Word to be uploaded via slideshare on Alec Soth and/or Julia Margaret Cameron

Connecting Essay. Here you will connect an image that you have created to another photographers image as an essay,    1……. 2……. 3……. 4…… 5…..

Work Diaries -  1…2…3…4…5…6…7…8…9….10…

Details on how to complete a work diary are posted on Qube and will comprise two main sections:

·      An EVALUATION section

·      IDEA DEVELOPMENT (Progression)  section

Straight Images (posting 4 images)  Line… Colour… Pattern…. Texture….. Tone….. Form…. Depth…. Shape…. Movement…. Reflection…… Landscape….Portrait,… Composite … Documentary images

Technical Exercises – Studio Low key lighting, Studio Portrait Thomas Ruff, Depth of Field

These posts should be labelled as technical exercises, camera settings and lighting set-ups (position of the lights as a plan view diagram) should be recorded

Computer Experiments - 5/5

Computer experiments will demonstrate your ability to experiment with the medium of digital photography… This is an important aspect of the AQA assessment criteria.  You will need to label each time you make a computer experiment and explain the process used.   You can do this either visually with screen prints and text or just use text only.

You should evidence the photograph before and after the computer experimentation. 

A minimum of 5 computer experiments are required.

Physical Experiments – …..

Physical experiments will demonstrate your ability to experiment with the medium of photography… This is an important aspect of the AQA assessment criteria.  The process involves the way a final print is physically transformed and how the meaning of a print changes as a result of the transformation.  Physical experiments SHOULD be recorded by scanning in the transformed print.   Paint, cutting, scratching, tearing, tape and or other materials can be used as part of this process.  You will need to explain how the transformation has changed the meaning of the photograph e.g. describe your concept and the connotations associated with the print. 

A minimum of 5 Physical experiments are required.

Electronic Portfolio

Here you will select 30 of your best images.  You should sample these from the range of assignments undertaken including your formal elements, photography genres, physical images and computer experiments.  The images should be presented as a Power Point.

30 Final Pieces – printed on Canon paper 1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6… 7… 8… 9…. 10… 11….12….13….14….15…..16…..17…..18….19….20….. 30

Overall evaluation of your project  - 

Here you will need to summarise how your work has developed as a result of the shoots and research that you have undertaken.

·       How has your research influenced the images that you have created (name some influential artist that inspired you and explain their impact on your work).

·       What new technical skills have you developed and how has this impacted on your work 

o    technical (learning new techniques in camera operation, shooting, studio lighting, compositional techniques, etc.) 

·       Has the way you take photographs changed/improved.

·       In what way have you demonstrated your ability to experiment.  (computer experiments, physical experiments, etc.)

·       Is your work is developing in a particular direction e.g. abstract, compositional, etc.)

·       In what areas of your work were you most successful in what areas were you the least successful.

Computer Experiments - Six

I used the effect 'Wave' for this photograph, it makes the model look like they are behind frosted glass, although this isn't a very practical filter, I think that it is useful to learn how to use photoshop, which includes filters like this as well as more complicated editing techniques like selective colour. 

To do this edit I made a second layer so that it was easy to delete mistakes, I then clicked filters at the top and then I clicked distort, I then clicked wave and this was the final effect from that.

original

Computer Experiment Five

This is a joiner that I created, I think that it actually worked quite well and is probably my best joiner of the three I created, I don't think that this is a effect that I would use often as it is quite time consuming, however if done right, it can look really good.

To do this photograph, I had to take photographs of Fern from lots of different angles, this took quite a while because I didn't want them to have much shadowing on them because it would've looked really bad. 

Once I had the photographs, I had to create a new photo with nothing on it and drag photographs on after, I only used five photos to make this but I think that it looks quite good.

Computer Experiment Four

This is my fourth plinth photograph, I think that it isn't my best computer experiment, however I do like it because it looks almost like the Rubik Cube is 3D and coming out of the screen, I like this photograph a lot, even if I don't think it's my best one.

To make the photo like this I had to take photos of the Rubik Cube in the Studio, this didn't take very long but we had to set up the lights to do this. 

I then cut out the shape on photoshop and dragged it onto the urban landscape photograph. I think that it had this effect because of the different lighting on each photograph.

Computer Experiment Three

This photograph originally had a red top, however I changed the colour because I thought that purple would look nicer, this sort of technique would be good if someone was wearing a colour that clashed with the background, for example red and orange or blue and green. It would make the photo more aesthetically appealing.

To make this effect I used this  to choose the whole top and nothing else, it was easy to use and I had a lot of control over it which was good.

Once I had chosen the whole t-shirt, I then used colour balance to change the colour of the t-shirt. 

Computer Experiment Two

I used the Vignette filter for this photograph, I really like the effect that tho has because it makes the face (or wherever you choose) a lot brighter than the rest of the photograph, which can create an affect similar to focusing on one part of a photo.

To do this photograph, I used curves to make it a lot darker.

I then used gradient to create this effect. This was how I used gradient, it created the effect that you see on the top photograph.

Computer Experiment One

For this photograph I used the filter tilt-shift, I think that this creates a really nice effect that I would be able to use in other portraits, I would possibly be able to use this in a landscape if there is a particular bit of the photograph I want to focus on. The focused bit of the photograph drags your eyes towards it, whereas the rest of the photograph is blurrier and you aren't very dragged to it.

To do this photograph, I had to go to filter at the top of the screen.

I then had to go to Blur Gallery and then Tilt-Shift, this made the photograph have a focused area in the middle that I could move around, whilst the rest of the photo went blurry, it faded out which looks a lot more natural than some other filters which makes it a lot more usable.