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AS/A level PhotographyFirst year (AS) includes 2 units:
•ART1 (coursework) is 60% from Sept – Feb
•ART2 (controlled assignment) is 40% from Feb - June
AS PhotographyStudy of technical skills and different genre’s of
photography.
Genres of Photography
• List as many different genres of photography as you can think of
Research and analysis
Genre and individual body of work analysis
Portrait, Documentary,Landscapeand Experimental
Analysing to learn
ART1
1. Induction period Learning how to control a DSLR camera, composition and lighting
2. Research and analysis Understanding 3-4 genres and researching photographers
3. Creative Making Creating your own images in those genres
4. Reflection Efficiently reflecting on your practice
AS/A level Photography
1.Induction period
ApertureShutter Speed
Aperture – Deep focus – F/22
Aperture – Shallow focus– f/2
Quick Shutter Speed
Bragaglia brothers Slow Shutter Speed
• 12 key qualities will appear
• They will disappear after 30 seconds
Your task:
1. List the key words/terms
2. be ready to explain what they are
ambition
concept
Group critiques
Homework
Genuine interest
Team player
creative
Hard work
100 % Attendance
dedicationIndependence
Pride
Over to you!
Photography Trips
A2 Photography and Art Trip Abroad each year. Paris 2014, next year Berlin
Watch it here: http://21rdh.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/paris-2014.html
Photography CompetitionsSarah Garrett won the Arbury Rotary competition 2013
Sarah’s winning images
A2 Photography Summer Project Exhibition
Students organised and planned their own exhibitions.
Students exhibited their work in British Heart Foundation and a local florists shop.
Some even sold their work
What the course is NOT
• Snapshots• Taking selfies• No Pets• No FlowersAnd its NOT EASY
Student SketchbooksOn each table are 2 student sketchbooks. Compare and contrast them and make points on the following:
•Artist research – how detailed it is? Does it link to the students work?•Is their reflection descriptive (say what you see) or analytical (relates to concept and enhances ideas/projects new ideas and thoughts)•Use of lighting and composition in their images – list the positives and negatives
Summer Project: Self Portrait Project
• Take 6-10 final photographs of things that mean something to you, as well as a self-portrait.
• These should be printed and mounted in your sketchbook with reflection explaining why you’ve taken them, and any lighting and compositional techniques that you have used.
Summer Project: Artist ResearchResearch one of the following historical photographers: •Ansel Adams•Rineke Djikstra•Diane Arbus•Raghu Rai•Lewis Baltz•Francesca Wood•Berenice Abbott•Eugene Atget•Fay Godwin•Margaret Bourke-White•Richard Avedon
You must analyse 4 images of the photographers work. This MUST NOT be a biography or plagarised.
Photography & Art exhibition
Additional Genre Research
Documentary-Investigating Genre and Photographer Analysis
Gary Winogrand
Portrait-Investigating Genre and Photographer Analysis
James Mollison - Fans
Alice Springs
Richard Avedon – In the American West
Portrait-Investigating Genre and Photographer Analysis
Irina Werning – Back to the future
Experimental-Investigating Genre and Photographer Analysis
Levitation
Daune Michals
Experimental-Investigating Genre and Photographer Analysis
Levitation
HDR
Your Experimental Task using Photoshop
• Follow the youtube tutorial to create your own apple / orange (double click on the icon on the desktop)
• Use the images saved on the desktop folder Photography taster day
• http://youtu.be/S89VHXkwE0s