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Welcome to Halesowen College

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Induction Week - The Origins of Photography 

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Induction Week - The Origins of Photography 

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A big welcome to level 3 photography -

Your first Task - "The Origins of Photography Essay"

1000 - 1500 words

Within your essay you will explore the invention of photography, where it started, key inventors including

Joseph Nicephore Niepce

William Henry Fox Talbot

Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre

Reflecting on how these practitioner formed photography as we know it today. Along the way you will need to discuss and analyse their practice and images.

Deadline 11th October

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TASK 1 - EXPOSURE

An Introduction to the Exposure Triangle

Part 1 - Aperture -

Create Mood Boards of Examples of Wide and Narrow Apertures.

Add a definition for what wide and narrow aperture is.

Research a photographer and analyse their work for an example of each wide and narrow aperture.

Shoot Plan (detailing what youre going to do)

Produce a range of images Exploring each Technique

Risk Assessment (available on padlet under resources)

Contact Sheet - Must Annotate

Evaluate your best example of both wide and narrow use of aperture.

Shoot Evaluation (what went well, what would you do better etc)

Part 2 - Shutter Speed -

Create Mood Boards of Examples of Fast and Slow Shutter Speeds.

Research a photographer, analyse their work for an example of each.

Produce a range of images Exploring each Technique.

Shoot Plan (detailing what youre going to do)

Risk Assessment (available on padlet under resources)

Contact Sheet - Must Annotate

Evaluate your best examples of fast and slow shutter speed.

Shoot Evaluation (what went well, what would you do better etc)

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Exposure Critique - Show/ Share and Reflect

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Exposure Critique - Show/ Share and Reflect

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Make sure to add your name and your technique to your post - Upload an Example of - Wide Aperture, Narrow Aperture, Fast Shutter Speed, Slow Shutter Speed.

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TASK 1  Exposure/ Creation -

Recap and Summarise Exposure - Kahoot

Part 3 -

Intro to ISO

- Explanation of ISO

- Take the same photo using different ISO's and layout each image next side by side to see the progression of ISO's

Confirm your Knowledge -

Aperture - Take the same image twice - both must be correctly exposed - 1 using wide and 1 using narrow aperture.  To show how you can balance exposure with different outcomes.

Shutter Speed - Same again .... Take the same image twice - both must be correctly exposed - 1 will show freezing movement using shutter speed and 1 will show motion blur in long exposure.

Please evaluate your images and process reflecting on your meta data.

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TASK 1 - Continued -

Intro to ISO Continued

- Explanation of ISO

- Take the same photo using different ISO's and layout each image next side by side to see the progression of ISO's

Part 3 -

Aperture - Take the same image twice - both must be correctly exposed - 1 using wide and 1 using narrow aperture.  To show how you can balance exposure with different outcomes.

Shutter Speed - Same again .... Take the same image twice - both must be correctly exposed - 1 will show freezing movement using shutter speed and 1 will show motion blur in long exposure.

Please evaluate your images and process reflecting on your meta data.

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Task 2 - 30th September Image Construction

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Task 2 - 30th September Image Construction

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An Introduction to formal elements and elements of composition.

- Explain each element for Formal Elements and Elements of Composition

- Research an example artist for both Formal Elements and Elements of Composition (pick an artist that uses one of the elements in their work... think colour or texture etc)

- Take photos of each element for both.

Peer Feedback / Digital Crit

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Give a brief evaluation of your experimentation with camera settings, exposure, formal elements and elements of composition.
- What have you learnt ?
- What's skills have you developed?
- Explain your new understanding and how this will benefit you moving forward.

(200 - 500 words)

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14th October - Light and Shadow - Weston & Brassai 

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14th October - Light and Shadow - Weston & Brassai 

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Introduction to Light and Shadow - Black and White

Week 4 - Artist

Edward Weston

Identify Edward Weston - Photographer to Research and Analyse example of their work.

Plan and produce a shoot inspired by your researched influencer photographer. - Dont forget to tell me how they will be inspiring your shoot, Where you will shoot.... How, When ect.

Produce a annotated contact sheet.

Evaluate your process......

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21st October - Light and Shadow continued...

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21st October - Light and Shadow continued...

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Take a look at .......

Brassai

Identify Brassai - Photographer to Research and Analyse example of their work.

Plan and produce a shoot inspired by your researched influencer photographer. - Don't forget to tell me how they will be inspiring your shoot, Where you will shoot.... How, When etc.

Produce an annotated contact sheet.

Evaluate your process......

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4th November - 11th November Darkroom - Traditional Practice (2 WEEKS)

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4th November - 11th November Darkroom - Traditional Practice (2 WEEKS)

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TASK 2 - Darkroom Practice (Photograms)

Introduction to Darkroom Practice.

Part 1 -

Darkroom Health and Safety

Research and explain what a photogram is.

Research Man Ray  and Robert Davies in addition feel free to research a photogram photographer of your choice.

Create a mood board of different photogram images.

Part 2 -

Produce at least 1 photogram

Describe and reflect on your process.

WHO, WHAT, WHY, WHERE, WHEN AND HOW

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PART 1

Discuss and research into what colour theory is and how colour can be used to impact and change images.

What are the different elements of the colour wheel.

Research a photographer that uses a lot of colour in their work and how this impacts their images. (William Eggelston)

Part 2

You will be given an emotion and you need to think about how you can combine this with colour.

With this you will produce a photoshoot showing how you can combine your emotion with colour and how they can work together to create a message behind an image.

Evaluate your process of this shoot.

Partake in a group critique around the images.

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https://www.photopea.com

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TASK 3 - Photoshop and Digital Manipulation

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TASK 3 - Photoshop and Digital Manipulation

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Part 1 - Introduction to topic -

Label the photoshop workspace

Identify and Label adjustments and layers in photoshop

Part 2 - Digital Manipulation -

Double Exposure -

Research Jessica Hosman or Christoffer Relander and 1 double exposure photographer of your choice.

Produce your own double exposure image- (Workshop) - Have two images to collate ready. (Layer Masking)

Evaluate your process.

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TASK 3 Photoshop and Digital Manipulation Continued .......

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TASK 3 Photoshop and Digital Manipulation Continued .......

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Part 3 Cut and Paste - Surreal -

Research Both Manipulation / Surreal Photographer - Aziz and Cucher (Portrait) and Erik Almas (Landscape) - As well as one of your own .....

Explore cut and paste - select and move (Lasso, Quick Selection, Transform)

Create your own digitally manipulated Portrait or Landscape photograph.

Evaluate your process.

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Research into the definitions of these different career paths you can go into within photography and discuss about how the skills you have learnt so far can be applied to them.

Digital Marketing

Photographic Retoucher

Brand Designers

Web Designers

Social Media Specialists

Content Creator

Editorial Assisstant

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Research into the photographer Tom Hicks (Black Country Type)

https://www.blackcountrytype.com/

Analyse some of his images and think about visual language when analysing his work.

Create your own set of 5 images inspired by Tom Hicks and his style of photography

Evaluate the process and how you found it

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Documentary - Decisive Moment / Narrative

Introduction to Documentary and what it is and the subject areas you can explore.

Part 1

Research 2 Documentary Photographers

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Christmas Break 20th December - 6th January

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Christmas Break 20th December - 6th January

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Return - 6th Jan 2025

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6th January - 13th January - 35mm Film Photography 

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6th January - 13th January - 35mm Film Photography 

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Dark Room Practice Part 2 continued...

Introduction into 35mm Film and the process...

Part 1 -

Research one film photographer either portrait or landscape style.

Plan your shoot for the 35mm (Bare in mind the film is in Black and White)

Part 2 -

One role of film within groups.

Part 3 -

Develop the film in the darkroom

Create a contact sheet in the darkroom

Create One print each in the darkroom

Write up the steps for the process in the darkroom

Overall Evaluation of your process

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Overall Evaluation (500-700 words) 24th January

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Overall Evaluation (500-700 words) 24th January

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500 - 700 Words

Summarise the whole of your technical skills and contextual studies sketchbook
- What have you done?
- What have you learnt?
- Have your skills developed?
- Is there anything you would do differently?
- What artists have given you inspiration throughout?