GCSE PHOTOGRAPHY YR 10 - FOUNDATION
The Foundation unit is made up of a series of tutorials and set tasks that will help you understand how to use your digital camera and and SLR camera, covering the basic principles of photography. You will also be learning to develop your 'photographic eye' and improve your compositional understanding, before moving onto your first independent project.
The first thing to do is to create an e-portfolio that will house all of your photography work from now until the end of the course. We use a provider called 'Weebly'. Use this document to help you set up your site.....
Task 1
Go through the powerpoint opposite and create a timeline on your weebly that shows the origins of photography. This timeline will be added to so make sure to leave enough room to expand it.
Go through the powerpoint opposite and create a timeline on your weebly that shows the origins of photography. This timeline will be added to so make sure to leave enough room to expand it.
Use the information on the department website to write a short introduction to the history of Photography. Make sure you include:
Alzahen
Rennaissance Artists
Camera Obscura
Johann Heinrich Schultz
Henry Fox Talbot
Calotype
Louis Daguerre
Daguerrotype
George Eastman and Dry Plate Printing
Alzahen
Rennaissance Artists
Camera Obscura
Johann Heinrich Schultz
Henry Fox Talbot
Calotype
Louis Daguerre
Daguerrotype
George Eastman and Dry Plate Printing
The Camera Obscura
Objective
To demonstrate an understanding of the camera Obscura and demonstrate how it influenced early photography
Outcome
All groups to have created a camera Obscura and tracing paper examples of a scene.
Todays Task
Using the work sheets as a guide in pairs create a camera obscura.
When you have created the box take it to an interesting scene around northing and create a series of tracing paper obscura scenes.
Take a digital photograph of the scene that can be placed alongside the tracing paper image.
On your weebly you should have the following photographs
1) The different stages of you making the camera
2) Using the camera to create a drawing
3) the tracing paper image and the digital version of the scene
The SLR Camera
Todays Task
Create a section in your foundation unit labeled the SLR. Upload an image of an Slr camera and then using the sheet provided list the different camera parts and controls and what they do.
Create a section in your foundation unit labeled the SLR. Upload an image of an Slr camera and then using the sheet provided list the different camera parts and controls and what they do.
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ApertureThe aperture setting (f-stop) that you use will have an impact on the amount of focal range in focus in front and behind your subject. This is known as the Depth of Field (DOF) - see presentation on right hand side.
Todays Task Try photographing three people in a line about one metre apart and focusing on the person in the centre. Take three pictures using the following aperture setting: f2 f8 f22 If your camera does not reach these apertures, use the lowest and highest range. Homework Task: Experiment with using both a shallow aperture (i.e. f2) and wide aperture (i.e. f22) to show a good understanding of depth of feild |
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Shutter SpeedShutter SpeedSet your digital camera to 'S' or 'Tv' mode, which is known as the 'speed-priority mode.' Ensure that your ISO is set to 400 ISO.
Using your digital camera, set you camera to 'S' or 'Tv', which referes to Speed-Priority mode. Complete the follow test: 1► Find a simple background wall and ask a friend to jump. Take three shots of your friend jumping using the following shutter speeds: 1 second (1") 1/125 second 1/500 second 3► Homework Task: Look at the work of Philippe Halsman and his 'jumping series'. Using your knowledge of shutter speed to take a series of photos involving movement. |
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Test
This will form part of your final grade for the foundation unit. The test will be set in class and will be taken under exam condidtions
This will form part of your final grade for the foundation unit. The test will be set in class and will be taken under exam condidtions