Assignments and Progress

Digital Photo Module

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Marking
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DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGING - ASSESSMENT MARK SHEET | 2015/16

Student Name \ Course -

Assignments (40%) - Portrait | Interview | Self-Directed | Promotion

Have these all been completed to a professional standard?

Marked on quality of outcome and evidence of - Research / Production & Processes in your blogs. Please make
sure that you have a clear section/page that say Assignments.
Portrait:
Interview:

1st 2 assignments
20%

Self Directed:
Promotion:

Blogs (20%) - Is the Production / Ideas Process clear?

Marked on:
Screengrabs (video and/or still) | Idea Process | Behind the scenes | Planning | Editing | Subject Analysis &
Feedback | Software Use. Use of blogs to present the above effectively. Regular updating and use of blogs will be
monitored throughout the semester.

Presentation / Evaluation (40%) - Is the final presentation of photographs suitable for display as a showcase?
Have you evaluated your final photographs?
Marked on:
Presentation Quality of work / Relevance / Advertising - online & offline / Display options and professional
presentation of work / Flow
Evaluation - Have you described your subjects processes clearly and concisely ? Have you considered and
examined the merits and problems of the subjects? Have you evaluated your subject matter, equipment and
editing? What you would do differently?

OVERALL MARK

ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK COMMENTS

It is vital that you regularly update your blog. Important to have clear headings and pages so that we can identify
your work and do not miss anything.

Blogs for assignments

10%
Rest of marks 70% will
come from last 2
assignments, blogs
&

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY - CHECKLIST

Assessment - choose up to 5 core subjects = 30 final photographs | Blog /

Sketchbook that shows the following below.
ACTION

DONE

TO PUT IN BLOG / SKETCHBOOK

Evidence of research - Assignments.
Have you provided evidence of URLs, credits

1st 2 assignments
Evidence of research - camera. settings, software

X
X

Evidence of research - core subjects

Production Process - including screengrabs (video / still),

behind the scenes, planning, editing, software
Assignments x 4 - All completed to a professional standard?

1st 2 assignments
Software Analysis

X
X
X

Evaluation of final images.

Have you described your subjects processes clearly and
concisely?
Have you considered and examined the merits and
problems of the subjects?
Have you evaluated your subject matter, equipment and
editing?
What you would do differently?
Final presentation planning and implementation

Evidence of Testing your final photographs

Do your final 30 photographs have a flow to them and

relevant to the subject?
Blog / Sketchbook - Regular updating. Clear headings.

HAND-IN 22nd April 2016 by 3pm - CT ADMIN OFFICE

YET TO DO

Please check that you

have done these for
assignments to hand-in
on 18th Jan

Timelines
Portrait Assignment & Interview and Photograph a
Photographer Assignment - Hand-In 18th Jan by
3pm
Write your own Assignment and Promotion and
Presentation Assignment - Set 11th Jan, Hand-In
22nd April by 3pm

Hand-In Details
18th Jan by 3pm
CT Admin Office, Eldon Building
What to hand-in
FOR ALL - A4 Paper with the url of your blog. Please
do NOT hand write this - cut and paste from the
browser.
Some of you might have books, prints, magazines please make sure to put these in a protected
envelope.
Lastly a disc or usb containing your final work /
photographs edited and unedited versions.
The office does not supply envelopes to keep these in
so supply your own.

Remember to document
Capture processes, camera set-up, lenses, editing etc
Do not just add the final photograph - we need to know your
thinking, research - how you came to your final idea . .
Start with the research links, find your own, something that inspires
you to experiment and create.
Add your research to your blogs.
It needs to be clear to us what you have done.
Most of you are not writing enough down and making it hard for
us to see your processes and thinking behind your photographs vague!

Assignment Progress
Not seeing enough work - a lot of blank blogs?
Research is vital and needs to be relevant to
the assignment - progression.
Lastly you should have documented stages in
your blogs - not enough of you have done this.
Random photographs - no explanation? need
to write about each photo/blog post.

Assignment

PORTRAIT

ASSIGNMENT:
Take Portraits of yourself and 1 other person Max of 3 final photographs.
RESEARCH
Make sure to research portrait photographers
for examples of work and techniques - for
example Rankin, Robert Mapplethorpe,
AnnieLeibovitz, Herb Ritts, Perou. Make sure
to credit your sources and link back to their
websites or add url to your sketchbooks.
RESOURCES
http://www.day19.com/v6/- superb site
http://www.herbritts.com
http://photo.net/gallery/ do a search on
portraits
THINK OF: Framing, light, get close, view
point, angles, shadows, perspective.

NOTE
look at abstract angles and placement of
subject / location. Look at reflections,
behind glass, using mirrors etc
GET IN CLOSE TO YOUR SUBJECT
TIMESCALE - Hand-in 18th Jan 2016 by 3pm.
CT Admin Office
Tutorials will cover examples, lighting and
research.
Please use the worksheet for this.

ASSIGNMENT:
Take Portraits of yourself and 1 other person Max of 3 final photographs.
RESEARCH
Make sure to research portrait photographers for
examples of work and techniques - for example
Rankin, Robert Mapplethorpe, Annie Leibovitz, Herb
Ritts, Perou. Make sure to credit your sources and link
back to their websites or add url to your sketchbooks.
RESOURCES
http://www.day19.com/v6/- superb site
http://www.herbritts.com
http://photo.net/gallery/ do a search on portraits
THINK OF: Framing, light, get close, view point,
angles, shadows, perspective.
NOTE
look at abstract angles and placement of
subject / location. Look at reflections,
behind glass, using mirrors etc
GET IN CLOSE TO YOUR SUBJECT
TIMESCALE - 18th Jan by 3pm CT ADMIN OFFICE

Note : These Assignments are designed to help you during this module.
They will help you gain confidence and start to build up a library of images to work with for your final hand-in.

Tutorials will cover examples, lighting and history.

Assignment
Portraiture

WORKSHEET

BRIEF

Take a series of portraits of yourself and 1 other person Maximum of 3 final photographs.
Please fill in this worksheet and gain feedback to progress. Make sure that you add as much information on your
assignment as possible.
QUESTION

You should have

completed this by now.

DETAILS
Name of subject
What type of portrait are you taking?
Close-up, environmental, editorial, candid,
abstract.

What equipment/techniques will you be using

to capture your subject

What post-production will you be applying to

your images if any?

When organizing your shoot, what variables

will you need to take into consideration?

List photographers that have informed and

inspired your work here (please include urls)

Max 3 final photographs

STUDENT WORK

Assignment - Portrait examples

Joanna Moyes http://joannamoyes.tumblr.com/

http://rachelgrantphotography.tumblr.com/

Assignment - Portrait

http://peterbradleyphotos.tumblr.com/

http://peterbradleyphotos.tumblr.com/

STUDENT WORK

http://gjohnsonphotography.tumblr.com/

http://justina-kexin.tumblr.com/

http://s-h-photography.tumblr.com/

http://lukelphotography.tumblr.com/

http://jsdigitalphoto.tumblr.com/

STUDENT WORK

Promotion Assignment - Logos

http://kturekphotos.tumblr.com/

http://gjohnsonphotography.tumblr.com/

Assignment
Interview and Photograph a Photographer

BRIEF
As individuals interview and photograph a photographer
about their work in your home town. Make sure you start
your planning early in the module and DO your research.
Please do not leave this until last minute.

Interview & Photograph a Photographer

As individuals interview and photograph a
photographerabout their work. You can do this in
Portsmouth or in your home town. Make sure you
startyour planning early in the module and DO
your research. You will need to physically meet the
photographer.
Please do not leave this until last minute. At some
point we will be checking up on your progress.
You can present the outcomes however your want
- blog, printed etc. You can also present a video as
part of the process.
You are also allowed to use students on BA
Photography.
You will need to ask them questions about
theirwork, how they started, techniques,
equipment, subjectmatter, tips for starting out.
You could ask them if you couldhelp out or watch
them during a shoot?
Ideally have 5 -10 questions to ask them. You will
need to research them and their work. It would
look very unprofessional if you turned up without
doing this.
Plan your photoshoot with them - think of location.
Do they have a studio? or perhaps a special
location?

OUTCOME - Photo Essay Magazine stylespread/

feature -on blog, printed, video
TOOLS & SKILLS -
Camera, lenses, editing packages like
photoshop, gimp, lightroom, design editing -
indesign forlayout
RESEARCH to get you started
www.thisisthewhat.com/category/interview/
www.interviewsbycrashtaylor.com/interviews/
www.popfoto.net/
www.globalyodel.com/
photo.net/photographer-interviews/
www.andrewsgibson.com/blog/category/
interviews-photographers/
photographerswiththeircameras.tumblr.com/
behindphotographs.com/
www.camerabag.tv/index.php

TIMESCALE - 18th Jan 2016 by 3pm CT

Admin Office.

Note : These Assignments are designed to help you during this module.
They will help you gain confidence and start to build up a library of photographs to work with for your final hand-in.

You can present the outcomes however your want - blog,

printed, video. You are also allowed to use students on
BA Photography. You will need to ask them questions
about their work, how they started, techniques, subject
matter, equipment, tips for starting out. You could ask
them if you could help out or watch them during a shoot?
Ideally have 5-10 questions to ask them. You will need to
research them and their work. It would look very
unprofessional if you turned up without doing this.
Plan your photoshoot with them - think of location. Do
they have a studio? or perhaps a special location?
HAND-IN 18th Jan by 3pm CT ADMIN OFFICE.

Assignment

WORKSHEET

Interview & Photograph a Photographer

BRIEF

As individuals interview and photograph a photographer about their work.

Please fill in this worksheet and gain feedback to progress. Make sure that you add as much
information on your assignment as possible.

You should have

completed this by now.

DETAILS
Name and location of Photographer you will be
interviewing and photographing

Website of Photographer
Brief overview of their work - what is the style,
genre of work?

Photographer contact details

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
1.

6.

2.

7.

3.

8.

4.

9.

5.

10

Have you chosen your

photographer and sent
them the questions?
Have you taken their
portrait yet?

Please make sure that you have:

Supplied, presented the questions and answers.
Supplied and presented photos of the photographer and their work - look through the
links supplied with the brief.
RESEARCH to get you started
http://www.thisisthewhat.com/category/interview/
http://www.interviewsbycrashtaylor.com/interviews/
http://www.popfoto.net/
http://www.globalyodel.com/
http://photo.net/photographer-interviews/
http://www.andrewsgibson.com/blog/category/interviews-photographers/
http://photographerswiththeircameras.tumblr.com/
http://behindphotographs.com/
http://www.camerabag.tv/index.php

Important that you take great care

and attention to how this is presented.
Higher marks for professional
presentation of work.

STUDENT WORK

ASSIGNMENT 2 - EXAMPLES

STUDENT WORK

STUDENT WORK

STUDENT WORK

I first saw an exhibition of Carole's work in Ryde where her photographs were projected onto a screen along with text from her blog. I asked her if, by bringing the blogging
format into the art gallery, she was highlighting blogging as a new artistic format.
Carole: Yes I was attempting to make blogging an Art form. Initially I was thinking of printing
the images with the words but the gallery suggested screening it which was much better idea
and cheaper too. The people who set the show up did a lovely job with its own little room and
a sofa.
Peter: How important are the words in your blogs? Carole: The words are (sometimes) just
as crafted as the images. Usually in fact. But sometimes just chatty. Photoblog was a nice
little community back when I started and it was my first ever experience of internet
friendships. International internet friendships. I have met several of them in the flesh now. So
it was a mix depending on my mood.
Peter: You take a lot of your photographs with your phone. Do you think using a phone has
an affect on the kind of photos you take, or how you present them? Carole: I have got very
used to my phone and love that I can shoot edit and post an image while Im walking down a
flight of stairs in a museum. The editing apps on my phone are better in many ways than what
I have on my computer. My Real camera I prefer to use at home when I have time to set it
up though I do occasionally take it out with me but I set it up on an automatic program when I
do. Tricky question. I use my camera when I want a higher definition image or if Im shooting
for someone else.
Peter: How important is social media in relation to your photographs? Carole: I mostly shoot
to post. Feels odd to take a
picture that isnt going to be
seen so social media is very
much a part of my photography. I mostly post on
instagram now and share to
facebook. Got a gallery on
Red bubble which I havent
added to for a long time and
also a private page on
photoblog where I explore
erotic/sexual imagery (Dont post there much either). I think you have to join photoblog to see
it. Had a Posterous account but ignored their emails when they were changing servers and so
lost my mumblog which I did when I spent looking after her for 5 weeks. And also I published a
book of poems and self portraits on blurb. (Links at the bottom)
Peter: How many photographs do you take a day, on average? Carole: today I took 9
photographs posted 6. A quiet day for me. Average about 30 unless Im out somewhere new
and the light is nice.
Peter: Why do you take photographs!? Carole: I used to take more
photographs when I was unhappy as a kind of therapy. Since I started
doing yoga 2 years ago I find I have less of a NEED to make images.
Used to be fired by restlessness and boredom and would definitely
feel better after creating something. Thats changed now. A bit of
The white ink of Happiness going on though I do still take
photographs almost every day. Now I think I take them because
Im still interested in trying to catch the world how I see it and
also because Ive been taking photographs since I was 17
which is 35 years now!
Peter: Your photos seem like the exact opposite of how
most people like to portray themselves on the Internet. Is
this a deliberate reaction against the norm? Carole: Semi
deliberate but mainly an Aspergers thing I think. Trying to
make sense of myself and the world without understanding the rules in the most people world. I never
understood as a child (still dont) why people
adopt such a rigid pose when being
photographed and grin like lunatics.

Carole Gledhills photographs are

refreshingly intimate. Here she talks
to Peter Bradley about her work.
http://www.redbubble.com/people/elorac/portfolio
http://www.blurb.com/books/2318030-love-lies-bleeding

STUDENT WORK

Peter: I've seen you take photographs

in a very casual manner. Carole: I like
to shoot to crop when Im out and
about being casual. I do see what I
want but prefer to make a general
grab at it so I can perfect the edges
later when Im home alone. Happy
accidents were a thing I was
interested in as a young woman.
More with filmmaking than
photography . I put whole rolls of
exposed standard 8 in little bowls
of toilet bleach to see what would
happen. I liked not having total
control over the outcome but I
came to suspect that that might
have been a form of cowardice.
Not talking full responsibility for
my images.

Christos made a
photobook which
included his interview
with his chosen
photographer and
photographs
of him.
Get planning do not
leave to the last
minute.
http://christosmavros.tumblr.com/

STUDENT WORK

- Make sure you present the assignment as professional as

possible
- Look through the example research
- If on blog then present this as one blog post - Pinal
interview and photos
- If on video then again include photos
- If printed - think of the layout and Pinal presentation.
- include work by the photographer.
- It is a photo essay - as you would expect to see in a
magazine.
- Not enough of you have enough work on your blogs?
need the ideas, editing, research, development etc

BA Photography department has some great

student work - magazine layout inspiration
currently hanging in the corridor on the first
floor.
Please visit soon for inspiration.
Choose a magazine that your interview could
work in - ID, Vogue, Cereal, Sunday Times/
Telegraph, The Face, VICE etc
What is the layout like? house style? font? do
your research to match up.

BA Photography - students had to create a front cover and inside feature copy style, layout, fonts etc in Adobe InDesign

Use Adobe InDesign for making your

magazine spread.
See CCI Creative Skills for help.
Rob and I can advise in class.
Blurb (print on demand) now has InDesign
plug-in with templates - http://www.blurb.co.uk/bookmaking-tools

self publishing
Blurb - http://www.blurb.co.uk/ - different ways to create books
Magcloud - http://www.magcloud.com/
Lulu / photobox / snapfish /
Bob Books - http://www.bobbooks.co.uk/
iPhoto - built in templates
Newspaper Club - http://www.newspaperclub.co.uk/
Loads of sites out there to create your books vary by price and location. Allow time for
them to be printed and delivered - check times. Loads of offers.

An excellent way to promote your work. Gives people the

option to design their own books. Templates & InDesign
plug-in.

Assignment - Set Your Own

Assignment
Set your own Assignment
As a photographer you should always be looking for new and interesting ways to develop your work. Setting
your own projects will help you to push yourself artistically whilst building up a portfolio that shows variety and
creativity. Setting your own assignment could come in many forms from photographing typography on road
and shop signs to shooting objects that all share a similar trait or colour. Other themes could be reflections,
textures, people and their pets, shadows, shapes, graffiti etc.
Research projects undertaken by other
photographers. Provide examples on your blog.
Learn from this research and look at the variety of
approaches to similar themes.

Resources:

A good starting point is to look at the use of

typologies. A Typology is the study of types. A series
of similar objects, people, places are photographed
in the same format and under the same conditions,
allowing the viewer to study the similarities and
differences between each object.

A consistent theme, image composition, final

presentation, how other photographers have
approached similar projects (look at Flickr and social
media for inspiration)

http://www.chrisbuck.com/likeness/
http://www.edfella.com/lib.php?dir=images/
photographs/lettersonamerica/
http://www.moma.org/collection/artists/8095
Your starting point will be finding a subject, is it a
-Bernd and Hilla Becher
person an object a colour?
http://www.slinkachu.com/
Next you will need to set parameters for the project.
http://www.martinparr.com/
e.g. What camera/format will you use, will the images
http://jonisternbach.com/
be square, will they be panoramic? Will you shoot in
http://www.alexprager.com/
colour or black and white?
http://www.maryellenmark.com/books/titles/twins/
One you have set the parameters for the project,
index001_twins.html
begin shooting. Remember to always take your
camera with you and be on the look out for subject
matter to photograph.
THINK OF:

Outcome - between 3-5 photographs.

HAND-IN Friday 22nd April 2016 by 3pm

Look at the resources and be inspired = learn

BE CONSISTENT WITH YOUR PRESENTATION OF
WORK. As before put all ideas and processes in
your blogs.
PLAN OUT YOUR PROJECT CAREFULLY
Put your website address and contact details
on any printed work.

GET APPROVAL FROM EITHER CLAIRE OR ROB BEFORE YOU START

Get approval before you

start.

SETTING YOUR OWN ASSIGNMENT - WORKSHEET

BRIEF: As a photographer you should always be looking for new and interesting ways to develop your work. Setting
your own projects will help you to push yourself artistically whilst building up a portfolio that shows variety and
creativity. Setting your own assignment could come in many forms from photographing typography on road and
shop signs to shooting objects that all share a similar trait or colour. Other themes could be reflections, textures,
people and their pets, shadows, shapes, graffiti etc.
Set your own photographic assignment. Provide examples on your blog. Learn from this research and look at the
range of projects other photographers have undertaken. Outcome 3-5 photographs.
DETAILS
Research - list websites, inspiration
ideas.

Brief - Write a paragraph about

your assignment.

Format of work - e.g. website, print,

exhibition
How will you implement this?

Action Plan - a to do list with dates

from now until end of unit.

Get approval from either Claire or Rob

Assignment - Set Your Own

Fill out as much as possible.

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Final Assignment