Digital Photography

Tutorial Session 1

Today
Assignments and progress - your work
Blog progress and using Tumblr
Schedule
Show and Tell

HANDBOOK
AVAILABLE AS A
PDF TO DOWNLOAD /
PRINT
VIEW ON MOODLE AND
ON MODULE BLOG

Module Blog

http://dphot.tumblr.com/

TO COMPLETE TODAY

Assignment

Assignment
Portraiture

PORTRAIT

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

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

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

What equipment/techniques will you be using

to capture your subject

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.

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.

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)

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.
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?

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

Photographer contact details

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

TOOLS & SKILLS -

Camera, lenses, editing packages like
photoshop, gimp, lightroom, design editing -
indesign forlayout

1.

6.

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

2.

7.

3.

8.

4.

9.

5.

10

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.

Assignments
There are 4 in total. 2 were set Sept.
2 in January 2016.
Assignment 1 - Portrait
Assignment 2 - Interview and Photograph a
Photographer.
DATE HAND-IN Jan 18th by 3pm
SET in January
Assignment 3 - Write your own
Assignment 4 - Promoting and Presenting your work
as a photographer.
DATE HAND-IN April 22nd 2016.

ASSIGNMENT 3 & 4 START IN

JANUARY 2016

WRITE YOUR OWN

ASSIGNMENT
THERE WILL BE GUIDELINES
AND FORMAT POSTED
SOON.

Assignment

Promoting & Presenting

your work as a photographer
All photographers advertise themselves and their services. It is vital that a photographers work is
seen in as many places as possible both online and offline. Even if they have a website they still
require offline advertising. Examples are - websites, business cards, flyers, photo-books, prints,
exhibitions, connecting with social media - e.g. Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Instagram, Flickr
Research how photographers advertise themselves. Provide
examples on your blog or in your sketchbook. Learn from this
research and look at the various formats for advertising your
photography.
The hand-in for this assignment is 30 final photographs
presented in a professional way with a supporting blog or
sketchbook. You can use work already done
in other assignments.
Your starting point should be researching photographers and
other creatives for inspiration.
How do they market themselves?
How do they present their work?
Write a short biography about yourself & style of work
What can you learn from this?
What have you learnt from other assignments?
Look at the different formats available to you:
website, printed, video, exhibition.
What is your best plan of action?
How can you best display your work?
Make sure you choose categories as specified in
the handbook.

Resources:
http://blog.noplasticsleeves.com/category/
digital_portfolios/
http://www.jasontravisphoto.com/
http://www.day19.com/
http://www.simonhoegsberg.com/
http://theselby.com/
www.moo.com - business cards
http://www.flickr.com/groups/artofthebusinesscard/
http://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/home
THINK OF:
Quality of photographs, Layout, colour, font, logo.
Typography is very important.
Look at the resources and be inspired = learn
BE CONSISTENT WITH YOUR PRESENTATION OF
WORK.
Put your website url and contact details on the card/s.
As before put all ideas and processes in
your blogs/sketchbooks.
PLAN OUT YOUR CAMPAIGN CAREFULLY
Put your website address and contact details
on any printed work.
Websites MUST be LIVE!

TIMESCALE - Friday 24th April 2015

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TAKING PHOTOS
THESE CAN ALSO THEN BE USED
AS PART OF YOUR FINAL PIECES
OF WORK.

Blog Examples - in handbook

http://jadebrightphotography.tumblr.com/
http://mateusp55.tumblr.com/
http://charlotteskinnerphotography.tumblr.com/
http://fionhot.tumblr.com/
http://charlesoconnorphotography.tumblr.com/
http://darnell-temenu.tumblr.com/
http://klyum.tumblr.com/
http://christosmavros.tumblr.com/
http://peterbradleyphotos.tumblr.com/
http://kexinphotography.tumblr.com/
http://jonathanwhitneysblog.tumblr.com/
http://jsdigitalphoto.tumblr.com/

HAVE YOU LOOKED AT

THESE EXAMPLES?
STARTED YOUR OWN
BLOG?
MAKE SURE COMMENTS
ARE TURNED ON - FEEDBACK

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY - CHECKLIST

What to include in
your blogs

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

Sketchbook that shows the following below.
ACTION

TO PUT IN BLOG / SKETCHBOOK

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

Evidence of research - camera. settings, software

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?

Software Analysis

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 24th April by 3pm - CT ADMIN OFFICE

DONE

YET TO DO

Your Progress
Not many joined the module blog?
A lot of you have posted just photos with no information?
Lacking in depth, research - go through previous blogs
from students to see what you need to do.
Should all be tech savvy and able to do basic posting of
photos, videos, links etc? and as part of the module
requirements have knowledge of Adobe PS, Web design
etc??

How you are marked

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:
Self Directed:
Promotion:

How you are marked

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.

How you are marked

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?

FORMAT - DELIVERY
Seminars with Gary Bown - technical side
Seminars - lighting, camera demos, software
workshop*, guest talks from photographers
Tutorials with Rob Luckins and Claire Sambrook assignments - looking at your work/progress,
photo walks, assignment help.
*Software help - CCI SKILLS - you should have
been informed that you need an intermediate
understanding of software skills to join this module
for help with this http://www.port.ac.uk/departments/faculties/cci/cciskills/creative/

YOU WERE ASKED TO DO THIS BEFORE FIRST

TUTORIAL SESSION ON 22ND OCTOBER
START A BLOG AND ADD YOUR FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS

JOIN MODULE BLOG http://dphot.tumblr.com/

JOIN FLICKR AND FLICKR GROUP HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/GROUPS/PHOT/
GET AN INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT ON YOUR MOBILE.

Lastly . . .
This module requires you to take photographs throughout the year - on average
about 100 a week. The assignments are there to help you start to compile a body
of work. Carry your camera with you at all times. A little notebook is also good.
Try to think about a consistent style - research other photographers
Constantly seek feedback on your work
Plan ahead - photographs, locations, equipment, software, storage, blog,
sketchbook, tasks, save your work/back up!
Students that dedicate time and effort will be rewarded
Important to enjoy your exploration and journey with your camera.

HAND-IN Friday 22nd April 2016 by 3pm

Instagram - progress
We are setting you a challenge to gain 100+ followers on Instagram and 100+ likes.
A prize will be given at the end of the year for the student with the most followers and student with the most
likes. You can download Instagram for iPhone and Android at instagram.com/

Take photographs throughout the year and follow people with similar interests, those that you find inspiring and
friends. Challenge yourself with this and make sure to use hashtags to gain followers and likes. Instagram lets you
add locations and link with other social media including posting to your tumblr blogs.
Links:
http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/feb/06/urban-instagram-photographers-you-should-follow
http://fieldguide.gizmodo.com/10-tricks-to-make-yourself-an-instagram-master-1601722027
http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/instagram-tips-and-tricks/

Please get your work ready to show us.

Need to see progress of blogs, posts and photographs
uploaded.
Research needs to be evident and behind the scenes,
camera used, settings, editing etc. See checklist and
look at previous student blogs.
Need to see your Portrait Worksheet.

NEXT SEMINAR 2nd Nov Portable Lighting Kit workshop.