James Hornsby Learning Menu – GCSE PHOTOGRAPHY

2020-2021Key activities

to be completed

Description of activity and success criteria Links to websites/learning platforms

WeekEight

Week beg. 1st

June

Year 9 Mini – project 2 SELFIES

Refining images taken from practical session 1 (changing the image in some way)

For each area all images to be refined:1. Selfie – using reflection2. The obscured selfie3. Eye close selfie4. Feet selfie

You can use PowerPoint or photo apps, or even the settings on your camera/camer phone.

For each theme you need at least 2 refinements – this will total 10 refined images.

State what changes you have made. This can be a through a flow map of you showing me the changes – a PowerPoint will be uploaded explaining this in full detail.

Information will be uploaded to Google classroom also.

PowerPoint: go to format. Here you are provided with options – experiment with corrections, colour and artistic design

Other ideas you can do on PowerPoint once you have looked at the option above:Crop the images into smaller pieces and join back together.Create half in greyscale and half in colour.Flip the images and create symmetryDuplicate the images and create a montage (a collection of images)

Photo apps:P S Express (best one) FlotoMega photo CameraKolaiedoscopePhoto fox PhotoShop MixLumyer Pic CloneSketches Pic CollageKolidacam Dark RoomStop Motion Adobe Clip

Year 10

Mini – project 2 SELFIES

Refining images taken from practical session 1 (changing the image in some way)

For each area all images to be refined:

Information will be uploaded to Google classroom also.

PowerPoint: go to format. Here you are provided with options – experiment with corrections, colour and artistic design

You could use the filters on the your phone to refine your image: Iphone - Go onto the photograph, edit option:Crop, exposure, brilliance, highlights, shawdows, contrast, brightness, saturation, vibrance, warmth, tint, sharpness, definition, colour options – vivid, vivid warm, vivid cool, dramatic, mono, silvertone etc

1. Selfie – using reflection2. The obscured selfie3. Eye close selfie4. Feet selfie

You can use PowerPoint or photo apps, or even the settings on your camera/camer phone.

For each theme you need at least 3 refinements – this will total 12 refined images.

State what changes you have made. This can be a through a flow map of you showing me the changes – a PowerPoint will be uploaded explaining this in full detail.

Other ideas you can do on PowerPoint once you have looked at the option above:Crop the images into smaller pieces and join back together.Create half in greyscale and half in colour.Flip the images and create symmetryDuplicate the images and create a montage (a collection of images)

Photo apps:P S Express (best one) FlotoMega photo CameraKolaiedoscopePhoto fox PhotoShop MixLumyer Pic CloneSketches Pic CollageKolidacam Dark RoomStop Motion Adobe Clip

WeekNine

Week beg. 8th June

Year 9 Mini – project 2 SELFIES

Refining images taken from practical session 1 (changing the image in some way)

For each area all images to be refined:

1. Mask selfie2. Photo booth selfie3. Shadow selfie

You can use PowerPoint or photo apps, or even the settings on your camera/camer phone.

For each theme you need at least 2

See week eight for details and information

refinements – this will total 10 refined images.

State what changes you have made. This can be a through a flow map of you showing me the changes – a PowerPoint will be uploaded explaining this in full detail.

Year 10

Mini – project 2 SELFIES

Refining images taken from practical session 1 (changing the image in some way)

For each area all images to be refined:

1. Mask selfie2. Photo booth selfie3. Shadow selfie

You can use PowerPoint or photo apps, or even the settings on your camera/camer phone.

For each theme you need at least 3 refinements – this will total 12 refined images.

State what changes you have made. This can be a through a flow map of you showing me the changes – a PowerPoint will be uploaded explaining this in full detail.

See week eight for details and information.

Week Ten

Week beg.

Year 9 Mini – project 3REFLECTION

Analyse photographers work based on the theme of reflection and mirroring.

1. What can you see in the image? Try to now break up

PowerPoint to be uploaded on google classroom with examples of photographers to look and analyse.

JACK DAVISON – documentary photography

15th

Juneinto foreground, mid ground and background when answering this question.

2. How do you think the image has been created?

3. Identify three visual elements you can see, and explain how you see them?

4. How does the image make you feel?

5. How might your recreate these images?

Think about three ways you could create your own photo shoot for each photographer.

CRAIG WHITEHEAD

MERRIEWELLS

CHIARA

Year 10

Introducing sustained project

Visual presentation taking you through your sustained project and what is involved with this. Looking at past examples and explaining the concept of “Word on the Street” and what elements of

Visual presentation delivered to you.

photography we will be looking at.

Week Eleve

nWeek beg.22nd

June

Year 9 Mini – project 3REFLECTION

Practical – setting up your photo shoot and taking your images.

Carry out your photo shoot using your three ideas.

Evaluate what went and how might you improve – if you have time re take your photographs

PowePoint will be uploaded to Google classroom with guidance on how to complete practical and evaluation questions for support.

Year 10

Sustained project Researching and planning for your your sustained project – discovering and developing a deeper understanding of each theme.

Mindmapping overall theme Selecting starting theme Researching and looking at

photographers work from that theme

Visual presentation delivered to you.