Digital Photography

Schedule & Assessment / Examples /

Set Assignments

Digital Photography
An essential element in visual design, help with
documentation, layout - take many different forms application
good career path - digital merge/opportunities
New technology - increasing at a rapid rate (hardware +
software)

Always Try & Think before

you shoot.

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

Schedule
Module essential information / set assignments
Core subject/equipment information and research
examples of work / how to keep a blog
practical sessions - walks around the city, lighting
workshops, camera demo
guest speakers from industry
software sessions - run by CCI Skills Centre
important to come to class and show your work

Students that come to class on a regular basis

tend to get much better marks at the end of the
module.
Important to show your work - feedback

FINAL OUTCOME
3 ASSIGNMENTS - ALL ASSIGNMENTS ARE SET AT
THE START OF THE MODULE
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATION OF ALL WORK
SUPPORTING JOURNAL - BLOG
ASSIGNMENTS NEEDED TO BUILD UP YOUR
CONFIDENCE AND GET YOU TAKING PHOTOS
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR

Module Blog

http://dphot.tumblr.com/

Digital Photography
DPHOT HEMIS Code U20192
ABSTRACT
This course introduces the underlying principles of digital photography. Students will learn how digital
cameras work and how to create digital images, appreciate experimental, abstract and traditional
photographic techniques and learn how to display, compress and store photographs on a variety of
platforms.
AIM
1. To enable students to appreciate the fundamental principles, the technical resources and the creative
potential of digital photography.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
On successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:
1. Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of the application of Digital Photography as an
integral element within design
2. Understand the physical technology and methods responsible for creating digital images
3. Identify how digital photography benefits the industry and aids the print process
Hand In Date: Wednesday 29th March 2017 by 3pm - CT Admin Office.
ASSESSMENT PATTERN
Coursework (100%) The students will produce an evaluative, working journal and a presentation of
photographs. The work will be unsupervised and tutor assessed. You must choose and present your work
with close attention to the relationship/theme. There will be a series of assignments which all relate to the
unit aims and generate content for your final body of work.
Students MUST complete all 3 assignments with high regard to presentation of work. A working blog will
need to show processes involved in creating each of the assignments to include research, development,
using software, hardware and evaluation of final photographs.
Delivery
1.

A working journal (blog)

2.

A presentation of final images either printed, online. You must also supply all final photographs
on a USB or disc.

Students are expected to produce a portfolio of photographic work and associated journal of process
experiments, image plans, drawings, written and visual material, demonstrating both thematic and
technical research and experimentation in technique, format and media.
Completed photographic prints and online showcases should be executed with high regard to
presentation and photographic convention and wherever appropriate work should be fully edited
and presented in a professional manner.

SHOW HANDBOOK

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGING - ASSESSMENT MARK SHEET | 2016/17

Student Name \ Course Assignments (60%) - Portrait | Interview | Magazine
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 (15):
Interview (15):
Magazine (30):

Blogs (20%) - Is the Production / Ideas Process clear? It is vital that you regularly update your blog. Important to have clear
headings and/or pages for each assignment so that we can identify your work and do not miss anything.
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.

Evaluation (20%) - Have you evaluated each assignment?

Marked on:
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

Claire Sambrook / Rob Luckins / Gary Bown 2016

MARKING

Core Subjects - help sheets

SUBJECT
Portrait

CORE SUBJECTS
SUBJECT

EXAMPLE

EXAMPLE
Close-up, portray character in
environment, lines on face/
abstract, movement, candid, head
and shoulders

TIPS

Urban

city, decay, street, industrial, bridges, city

people,

Always carry your camera, shoot from the hip, turn off
sounds - be quiet, get dirty

Leisure activities, sport, playing

with animals, children, beach
games, running, jumping

Motion

Blur, panning, freezing. Motion can also

be implied in a picture by the use of
dynamic composition - for example using
powerful diagonal elements in the frame,
or showing people or objects leaving
from an edge of the frame, perhaps even
cut off by it.

The technical aspects of shooting motion are easy: a

fast shutter speed (or the action or sports setting)Seaside
will
freeze motion, a slow one will introduce motion blur.
Dont be afraid to experiment with extreme cropping
or split into 3 sections.

Sand, sea, close-up, landscapes,

splashes, waves, bucket and spade,
amusements,

Sense of movement, passion, singer and

mic, capture energy and mix of lights,
crowd shots, instruments.
Backstage.

The low lighting environment of a live gig presents

several problems to be overcome, the most troublesome being exposure and focus. Film speed 400 and
f2.8 will give you a good overall shot. Unless you are
familiar with the band then you cannot determine what
the lighting will do. Take a spare battery and shoot as
much as possible. Also take a small torch to check
settings etc. Experient with slow shutter speeds to
make the lighting streak.

Music/Gig

Digital Darkroom

Night Light

Candid

At Play

Weather

Pushing the limits using photoshop etc,

change the entire look of an image,
extreme cropping, masking and montage.
Stitching various images together to
make one final shot. Taking layers from
several images to make one.

Remember to save your work as a photoshop file (psd).

Be subtle and dont be afraid to use as many layers,
colours and styles as possible.
www.computerarts.co.uk is great for ideas.

Car headlights, architecture lighting, flash

outdoors/portrait, action shots with flash,
the moon, cityscape,long exposure,
lasers, copper

A tripod and slow shutter speed to capture headlights.

Cityscape
Or you could rest the camera on a wall for the long
exposure. Experiment with your camera flash settings
and take shots of portraits with car headlights in the
background. Painting with light - use a torch and slow
shutter speed to capture the effects.

Un-posed and unplanned, immediate and

unobtrusive

Landscape/

Technical equipment successfully employed for candid

photography is
typically lightweight, small and
unobtrusive rather than big and intimidating. Timing is
so important with Candid photography so always be
on the look out for an opportunity and carry a small
camera with you. Be sensitive to your subject. In some
countries people will shy away from the camera as
they feel you are taking their soul away by capturing
their image.

TIPS
The!3 general types of portrait photography are: close-ups
or facial shots, upper body shots, or environmental portraits
(where you focus on the subject and the surrounding environment that gives the subject character).! Some of the best
portraits are where the subjects look completely comfortable
like their not looking at a camera.! When people try to smile
or make a certain kind of face for the camera it usually
SUBJECT
EXAMPLE
doesn't seem very genuine.! The trick
is to capture the image
when the subject(s) aren't necessarily focused on the
camera.! The main purpose of portrait photography is to
capture the essence of the subject(s).!
Commercial
Photography made or licensed for
the purpose of selling a product,
Laughter and expressions are sometimes key with this core
service or idea where fine-art
subject. Close-ups might work well to convey a feeling ofphotography
a
is created as an end
playful nature
in itself.
Product pack shots, high street
photography - weddings, portraits,
fashion, travel etc
Many people take shots looking out to sea so why not turn
around at the seashore and look
for interesting opportuniNature
Taken outdoors and devoted to
ties. One common problem with landscape beach photo-displaying natural elements such as
wildlife, plants, and
graphs is that while they might capture a beautiful scene landscapes,
they
close-ups of natural scenes and
actually have no point of interest and can as a result be
textures.
rather empty and boring. When taking a shot look for a
point of interest or focal point that will give those looking at
your photo a place for their eye to rest. Perhaps its a pattern in the sand, a set of footprints, the crashing of waves
over a rock, a pier etc. Also look for the little things that tell
the story of going to the beach like shoes at the waters
edge, sand castles, sunglasses, etc.

Snow, wind, rain, sun, storms,

sunsets/sunrises, the effects of
weather on a building, erosion,
melting ice-cream, water on a
window, puddles and reflections,
sun rays after a storm and through
trees.
Skies, mountains, valleys, trees,
rivers, and forests. A landscape is a
section or portion of scenery as
seen from a single viewpoint.
Scenery is the subject of a
landscape image. Typically, people
and animals are not shown in a
landscape, unless they are
relatively small in the image and
have been included in the
composition to show scale.
Normally 3 styles of Landscape
representational, impressionistic
and abstract. Cityscape is the same
as landscape but includes all the
features of an urban setting.

Architecture
In and outside a building structure
Lastly protect your camera against the salt..it will kill it! or environment. Old and new,
modern and traditional, small or
large scale. Bridges, doors,
Try to capture the atmosphere as much as possible. A forest
windows.
Industrial, Ruins.
early morning - mist - could work better as black and white
to
capture the atmosphere. A close up of a wave and splashes
of sea water could convey a storm?
When it rains you will probablyFashion
have to use either a longer
Trends, culture, clothes - think in the
shutter speed or a wider aperture because the clouds tend
to
broadest
sense. What is
also block out direct sunlight.
considered fashionable?
Experiment with having something in the foreground and use
this as your basis to frame the shot. Doing this adds scale to
the overall image.
Abstract
Real subjects, sharp focused and
un-manipulated except for normal
Timing and opportunity play an important part.
darkroom adjustments such as
contrast, exposure and dodging
and burning. Angles, texture,
macro, reflections, shadows,
mirrors, glass. Has no rules.

TIPS
Work to the client brief and understand the audience that
you are pitching to. For this unit you could look at images of
the city (postcard task or tourism department of the council).
It is important to always make sure that the product that you
are selling is visible and of the highest quality.

Photographing Nature Requires Attention

Whether youre photographing wildlife, plants or a wondrous sunset, be aware of your surroundings. Follow these
tips to capture the best opportunities for nature photos:
Be aware of all of your senses: your ear may hear something
that your eyes have missed.
Maintain perspective: when changing locations, check out
where you have just been so you know where to travel next
to get another amazing shot.
Pay attention to your surroundings: look up and down, as
well as side to side.
Study your subjects habits: know how to anticipate an upcoming photo opportunity or when to flee.
Be careful of your angles. Look at the shadows at every
angle - this can help with the mood/texture and also add
depth. Slow film speed, large depth of field, slow shutter =
tripod essential or find a sturdy and straight wall. Look at
abstract, BOLD shapes that pop out. Use a mirror to reflect
light and also add a new perspective.
Look at unique settings to showcase the model and the
clothes etc. Dont confuse this with Glamour Photography.
From the early days to the present Fashion Photographers
were/are always the risk-takers and experiment constantly
with light, subject and colour.
Use colours/non and patterns to create an images. Let the
viewer be intrigued as to the subject.
Use your imagination

Human Form

Photographer Greg Gorman

specialises in Human form.
I dissected each persons face
individually with different techniques, such as lighting, camera
angle, the focal range of various
lenses. You can always hang a
light over someones head and get
an image that looks like the person.
To me, the more interesting images
are ones that leave something to
the imagination.

Get in close and look at obscure angels. Use a macro setting

to photograph the texture of the skin and highlight skin
tones. Play with shadows on the skin.

Self Initiated

Open

Open

Dont use flash!

Blog
Must keep a blog to document all work
on this module.
For blogs use Tumblr HTTP://WWW.TUMBLR.COM
or wordpress, blogspot - numerous other
ones - find one that works for you.
HAVE TO SEE ALL YOUR PROCESSES - DOCUMENT AS
MUCH AS YOU CAN

Examples - need to show your processes

WE WILL GO THROUGH IN MORE DETAIL DURING

TUTORIALS

HTTP://PIKCHURSUNIT.BLOGSPOT.CO.UK/

MUST EVALUATE YOUR WORK AT THE END. THIS COULD BE VIDEOS

Examples - blogs

http://sd-digialphotography.tumblr.com/

BLOG EXAMPLES

HTTP://JACK-DALY.TUMBLR.COM/

Student Work

Student Work

Student Work

LANDSCAPE

HTTP://LUKEOBRIEN.CO.UK/WORK/LUKE-OBRIEN-PHOTOGRAPHY.HTML
HIGH QUALITY PRESENTATION OF YOUR WORK IS VITAL

SELF-PORTRAIT

HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=AC6JDPIPMA8

Blog Checklist

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY - CHECKLIST

ACTION

DONE

WHAT TO PUT IN BLOG

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

Evidence of research - camera. settings, software

Production Process - including screengrabs (video / still),

behind the scenes, planning, editing, software

Software Analysis

Evaluation of each Assignment

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

Blog - Regular updating. Clear headings.

HAND-IN 29th March 2017 by 3pm - CT ADMIN OFFICE

YET TO DO

Blog Examples - great starting point

http://kreddin.tumblr.com/
http://agatakarpovicphotography.tumblr.com/
https://ryowalls.wordpress.com/
http://nemoveliki.tumblr.com/
http://kaylalaurenphotos.tumblr.com/
https://dillonspillerphoto.wordpress.com/
http://toni-at.tumblr.com/
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/

Cameras
Uni has Canon digital cameras, lenses and portable
lighting kit to borrow from the photography department
- 2nd floor - see Steve Whale.
Ideally try and get to know your camera inside out research forums etc.
Use manual settings to test/challenge yourself
London Camera Exchange will be coming in to demo the
range of digital cameras - compact, bridge, DSLR.
Mix it up - professional, compact, phone camera, apps
etc

Think before you shoot - no snaps

Unique images
Need to push yourselves to deliver the work to
tight deadlines and high quality
How will photography help with your
discipline/s?

be inspired
ROBIN RHODE

RESEARCH CONSTANTLY - LOOK AT STYLES / PROCESSES AND

EDITING TECHNIQUES

Books

PHOTO IDEA INDEX

Explore New Ways to Capture and Create
Exceptional Images with Digital Cameras and
Software
By Jim Krause
Edition: illustrated
Published by HOW Books, 2005
ISBN 158180766X, 9781581807660

GOOGLE BOOK SEARCH HAS A LOT OF CHAPTERS

HTTP://BOOKS.GOOGLE.COM/BOOKS?
ID=2VTO4HP9JDUC&PRINTSEC=FRONTCOVER&DQ=PHOTO+IDEA+INDEX

Books - AVA

HTTP://WWW.AVABOOKS.CH/
EXCELLENT QUALITY
AND SIMPLE TO
FOLLOW

Assignments
There are 3 in total
Assignment - Self-Portrait Diptych
Assignment - Interview and Photograph a Creative
Assignment - Island City Magazine
Use your blog to document processes.
HAND-IN for ALL - Wednesday 29th March 2017

Assignment - Digital Photography Module 2016/17

SELF-PORTRAIT DIPTYCH

Assignment
Self-Portrait Diptych

Worksheet

ASSIGNMENT:
Make a diptych that includes a self-portrait and the contents of your bag or what feels personal
to you. This should tell a story about who you are. You can present this portrait or landscape.
Please fill in this worksheet and gain feedback to progress. Make sure that you add as much information on your
assignment as possible.

DETAILS
Research - List photographers/creatives that
have informed and inspired your work here
(please include urls)
ASSIGNMENT:
Make a diptych that includes a self-portrait and
the contents of your bag or what feels personal to
you. This should tell a story about who you are.
You can present this portrait or landscape.

RESOURCES
Jason Travis - www.jasontravisphoto.com/persona/

Diptych - A diptych (pronounced diptik) was

www.michaellewisphotography.com/Self-portraits/thumbs
http://petapixel.com/?s=self+portrait
http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/whats-the-difference-between-aselfie-and-a-self-portrait/
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/mar/23/10best-photographic-self-portraits

originally a pair of paintings hinged together. In

modern art the diptych is often just a pair of images
which reflect a common story or theme in each image.
In photography the diptych has become a popular
format. Pairs of closely associated portraits, images or
themed pictures are often used to off-set one another.
In photographic presentation a pair of pictures are
often put together in the same actual image. As a
format, one image file with two pictures is a diptych.

Self-Portrait - a photographic portrait of yourself.

This also needs to be taken by yourself - camera
self-timer, reflection.

RESEARCH
Look at the work of Jason Travis and his Persona
project. Things Organised Neatly book.
Self-Portrait photographers include Robert
Mapplethorpe, Helmut Newton, Nan Goldin,
Vivian Maier and Lee Friedlander.

www.flickr.com/photos/jasontravis/

Things Organised Neatly -

www.thingsorganizedneatly.tumblr.com/

Peta Pixel Archives - www.petapixel.com/tag/diptychs/

NOTE
Important to make your personality come
through. How can you frame the shot, pick a
location, style and arrangement that informs
the viewer who you are? look at abstract
angles and placement of
subject / location.
TIMESCALE - Hand-in Wednesday 29th March
2017 by 3pm. CT Admin Office
Tutorials will cover examples, lighting and
research.

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 type of self-portrait are you taking?

Close-up, environmental, editorial, abstract.
How will you show your personality?

What equipment/techniques will you be

using? tripod, self-timer, reflection

What post-production will you be applying to

your photo if any?

Will you show the contents of your bag? or

another element? and how will you layout your
Diptych?

HTTP://WWW.JASONTRAVISPHOTO.COM/PERSONA/

Interview & Photograph a Creative

Assignment

WORKSHEET

Interview & Photograph a Creative

ASSIGNMENT

As individuals interview and photograph a creativeabout their work. This will need to be
someone working in an industry that you wish to work in and be related to your course.
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 Creative you will be
interviewing and photographing

Brief overview of their work - what is the style,

genre of work?

ASSIGNMENT - As individuals interview and

photograph a creativeabout their work. This will
need to be someone working in an industry that
you wish to work in and be related to your course.
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 creative to take their
photograph. This will need to be in their place of
work. It could also be a collaboration piece - see
the work of Jon Burgerman and Ed Templeton
with Toy Machines magazine covers.
You can present the outcomes however your want
- blog, printed etc. You can also present a video as
part of the process.
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 their working day?
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 -
Adobe InDesign forlayout.
RESEARCH to get you started
www.thisisthewhat.com/category/interview/
www.interviewsbycrashtaylor.com/interviews/
www.popfoto.net/
www.globalyodel.com/
www.jeanstories.com/the-stories/
www.andrewsgibson.com/blog/category/
interviews-photographers/
www.theselby.com/
http://www.coolhunting.com/style/jonburgerman-print-all-over-me-wearable-artcollaboration

TIMESCALE - Hand-In Wednesday 29th

March 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.

Their contact details and website url

Research - other portraits of creatives working in
this area. List URLs

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS - Minimum of 5 needed. Good to email these to the person before the
shoot.
1.

6.

2.

7.

3.

8.

4.

9.

5.

10

Aleksandra

K ARPOWICZ

How does your day as a photographer look like?

I try to be fairly organised, because
when you work for yourself, if you
dont do something its not going to
get done. Im my own boss. Im a
photographer but also Im my marketing manager, my accountant, my
social media manager, my personal
assistant. I try to get up early, usually 8am and start a day from there
breakfast, coffee and then start
working. Beginning with emails, arranging meeting, arranging shoots,
working on next projects. I make
to do lists for one month, one week
and one day and check what is done
so far.
Where do you get ideas? What
inspires you?
Every single project is inspired by
something different, but the general
interest in people comes from the
fact that Im a very social person.
Friend of mine calls me the most
people person. Its just easy for me

leksandra Karpowicz is a London

based Fine Art photographer. Her work is focused
on peole and human behaviour. She has developed
photography series such as Tribute to Dance,
Triumph of the Body and her latest work Lets Talk
About Sex, which she receive Best Portrait and Visitors
Choice awards in National Open Art Competition as
well she was shorlisted in Women of the Future Award
in Arts&Culture Category. Aleksandra is also a founder of networking platform LoVArts.
Describe your development as a photographer.
What challenges you have faced, your achievements
and aims for future.
Ive got a Masters Degree in Political Science.
Ive worked in politics for a few years, but I found out
that it limits me and its not something I want to do. I
came to London with a decision to completely change
my career. Ive decided to study photography, because
thats what I was interested in for quite a long time.
Ive been taking pictures since I was 7 and even back
then, if you look at my photos, everything is about peo-

ple. I did a one year course at the University of Art at

LCC London College of Communication. Ive started
working as a freelance photographer while I was still at
the University, but I found it very challenging because
I didnt know exactly what I want to do, so I was doing everything: fashion, studio photography, portraits,
photo-journalism - everything I could possibly do. Ive
started doing photos in the studio: the dance series
Tribute to Dance and about body Triumph of the
body. I didnt even have a goal what to do after that, I
just did it because I love that. Somehow these photos
were discovered by one of the galleries in London in
the beginning of last year (2014). I was approached by
the gallery, they wanted to represent me and exhibit my
photos. That was the turning point when I decided that
I dont want to be a photographer anymore, I want to be
a fine art photographer, so thats what Ive focused on.
Ive only started exhibiting my work two years ago, so
its all fresh and new.

to talk to people and its the strongest skill I have. Im always trying to
make people feel comfortable, because I feel comfortable with people.
Every series is inspired by something different. Tribute to Dance
is about dance, obviously, because
I love dance and I love music. Unfortunately a few years ago I had an
accident and I had a surgery on my
foot that caused me not being able
to walk. couple of months. It took
me a few years to recover. Tribute
to Dance is my expression of something I love but unable to do. Thank
God I can dance again, but will never be able to do things model does in
my photographs.
Triumph of the body is almost an
extension of the Tribute to Dance,
it focuses on appreciating human
body and form. Both projects are
also about capturing the moment.
In Tribute to Dance capturing a
moment is capturing a particular second, but in Triumph of the
Body its capturing a moment when
we are beautiful, young and strong.
The project is focused on the beau-

ty, but beauty passes like everything

else in life.
A massive step further was my
latest project Lets talk about sex.
Its a psychological study. I went
through a visual appreciation of human form, trying to dig deeper to
who people are. The whole project
is inspired by academic research and
books by Alfred Kinsey, which were
written in 1948 and 1953, when sex
topic didnt exist. I did two months
of research on that subject. Human
sexual behavior depends on biological factors such as age, sexual orientation and gender and social aspects:
who are their parents, where were
they born, where did they grow up,
who are their friends, their social
circle and the most interesting one
religion. All of those aspects shape
sexual behavior. I did a psychological experiment. Ive invited 48
men and 48 women aged between
18 and 76 of different backgrounds
and different races. Ive asked them
12 questions, which were meant to
help them clearly visualise a person
they want to present in the session.

LAYOUT INSPIRATION

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Subjects for
Magazine
Assignment

Assignment

Island City Magazine

ASSIGNMENT - Working on the theme of Island
City. Please hand in 10 photographs. These 10
photographs must all work together and tell a story.
Photography is a vital element in magazine
production. We have seen an increase in not only
digital magazines but independent printed titles.
Sites like ISSUU and Blurb allow photographers to
create their own magazine titles for both online and
printed version.
At the end of the module we will be producing a
magazine to include your best work.
You will be required to hand-in the following:
1. 10 themed photographs.
2. A short biography about yourself - 1 paragraph.
3. A paragraph about the 10 photographs - what is
the story?
4. What camera equipment did you use, camera
settings and where is the location?
5. Submit a front cover design for the magazine to
include a logotype (title) Island City.
6. Font and layout for your 10 photographs and text this can be done either in Adobe InDesign or as a
mock-up using Adobe Photoshop or Adobe
Illustrator.

Your starting point should be researching the Island

City - think of possible locations, stories, subjects,
type of photographs you take.
You will also be required to research magazines front cover designs, layout, fonts. Look and see how
photography is used.

PLEASE CHOOSE
ONE SUBJECT FOR
THE ISLAND CITY
THEME

HAND-IN - Wednesday 29th March 2017

by 3pm

Resources:
http://blog.noplasticsleeves.com/category/
digital_portfolios/
http://www.jasontravisphoto.com/
http://www.day19.com/
http://theselby.com/ - layout for his books
https://issuu.com/ - search by subject/category
http://www.blurb.co.uk/magazine - they have a great
plug-in to work with Adobe InDesign.
http://www.refueledmagazine.com/
THINK OF:
Quality of photographs, layout, colour, font, logo.
Typography is very important.
Look at the resources be inspired and learn
As before put all ideas and processes in
your blogs.

FOR ASSIGNMENT
10 PHOTOGRAPHS
ALL SAME SUBJECT

ISLAND CITY MAGAZINE

WORKSHEET
ASSIGNMENT - Working on the theme of Island City. Please hand in 10 photographs. These 10
photographs must all work together and tell a story.
At the end of the module we will be producing a magazine to include your best work.
DETAILS
Research topics:
Island City, Subject, Location,
Magazine layouts including
Front Cover designs, typography, logotypes.
Add notes, URLs.

Biography of yourself - no more

than 100 words. Research first.

Information on your 10
photographs - what is the
subject/story? 1 paragraph. Research first.

What camera equipment will

you use, camera settings and
location?

Front cover design? logotype

(title) Island City.
Font and layout for your 10
photographs and text - this
can be done either in Adobe
InDesign or as a mock-up
using Adobe Photoshop or
Adobe Illustrator.

FORMAT - DELIVERY
Lectures with Gary Bown - technical side
Classes - lighting, camera demos, software
workshop*
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/

BEFORE FIRST TUTORIAL SESSION ON 28TH OCTOBER

START A BLOG
LOOK AT THE ASSIGNMENTS AND START TO RESEARCH
EXPLORE THE ISLAND CITY
HUNT FOR A CREATIVE TO INTERVIEW

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

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 Wednesday 29th March 2017 by 3pm

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Big cameras are overrated

Dont take photos, make photos
Focus less on technical settings; focus more on composition
and framing
Buy books, not gear
The best investment for a photographer is a good pair of shoes
Photograph what youre afraid of
Seek to make connections, not photos

WORTH
GOING
THROUGH
THIS LOADS OF
GREAT
EXAMPLES

Shoot from the gut, edit with your brain

Every photo you make is a self-portrait of yourself
Have a strong visual anchor in your photo
Dont crop your photos
Dont just take 12 photos of a scene (work the scene)
Never compare yourself with others
Aim to improve your photography by 1% everyday
Photograph everyday for 5 minutes, rather than photographing
for 5 hours once a week
The best camera is the most invisible camera
The best zoom is foot-zoom
A photographers best tool is his/her smile
Shoot everyday as if it were your last