This document provides tips and techniques for macro photography based on a student's GCSE Art Photography coursework. It includes 15 tips for macro photography such as using a ring flash or twin lite flash to keep the shutter speed fast when shooting moving subjects. It also discusses focusing manually, being patient, cropping images tightly, using extension tubes, setting up shots, and using a tripod. The document analyzes photos and techniques of several macro photographers and provides examples of the student's own macro photos along with reflections on the techniques and styles of different artists.
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This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
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The empire's roots lie in the city of Rome, founded, according to legend, by Romulus in 753 BCE. Over centuries, Rome evolved from a small settlement to a formidable republic, characterized by a complex political system with elected officials and checks on power. However, internal strife, class conflicts, and military ambitions paved the way for the end of the Republic. Julius Caesar’s dictatorship and subsequent assassination in 44 BCE created a power vacuum, leading to a civil war. Octavian, later Augustus, emerged victorious, heralding the Roman Empire’s birth.
Under Augustus, the empire experienced the Pax Romana, a 200-year period of relative peace and stability. Augustus reformed the military, established efficient administrative systems, and initiated grand construction projects. The empire's borders expanded, encompassing territories from Britain to Egypt and from Spain to the Euphrates. Roman legions, renowned for their discipline and engineering prowess, secured and maintained these vast territories, building roads, fortifications, and cities that facilitated control and integration.
The Roman Empire’s society was hierarchical, with a rigid class system. At the top were the patricians, wealthy elites who held significant political power. Below them were the plebeians, free citizens with limited political influence, and the vast numbers of slaves who formed the backbone of the economy. The family unit was central, governed by the paterfamilias, the male head who held absolute authority.
Culturally, the Romans were eclectic, absorbing and adapting elements from the civilizations they encountered, particularly the Greeks. Roman art, literature, and philosophy reflected this synthesis, creating a rich cultural tapestry. Latin, the Roman language, became the lingua franca of the Western world, influencing numerous modern languages.
Roman architecture and engineering achievements were monumental. They perfected the arch, vault, and dome, constructing enduring structures like the Colosseum, Pantheon, and aqueducts. These engineering marvels not only showcased Roman ingenuity but also served practical purposes, from public entertainment to water supply.
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This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
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Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
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4. • It looks like small images appearing bigger
than normal
• You create one by zooming in very closely to
focus on a small subject.
• I like Macro Photography because it shows
fine details that would be otherwise
unnoticed.
5. 1. Use a ring flash or twin lite flash when shooting macro
Having the ability to keep the shutter speed at a fast 1/200th of a second allowed me to
capture the moving insect sharply. It also allowed me to hand hold the camera without
the use of a tripod
1. Learn to focus manually
As the hoverfly was constantly moving, I found turning off the lens AF (automatic
focus) function made the job so much easier
1. Learn to be patient
2. Crop images tight for online viewing
3. Try extension tubes
4. Set shots up
5. Use a tripod if you cannot shoot faster than the length of your lens.
6. Just because your macro lens can shoot with an aperture of f/2.8 doesn’t mean
you should use it
7. When shooting macro, shutter speed is more important than ISO.
8. Learn to see
9. Never give up. If you don’t photograph the shot you initially want, that’s ok.
10. Make good use of backlight
Macro Photography: Top Tips and
Techniques
6. • 13. Make good use of morning sunlight to
capture detail not seen otherwise.
• 14. You do need to be careful not to capture
lens flare though. Sometimes it works,
sometimes it doesn’t. Trying numerous angles
also helps to find the best position.
• 15. Continuous shooting is good when
capturing movement shots
7. What 3 words describe any Macro Close Up Photography?
Detailed, magnified and intriguing.
Why is it important to have similar collections of objects to photograph?
To have many examples of similar things helps identify strengths and weakness in the way
the photos are taken.
Can you describe a Macro Photo?
A Macro Photo is a photo that has been magnified to show fine details that otherwise
would not be seen
Why do Artists create Macros?
To show intricate details that would be missed on the first glance.
Why are Macros nice to look at?
They Show fine details than otherwise would be missed
How can a Macro be manipulated to show a message or meaning?
By making the focus be on something personal or something happening in the world at the
moment
What effect do Macros, Close ups have on the audience?
Makes the audience appreciate the small details in everyday life
8. Miki Asai
Miki’s macro photography focuses on
the beauty of water droplets, and plays
with colour and reflections with the
effect of creating delicate images. I like
her work because her focus of nature
brings out soft coloured lighting that
compliments her photos. This is
something id like to use as well.
9. Niko Vass
Niko’s photography uses minimalism, bold colours
and careful composition to set his portfolio apart
from other macro photographers. The main subject
of his work is often a single water drop. I like his use
of minimalism to highlight the subject of each
photos, where he also blurs anything irrelevant in
the photo. Id like to adapt the way he displays his
backgrounds.
10. Corrie White
“I can make liquids dance!” says Corrie’s profile. And that’s certainly
true. These splendid high speed shots have frozen colourful liquids
into sculptures. I like the way she capture the smoke and water and
how she makes each photo make colourful and ecstatic as the last. I
would like the experiment using colour in her style for my own
photos.
11. Juliana Nan
Her work uses lots of soft and pastel colours and give the
audience a feeling of calmness. I like her use of colours
and how they focus of photos is sharp while everything
else is blurred. I would like to adapt her use of colours into
my own work.
15. In todays lesson, we took macro photos of items
located around the room such as coins and rope.
We even sprayed water onto windows and took
photos of how the light filtered through
afterwards.
Texture Carousel
27. Ansel Adams
Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984) was an
American photographer and environmentalist. His black-and-white
landscape photographs of the American West, especially Yosemite
National Park, have been widely reproduced on calendars, posters, and
books.
With Fred Archer, Adams developed the Zone System as a way to
determine proper exposure and adjust the contrast of the final print. The
resulting clarity and depth characterized his photographs.
The things I like about his photographs is his application
if the Zone system, which bring out all the lighter
shades to be seen more clearly, which would have
easily gone unnoticed without. This gives his work
more of art like feel, as they look more like they are
drawings.
28. Rinko Kawauchi
Rinko Kawauchi Hon FRPS, born 1972, is a
Japanese photographer. Her work is characterized
by a serene, poetic style, depicting the ordinary
moments in life.
What I like about her photographs is that all her subjects are just
normal life, things that could simply gone uncaptured because of the
mundane of it. She captures things as if normalcy is alien and she
makes the onlooker see the beauty in simple and feel happy at the joy
seen in unchanging normalcy.
29. Edward Weston
Edward Henry Weston (March 24, 1886 – January 1, 1958) was
a 20th-century American photographer. He has been called "one
of the most innovative and influential American
photographers…"
With Weston’s use of lighting
and black and white contrast,
the subjects of his work give a
feeling of loneliness and
sadness, which is put simply
down the colours he has used.
39. What do I mean by “framing” your macro images?
Making the whole photo fill the frame without any blank spaces,
List 3 ways you could make your framing more interesting and
creative?
Angles, colours, blur technique.
What techniques could you use to make your work more visually
interesting when photographing something mundane and
ordinary?
Juxtaposition , such as the flowers and skulls in Georgia
O'Keeffe's work. Could also blur photo to give the photos more
ethereal vibes. Could also use different angles to make the photo
more interesting
40. Gradient used to
darken the edges and
make the subject
more vibrant.
Gradient used on onside to
symbolise death as the flower faces
outwards to represent life
High Pass at
97.7
58. David Hockney
I would describe his work sort off abstract like
and shows different emotions through his
collages because of the time between each
photo in the collage taken.
He is known for joining a number photos
together to create one collage piece.
59. Gwon Osang
His style is very weird and
odd but his sculptures are
very lifelike and three
dimensional, much unlike
regular photos. I think the
photographer did this on
purpose to make his work
come to life and be more
real.
Gwon Osang Sculpture of
David Hockney
60. Amanda Clyne
I like this artists work as I think her work
reflects mirrors and each photo layered
over the top of each other shows
different sides of the subject face and
personality. She shows the subject with
never the same two expressions and uses
her subject to a full advantage.
61. Experiment using photo joining
Taking separate photos of the
same subject then layer the
same features on top of each
other creates a photo like
Amanda Clyne’s
63. When making the face
symmetrical
Copy one half of
the photo onto
another layer and
then flipping it to
make it a mirror
image of the
original layer
64. Francis Bacon
I think his work is really
weird. All his portraits are
twisted and demonized
and no longer resemble
the human face, this could
suggest that Bacon was
more interested in the
darker side of human
nature.
65. Wes Naman
I like how the artists has
distorted the subjects faces
natural and without using
edits. I like this because the
photos feel more authentic
and original. Some of the
subjects have normal poses
of smiles but other have
experimented with poses
and make up.
66. To create similar photos To Wes Naman I would
have close up shots of peoples face creating
different emotions with either the subjects or
the background with a colour corresponding to
said emotions. The subjects hair would either be
tied up or slicked back so their hair colour/style
would not be the focus of the photo.
67. Pop Art Research
Andy Warhol was famous for his Pop
Art movement. The style he did was
layered and he did not contain his
colours in the lines.
86. Clock close-up
Camera tilted
on its side
View through
window on to
a window
Close up on
computer
Blurred
background
Slight blur
87. These photos all look like they were taken on
the same day at the same place. The sky is dark
at the forefront and lighter the farther away it
is. There is also a view of green and yellow fields
and plenty of trees. All the photos have three
layers.
The first photo has a close up on the grass
making the grass bigger in proportion but it is
also taken at an angle that includes another two
layers even though the main photo focus is the
grass. n
88. I have chosen these photos as a good
example of layers. The one above has
good proportion as it shows the sky
as large and the layer below small.
95. This photo is of a red door and slightly
shows its surroundings. I picked it
because I liked the shade of red the
door is painted. I don’t like that is
shows other thing than the door
because it distracts the main focus of
the photo. A way I could think of
improving this is to have the door the
main focus and maybe the blur the
rest of the photo.
96. • I think assessment objective 1 means to better
understand things through research and see the
emotional and social side to a picture. To show
the examiner I can do this I could take photos of
what may look ordinary places but are special to
me and research different ideas behind photos
like that.
• I can receive up to 20 Marks for this part of my
coursework and mock exam
103. I like panoramas because they show mass
amounts of space and land and can show
natural landscape beauty.
Landscapes are used to give an almost 360 view
of a landscape so the viewer feels more
immersed in the photo, as if they are there
themselves.
Panorama
105. Fong Qi Wei
The photographer took several photos of the exact same place
but at different times of the day. He then made a collage of these
photos. He uses shapes such as rectangles and circles to cut up
his photos and then selects a certain point of interest and build
his words up from there, adding each shaped photos onto of one
point. He also used the technique of building from light to dark
and vice versa so his photos get gradually darker from the middle
or gradually lighter. He used the shape (circle) because its
smallest circle is a sunrise/sunset and the circle cut matches it.
108. Use two layers and changed the colours of one
layer. Then cloned the colours into places I
thought would both stand out and be subtle.
109. • Panorama are used to create a more 3D
looking world in photographs, to make the
photo that is being viewed look more realistic
and give the viewer a feeling of being
immersed in the photograph.
113. • Why do photographer use black and white
photography?
I think they use it to set a mood to a certain image. It gives a vintage or retro look to
the photo and by taking away the colour it can be interpreted in a different way.
Black and White Photography
114. Ansel Adams
Without using colour in his work , Ansel
Adams make us look at photos differently.
Instead of looking for how the colours
complement each other, our attention is
drawn to the texture and the shades of
light and dark that the environment gives
off.
I like his work because I think instead
of just looking at the photo we get a
feel for it instead.
115.
116. Zone system by
Ansel Adams
The Zone System is a photographic
technique for determining optimal film
exposure and development,
formulated by Ansel Adams and Fred
Archer.
The Zone System provides
photographers with a systematic
method of precisely defining the
relationship between the way they
visualize the photographic subject and
the final results. Although it originated
with black-and-white sheet film, the
Zone System is also applicable to roll
film, both black-and-white and color,
negative and reversal, and to digital
photography.
119. I would give myself a B for my work this term. I
tried use my own photos for manipulation but
most of the I didn’t. I did all my research and my
homework to the best of my abilities.
120. AO1
GATHERING
AO2
DEVELOPING
AO3
QUALITY
AO4
RESPONSE TOTAL GRADE
YOU 19 /20 15/20 10/20 13/20 57/80
DML /20 /20 /20 /20 /80
Now mark your work (use instinct/memory – don’t get your work out!!!!)
What next?Give three suggestions of how this project could be improved.
1. Improve my framing because I take photos on funny angles
2. Try to use my own photos more
3. Research using various sources not just the one
122. In this one I like
the filter and
lighting.
This is a selfie
taken by the
cast of the
walking dead.
Animal selfies
123. • I agree with selfies because it is a way
sometimes un-harmful way of expressing
ourselves. Its kinda like saying and expressing
how good you feel about your self and loving
yourself and I think that’s something most
young folk don’t have these days so I think
selfies are a positive thing.
124. “Parents are like God because you wanna know
they're out there , and you want them to think
well of you, but you really only call when you
need something” – Chuck Palahniuck
Words to describe my parents:
• Easy to deceive
• Sometimes helpful
• Sometimes okay
• Lots of fighting
• Lots of shouting
125.
126.
127. • I think Landscapes are about showing a dense
amount of land all at once where no detail is
needed.
128.
129. Experimentation using same place
different time photos (not my own). Using
tools to cut and paste to merge all the
times together.
Circular
rectangle
Diagonal
130. By cutting and pasting different
section of the photo on top of
itself and then only inverting
certain layer the image takes
inspiration from Maria da Silva
In these images
the images that
have not been
inverted have
been rotated 180
degrees
136. By layering a
colour photo over
the filtered image,
it creates a new
photo when the
layer settings are
changed
137. Use the elliptical marquee tool to
make a circle around the image and
then copy and past the inside of the
circle. The Next step is to rotate the
circle 180 degrees
138. By using Filter Gallery- Stamp
turns to separate circle black
and white. Then I merged the
layers so it was all one image
Next I used the High Pass filter
to change the effects on the
image
146. This piece was inspired by a book called The Giver by Lois Lowry. The book starts off as a
utopia but as the novel progresses the main characters reveals the world to be more
dystopian. The characters in the book do not see colours nor have emotions, apart from
the main character, Jonas, who is given emotions and colours from the title character , The
Giver. The piece is red because that is the first colour Jonas sees.
150. • The subject of many of his painting include
landscape and buildings such as churches.
• The effects the painting has on me is that they
are rather eerie and spooky.
• The Colours used include are very dark and
complimentary such as blacks and reds.
• The use of lighting includes shadows and lots
of darkness but also specks of bright colours
and soft lighting.
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153.
154.
155.
156. Hense aka Alex Brewer
Commissioned work for
Atlanta BeltLine
I like Hense’s work because he uses mundane
buildings that are involved in everyday life and
instead of keeping them boring , he uses bright
colours and over lapping patterns to make the
buildings eye-catching and intriguing.
166. Roland Halbe
Working independently since 1988,
Roland Halbe started out shooting
commercial architecture, but quickly
became one of the most recognized
professionals in architecture
photography, earning international
commissions from architects, agencies
and all kinds of media outlets.
In 1996 he co-founded Artur Images, an
online archive of architecture and
interior images, representing over 200
photographers from all over the world
including, of course, himself.
I like Halbe’s work because he uses
block colours and interesting angles
to create serene and minimalistic
images that are pleasing to view. I
want adapt his use of lighting to use
in my own work.
167. Connie Zhou
Zhou bases her angles on the
lines of the environment to
create stunning visuals. The
photos are normally one
colour, usually monochrome
palettes are used, but when
using colours her work is very
pleasing to look at.
169. Maria Helena Viera da Silva
Da Silva uses lines in her work
to present multiple
perspectives of the same
scene
170. Using Da Silva’s Style
Using the Polygonal Lasso Tool I created triangle shapes within
the image and then inverted the colour in the triangles
When inverting over a n
already inverted image,
the resultant image will
return to its original
colours
171. By cutting and pasting different
section of the photo on top of
itself and then only inverting
certain layer the image takes
inspiration from Maria da Silva
In these images
the images that
have not been
inverted have
been rotated 180
degrees
172. Bridget Riley
Bright block colours
and optical illusions
with lines leave a
lasting image of
minimalist and
simplicity.
173. Using Bridget Riley’s Style
Using the rectangular marquee
tool I selected horizontal and
vertical rectangles then inverted
them. Next used the polygonal
lasso tool to create triangles
ands them inverted them into
Bridget Riley’s style
174. Most of the photos have a blue hue
because the camera was using a setting
we were not able to undo
175. Copy the image and flip it to
make it look symmetrical
Photo was taken with a blue filter
189. Michal Karcz
A selection of creations by Michal Karcz, a
talented Polish photographer fascinated
from an early age by painting and
photography. With digital retouching,
Michal Karcz turns his photographs into
beautiful landscapes, strange and fantastic,
at the edge of dream. His work appeals to
be because he combines normally mundane
landscapes to creative scenes that look like
they come straight of a science fiction
novel.
198. Copy, pasted, and flipped the image horizontally to
create a mirror image of the original.
Used colour balance on each crown of
flowers to make the flowers distinct to
the picture
201. Eyes on separate layer and
colours changed to purple
before inversion
Inverted
202. Filled the trees in with the
sky
Used the clone tool to
blend the colours
together for a more
natural look and subtle
changes
Variant Style
203.
204. The eye and the flower are compressed into one layer then
duplicated. The copy layer is then rotated 180 degrees and moved
below the original photo to create a mirror image. The cop image is
then flipped horizontally to it is an exactly mirror and fits up to the
original. Next the layers are merged to create one photo.
205. Keeping the eyes on a separate
means each eye’s colour can be
changed individually
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208.
209.
210.
211. By changing the colour fill layer from the normal white to an intense red, it gives the double
exposure photo another layer of colour which adds to the emotion of the photo and it leaves a
more vivid reminder in the viewer’s head.
218. Do I need to do more prep work?
I need to learn new ways to experiment and manipulate photos in Photoshop
Do I need to take more photos?
Yes
Do I need to do more research to get ideas?
Yes I need to research more into artists who interest me
Do I need to develop my ideas more?
Probably
Did I use my time well?
Not really
How can I use the time better?
By knowing more techniques in Photoshop, I can only hope to improve
Do I need to re-order my slides so that I can see my own journey?
No because I already do that
Mock Exam reflection
Editor's Notes
Photo with rugby posts I would have included an equal amount of the ground in a strip.
Great so far. Use your images to create 2 in the style of Da Silva