- The document provides an introduction and expectations for a photography class, including that all class and homework will contribute to final GCSE grades, homework is due weekly, and students must have access to a digital camera. - It asks students to define photography, discuss what it means to them and how they use it, and have groups create diagrams of photography ideas and techniques they want to learn. - Students are tasked with creating their own diagram about photography and writing a summary of what a DSLR camera is. Homework involves researching point and shoot cameras. - The document closes by discussing still life photography, having students diagram their ideas for creating a still life, and how they will set up their still

1. Text and Images Project
Introduction to Photography
Advertising – How to read an image?
Collaged advert
Fine Art – Robert Indiana style painting
Photography -

2. ReminderExpectations
• All class work and Homework is used as
coursework and goes towards your final GCSE
grades – 60% Coursework & 40% Exam
All work needs to be produced to a high standard.
• Homework is set once a week – in sketchbook
and written in homework dairy.
• Every lesson you need to bring sketchbook and a
USB to save your work and photographs on.
• You must have access to a digital camera at
home.( not a phone camera)

3. What is Photography?

4. Definitions
• Photography is the process of forming stable
or permanent visible images directly or
indirectly by the action.
• Photography is one of the most important
tools in scientific and technical fields. It
extends the range of vision, allowing records
to be made of things or events.

5. What does Photography mean to you?
• In your life
• In your world
• What do you use it for ?
• When do you use it ?
• What different types of Photography do you
use?
• Why do you use it?
In groups create a spider diagram of your ideas

7. What other things can you do with
Photography that you would like to
learn about?
• Techniques
• Equipment
• Images
• Styles
• History
Add your ideas to your spider diagram

8. Task: In your sketchbook create
your own spider diagram about
photography using the ideas from
the group

9. What is a Digital SLR camera?

10. SLR camera
DSLR camera
• Single lense Reflex -SLR
• Digital Single Lense reflex -DSLR

11. Task:
• Using the sheet provided – write a summary
of what you understand about what a DSLR or
DSL camera is.
• You can present you summary with a title and
drawings from the sheet.

12. Homework task
• Research you need to find out what a point and shoot
camera is.
• In your sketchbook present some writing and images
about what a point and shoot camera is
• Compare and contrast this to the DSLR and SLR
cameras – you may need to do some more research on
these cameras.
• Your homework can be written in book or presented
on computer and printed out and stuck in book.
• Homework needs to be written in diary and on
homework schedule in sketchbook.

13. What is a Still Life?
• How would you create a still life using
Photography?
• What would you need to create the Still Life?
• Create a spider diagram to present your ideas

14. How are you going to set up your
Still life?

15. Jan Groover