Creative Curriculum Photography

Today every group will be finishing their collages to present them to the rest of second year on Frday the 11th of June. We will be making a leaflet for the event and each group has their own power point. Ever group has today to finish their collage so the pressure is on! We have been asked to review on the high points and the low points and we found out that everyone has learnt a new skill like how too make a  collage, how to work well in a team and how to meet a deadline.

THREE WEEKS TO GO BEFORE WE PRESENT OUR LEARNING!!!!

Just a reminder girls of the success criteria we have agreed for this experience. During the next 2 weeks you should be working on these when you are not directly involved in the team tasks:
EXA3-02a    about experimenting with a range of media and technologies:
Proof of Success? – CREATION OF A FINISHED COLLAGE AND COMMENTARY ON THE PROCESS

EXA 3-07a – about responding to the work of artists and designers + giving and receiving constructive feedback .
Proof of Success?
1) MAKE A DETAILED RESPONSE ON YOUR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS ABOUT ONE OF THE PHOTOGRAPHERS YOU HAVE STUDUED
2)MAKE A CONSTRUCTIVE COMMENT ON THE BLOG ABOUT YOUR OWN OR OTHERS’ WORK.

This week the creativity really takes off with ideas and discussions  about collage themes/approaches/textures and sources now beginning to take form  The Home Economic scrap boxes of exotic silks and satins have  been a wonderful resource, – where a strip of brown silk has now become the  trunk of a palm tree in one collage – should look good with some  silky green  palm leaves!

Elsewhere pairs of hands are being photographed around the class to create a backdrop for a collage theme of togertheness.

Busy, busy,busy!

Today we move on to exploring the different work and style of Collage artists.

By the end of today your group should have learned more about how this this art form developed; what it involves and also brainstormed suitable themes or subjects for your own  final collage.

Birdhouse Anna and Madinah

 I picked this one as my best photo because I like the way the sun hits the flower, I also like the way the colours pop out how the pink attracts your eye because it is very vibrant in colour. The flower looks as if it is from a much more tropical climate than Glasgow. This flower makes me smile and feel warm inside. I am proud of this photograph.

I picked this photo as the worst photo because I don’t like the way the colour are not seen as well. I also don’t like how the photo is not focused and how the camera takes in background ‘stuff ‘that is taking away the focus from the main picture. You don’t get to see the beauty of this flower because it wasn’t taken with enough focus and is quite blurred.

We thought this was our worst photo because the lighting is out of balance and you aren’t really able to see what the object is. The distance we took the picture from isn’t that good either because you cant see the front of the object only the side of it. Plus you aren’t really able to see much of the detail in this object because it is from the side and most of the detail of this object is on the front of it

We chose this to be our best photo because the lighting is balanced and contrast that we took it from is good because you are able to see the object from the front and know what it is but in our other photo you couldn’t really make out what it was. Also you are able to see more of the detail of the object since we zoomed in on the front of the robot

Today we are finishing our collages of photographers and then taking some photographto compare them.

And then next week we will be starting work on the themes for our collages!

Our first photograph comparison.

From a number of photographs we took this morning we chose this picture because it was eye catching.  Also this picture is nice and bright. The daffodil is in sharp focus and it also looks very alive. The background is softer and more blurred so all the attention is on the flower. We also liked the way the sun shone on the left hand side of the flower because it shows the petals are fine and delicate.

We felt this was the worst picture we took because it doesn’t have much life to it, you can’t see it clearly, half of the flowers are dying and also because half of the box is missing. Also because only half of it has sun light which makes most of the flowers look dull and boring.

by Amy and Zoe

Hello girls:
You each have 2tasks today:
Period 1 – 2 Groups working on Understanding Photographers and 2 Groups work on developing good practice with the cameras.

2nd period the groups reverse roles.

When you are reseaching the photographers use the link to the Herald V11 project on the blog and select one photographer to explore.
When you are practising with the cameras use the 10 top tips link