Shapes and Shadows Max Dupain

Shapes and Shadows Max Dupain

Monday, 7 September 2015

Creating Contact Sheets Using Adobe Bridge


Creating contact sheets of your photographic work is easy using Adobe Bridge. A contact sheet is basically a handy way of viewing images from your shoots all at once - it makes it easier to select the very best from your shoots as you can compare images at a glance. View this 10 minute documentary on Contact Sheets.

It is a requirement of the assessment task that you create and upload contact sheets of all your photographic work to date.

View Creating Contact Sheets Using Adobe Bridge (a quick 5 minute tutorial) before attempting to make your own.

Tuesday, 1 September 2015

Structural Frame Analysis

Choose one of your most successful photographs and write a Structural Frame Analysis. Be sure to address all the dot points referenced in the Structural Frames Diagram. Then write your answer in full sentences. Post on your blog.

1. Does your photograph use any of the elements of design (the basic things that can be seen)line. colour, tone, texture, shape, direction, size? Refer to them.

2. The principles of design (the arrangement of those basic things) - focal point, balance, harmony, contrast, directional movement, rhythm - are expressed in how you have used the elements in different ways. Refer to the principles to describe the composition of your photograph.

3. Are signs, symbols or codes used in your photograph? Refer to the subject matter - e.g. skulls, flowers, clocks - what are they symbolic of?

4. What materials did you use? Refer to cameras, lights, props - exposure settings, arrangement, etc.

5. What techniques or processes did you use? Discuss your work process - e.g. choice of subject, composition, lighting, exposure, editing, uploading.

6. Is your photograph taken in a recognised style or genre - e.g. still life, architectural, fashion, documentary, etc. Does this style appear in a recognised art movement (e.g. pictorialism, modernism) Can you name a photographer who works in this style?


Adobe Photoshop Tutorials

Adobe Photoshop tutorials are available at Adobe TV covering everything you might wish to know about editing photographs in Photoshop. Please make use of these resources.