Brief One: Photography 101

The purpose of this brief is to get you to think carefully about lighting and focus and to work out what is possible with the equipment you have available. 

STEP ONE

Find and download a Free App that will allow you to control the Iris (f-stop), Shutter Speed and Film Speed (ISO) of the camera on your phone.

STEP TWO

Search online for THREE examples of EACH of the following:

• High Key Lighting
• Over Exposed Lighting
• Low Key Lighting
• Shallow Depth of Field
• Deep Depth of Field
• Monochrome
• Back lighting
• Chiaroscuro

STEP THREE

Using your phone (or any other camera if you have one) replicate ONE of each type. The main challenge here is to try to replicate the image as accurately as possible. 

STEP FOUR

Create a post in the Practice Briefs section of your blog called PRACTICE BRIEF ONE: PHOTOGRAPHY 101. Display your inspiration and your own work in a way that makes it clear what you are presenting (I won't give you any more instructions than that).

25 – 21	Excellent ·         Candidate has closely followed the brief ·         Everything is complete ·         Excellent use of equipment/technical skills ·         Presentation is excellent and creative ·         Candidate has taken the opportunity to show creative flair while still producing material that resembles their research.
20 – 16	Good ·         Candidate has closely followed the brief ·         Everything is complete ·         Good use of equipment/technical skills ·         Presentation is good and clear ·         Candidate has made a good attempt to reproduce material that matches their research.
15 – 11	Adequate ·         Candidate has mostly followed the brief ·         Mostly complete ·         Adequate use of equipment/technical skills ·         Presentation is clear but not very careful ·         Candidate has made an adequate attempt to reproduce material that matches their research.
10 – 6	Limited ·         Candidate has somewhat followed the brief ·         Likely to be incomplete ·         Limited use of equipment/technical skills ·         Presentation is not particularly clear or careful ·         Candidate has made a limited attempt to reproduce material that matches their research.
5 – 1	Minimal ·         It is not clear that the candidate has followed the brief ·         The work is clearly incomplete ·         Minimal use of equipment/technical skills ·         There is very little evidence of care in the presentation ·         Candidate has made minimal attempt to reproduce material that matches their research.
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