TIFS Photography Department
How do I ...Present my work?
You have taken your photos and now you need to present the results in your sketchbook or online record.
This is where you can demonstrate your ability to reflect and review your ideas
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What should I include?
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1. Intentions
What were your intentions and initial ideas for the shoot? Ensure you make links to any artists who you have investigated.
You have taken your photos and now you need to present the results in your sketchbook or online record.
This is where you can demonstrate your ability to reflect and review your ideas.
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2. Thumbnails
Print a selection of thumbnails from your shoot and circle/highlight your strongest images.
Add some notes to explain why you feel these were the best
3. Enlarged Images
Present your strongest images on a larger scale in your sketchbook neatly and clearly.
Show the unedited versions next to your edited versions, however make them smaller in size, so not to seem more important and draw attention away from your “best” work.
4. Experiments
Take your best images and experiment with them, exploring possible variations using appropriate techniques, for example Pixelmator techniques, printing on different materials etc.
5. Annotations on Image/Series
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What is the image/series about? Explain what your intentions were.
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What concept, message or meaning did you intend to communicate or explore?
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Describe the image visually. What is the image of? What is the main focus?
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Describe the image visually using key features and vocabulary.
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How have you achieved your meaning, concept or message?
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What techniques have you used to create the meaning/concept or message?
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Remember to discuss composition, colour, lighting, perspective, body and facial language, camera effects (long exposure etc.), connections to social or other elements.
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Development onto the next shoot? What would you like to build on and develop in your next shoot?
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How will you further enhance your project using aspects of this shoot?
Handouts
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Use the guides and handouts t, these will give you guidance on how to achieve the best results.
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