12 Art Photography

Course/Course Content

This course focuses on further developing skills in Photography practice. Students will continue to develop their digital knowledge with Adobe software including Photoshop, and InDesign. They will also extend their practical skills with the DSLR cameras; using the studio, lighting and editing to develop more comprehensive photography. They will use established artist models to inform their own practice and develop work along a theme. Students will produce a body of work over the course of the year that shows understanding of photography ideas and conventions.  

This body of work will be assessed against 2 internals (4 credits each) and 1 external folio (12 credits).

There will also be the optional internal opportunity to experiment with surrealism, horror and special effects and create their own GIF photography animation (4 credit internal).

Objectives

• To develop critical, lateral and creative thinking skills in Photography.
• To extend knowledge of historical and contemporary photographers and styles.
• To further develop Photoshop and editing skills in image production and printing.
• To use the visual diary to establish a working process which includes research, as well as drawing to generate, develop, analyse and clarify ideas across a body of work.

See 'Visual Art in Yr12' link below for more details.

Extra curricular activities that can extend students in Visual Arts include:

GDC_arts - Ongoing competitions, external Art and Photography competitions, Art lunchtime activities, Summerfest, School Art Exhibition, displays, assisting with School Production, and community projects.