Tuesday PM - Intro to Digital Photography
NQ Multimedia

Introduced each other as 2 infill students had joined the class and I did not know all of their names as had only had them on 2 occasions. Talked about what their expectations were from the unit. Difference between snaps and creations for the units. Divided students into 3 main groups who worked in pairs. One group had to find what they considered good quality, well composed photos for groups of people, one for objects and one for landscapes. Reflected on the photos they had found. Students used the cameras in 2 groups and took people photos. I demo'd hot to use photoshop to import, rotate, adjust levels, save. I also demo'd difference between enhancement and manipulation.

Evaluation: Students were much more engaged when they found images epitomising good composition than when I normally showed. Very pleased with themselves and found superb examples of good composition over the 3 genres. Students enjoyed taking their own photos and emulated a great deal of what they had seen. Also wanted to enhance. Keen to learn more to carry out enhancement. Very successful lesson.