Exam Blogger outline

Contact sheet

Will evidence the breadth of your research. 

Straight Images (as many as you wish to post)

 Select the best images from the shoot that you might wish to take further through editing

Work Record your Plans for the shoot, What you hope to achieve. NB (those first two sections should be written before the shoot in order to help you clarify your ideas and to ensure you have all that you need).  This is followed up by What I actually achieved (with two evaluated pictures - equivalent to the evaluation section of a work diary) In this section you must record how you took the photograph in terms of camera settings and the visual outcome (did you achieve the type of photographs you wanted, what are the denotations and possible connotations associated with the images).  Candidates are expected to use technical language (e.g. depth of field, etc).  What I am doing to do next (this might mean something that occurred whilst doing that shoot that you want to develop or maybe even a change in direction, etc).  Clearly your final shoot will not have a “what am I going to do next section”

Computer experiments -

·       Computer experiments will demonstrate your ability to experiment with the medium of digital photography… This is an important aspect of the AQA assessment criteria.  You will need to explain the process used.   You can do this with screen prints and text or just use text only.

·       You should evidence the photograph before and after the computer experimentation.

Physical experiments -

Physical experiments will demonstrate your ability to experiment with the medium of photography… This is an important aspect of the AQA assessment criteria.  The process involves the way a final print is physically transformed and how the meaning of a print changes as a result of the transformation.  Physical experiments SHOULD be recorded by scanning in the transformed print..  You will need to explain how the transformation has changed the meaning of the photograph e.g. describe your concept and the connotations associated with the print.

FINAL PIECES

Show the images the best images that you have created in a single post.  Ensure that the images selected work as a series and are linked to the exam paper.

Describe how the work is linked to your preparatory work (i.e. photographers research or shoots)

Final Evaluation

Here you will need to summarise how your work has developed as a result of the shoots that you have undertaken.

·      How has your research (photographers research, research log) and preparatory shoots influenced the final series of images that you have created?

·      What have learnt/ how has your work developed as a result of the project, this can be:

o    technical (learning new techniques in camera operation, shooting)

o   aesthetic (new ways of presenting work)?

·       How successful were you in responding to the exam paper? Identify areas where your work is strong and areas where you might want to improve your work further