Image creation and manipulation

Building on fundamental camera and software skills in a creative environment to allow the students to widen their technical abilities, and begin to use original imagery in their design solutions.

Becoming an advanced practitioner in photography or photoshop is not essential however a through understanding of how to describe your intentions using the principles, techniques and terminology will make communication with people responsible for those parts of a project much easier.

learning objectives

Level 4

• Use basic camera functionality to capture still and moving images.
• use presets and filter to make adjustments to the look and feel of captured media.

Interactions, engagements and activities

Describe the types of interaction and activities that could help achieve the objectives. 

Level 5

• Describe basic photographic variables and their effect on still images.
• Use common framing techniques to capture images for a range of photographic genres.
• Use a range of tools to correct and prepare images for various outputs.
• Use a range of techniques to appropriately seperate seperate objects from their backgrounds.
• Use masking and layering and adjustments to build compositions.
• Create digital mock-ups of design work. 

Interactions, engagements and activities

Presentation and demonstration of how exposure works and the variables involved.

Activities that encourage practicing adjusting variable to achieve different effects, capturing movement, creating silhouettes.

encouraging the use of own photographic or compositional work.      

Level 6

• Learning objectives for level 6, consider blooms taxonomy, learning outcomes, GPOs and learner engagement.
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Interactions, engagements and activities

Describe the types of interaction and activities that could help achieve the objectives.