YEAR 10 Prep Task - Identity Photography

Your first Art Lesson will be an introductory presentation including an overview of your first project "Identity".

Lesson two will offer a chance to explore the identity theme through mind-mapping and storyboarding for photographs, this will help you generate ideas and plan for your first prep task.

Your first Prep task needs to be completed in advance of your third Art lesson. In lesson 3 you will require the imagery produced in this Prep to undertake the next (drawing based) tasks.

For the prep you need to take a set of at least 20 photographs that explore aspects of the "identity" theme. These images should include some imaginative selfies and might also explore other aspects of identity such as:

• Personal possessions.
• Friends.
• Environment.
• Clothes.
• Hobbies/interests.

Other appropriate topics for photographic investigation should be identified through your mind-mapping.

DO:

•    Try to take visually interesting images.
•   Consider camera angle/viewpoint (high angle/low angle can give striking shots).
•   Consider composition/cropping - zooming in on details can give strong imagery.
•    Try to take the photos in good light – look at the weather forecast and plan accordingly if you are shooting outside.
•   Try to arrange your light sources in front of your subjects (rather than behind, which creates silhouettes and loses detail).

DON’T:

•       Use secondary imagery from the internet – this is your project, own it!
•       Use old photos, take new images with the project in mind.
•       Leave the task to the last minute and rush it.

These photos are important and thoughtful completion of this task is essential to making a good start to the course. The quality of the imagery you work from has a significant effect on the quality of the work you produce!