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Welcome to your photography unit for Yr 9. In this unit you will be creatig a bold photographic piece or 4-image colour grid exploring colour and composition
Week 1 - Week 1: Colour Theory and Mood Board
DNA Task:
"Which colour do you think is the most powerful in photography and why? Discuss with your partner and be ready to share an example."
Lesson Focus: Understanding colour theory and the emotional power of colour in photography
William Eggleston
William Eggleston
William Eggleston is an American photographer best known for transforming the way colour photography is viewed in the art world. At a time when most serious photography was in black and white, Eggleston made bold, everyday scenes in colour. He often photographed ordinary objects — a red ceiling, a tricycle, a freezer full of food — and turned them into powerful images through careful framing and striking use of colour. His work shows how colour can make the mundane feel meaningful, and he is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of modern colour photography.
Eggleston's compositions often appear simple at first glance, but they reveal a deep attention to light, colour balance, and framing. He was known for photographing things others might ignore—street corners, signage, ceilings—and finding beauty in the banal. His use of dye-transfer printing gave his photographs an intensity and richness that made colours appear saturated and vivid, helping to elevate colour photography to fine art status.
Task 1: Explore primary, secondary, and complementary colours using a digital colour wheel. Download coloured images from Google and use the cropping tool in Google Slides to create your digital colour wheel.
Task 2: On the next slide, select a range (no fewer than 10+) of Slinkachu's pattern images and arrange them in a grid collage.
Task 3: Pick 1 of Slinkachu's images to create an Analysis Slide - Answer the questions below to the best of your abilities:
WEEK 2 - TINY WORLD SHOOT
DNA Task:
Think About It: How does Slinkachu's art make us see cities differently? Give an example
Task 1: Take a series of photos in the style of Slinkachu.
Below is an example of a tiny world photoshoot using forced perspective. You will need to take a minimum of 20 photos - this will give you a good number to select the 4 photos you would like to edit. Once you have taken all your photos, you will need to upload them into a folder in your google drive.
The final task, having uploaded them into your drive is to add them to a new slide in your presentation. Click INSERT > IMAGE > DRIVE and you should find all your photos there.
Contact Sheet
Contact Sheet
A contact sheet is like a page of pictures that a photographer prints out to help them choose which ones to keep.
To make it, they take a roll of film they used in their camera and cut it up into smaller strips. Then they lay these strips on a piece of special paper and shine light on it to make tiny versions of each picture.
This lets them see all the pictures at once and pick out the best ones.
©Rene Burri / Magnum
WEEK 3 & 4 - EDITING - IMAGE 1 - 4
DNA Task - Week 3:
Let's Chat: Slinkachu says his work shows how lonely big cities can be. How do you see this in his photos? Share your thoughts!
DNA Task - Week 4:
Get Creative: Imagine you're making a tiny world scene about 'hope' in a city. What would you put in it and why? Be creative!
STEP 1: Select YOUR IMAGE
STEP 1: Select YOUR IMAGE
Choose an image from your shoot you would like to use for your edit in your google classroom. Right click the image and select 'download'
This will then appear in your downloads folder. Open Photoshop click OPEN and select your downloaded image.
STEP 2: CROPPING
STEP 2: CROPPING
The first step in editing your image is to crop out the bits of the photo you don't ant.
1. Open your image in PHOTOPEA.
2. Select the CROP TOOL that you can see in the image above.
3. Using the handles around the image move the sides until you get a COMPOSITION you like.
STEP 3: ADJUSTMENTS
STEP 3: ADJUSTMENTS
Open the Adjustments Panel: Windows>Adjustment Panel
Using the LEVELS tool and HUE/SATURATION tool, experiment with the look of your edit.
Have you improved it from the original photo?
Below are some video tutorials to help you edit your images:
WEEK 5 - PRESENTING YOUR WORK & ANNOTATIONS
Set out EACH edit slide as follows:
Edit Slide Annotations:
Explain how this image / edit fits into the theme of your project
Write about this edit - what techniques have you used, settings, equipment, locations etc. Why have you used these?
What has worked well with this edit?
What could you improve in this edit?
What links to the artist have you made in this edit?
WEEK 6 - FINISHING OFF OUTSTANDING WORK
Use the success criteria below to ensure you have completed all the slides you need to for this unit. Each slide is numbered and you should aim to have 8 or 9 (if you have completed the extension task) completed by the end of this weeks lessons.
Title Slide (with your name) - Tiny World
Slikachu Research Slide
Slikachu Collage Slide
Slinkachu Analysis Slide
Photoshoot Contact Slide
Edit 1
Edit 2
Edit 3
Edit 4
Final Edit and Evaluation
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Extension Task - Design Mock Up
Exemplar Presentation:
EXTENSION TASK : GOING THE EXTRA MILE - DESIGN MOCK UP
For your extension task I would like you to take your favorite design and mock it up to show us what it would look like as a framed print / a printed pillow / or a phone case. Follow the instructions below:
To Download Files:
Click the link to download the PSD file you want - DOWNLOAD LINK HERE
In the new tab, click the Download Button
Once the file is downloaded, open File in Photoshop
Adding Your Artwork:
Once you have opened the file in Photoshop - look for the GREEN LAYER called ARTWORK HERE > Double Click this Layer and a new tab will open.
Drag and drop your artwork onto this file, resize to fit and click SAVE
Close this tab and go back to the Mock up file - your design will now be added to the object.
File SAVE A COPY > Name and change file type to JPEG
Phone Case
Framed Print
Pillow
T-Shirt Design
Frame with Flowers
Man with Poster
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