Photography with Ms Fothergill (assignments)- By Gemma

On the 8th (Monday) and 9th (Tuesday) of June,  the year 7 and 8 students (Rooms 11 and 14) had technology. We have technology on Monday and Tuesday on the last week of each term. It consists of 4 different subjects ( Electronics, graphics, food and photography), you participate in one different subject each term for the two days. We do technology to boost our knowledge of the subject because they aren't one of our main learning subjects we have each day. This term I participated in photography with Ms Fothergill (an expert at photographer).

On Monday we all got sent off to our different technology subjects. The photography students walked (with their cameras) to the board room to meet with Ms Fothergill. We started off with the 'boring things'. Making sure everyone has their gear ready and sorted to use. We needed; a laptop, camera, download cable and charger. Once this was all sorted, Ms Fothergill presented us a slideshow on the projector. This included; learning competencies, a success criteria, some helpful tips that you could look for whilst taking photos,  some photos that we (as a group) critiqued, and the last slide was showing us our first assignment, the rule of thirds.

The rule of thirds was our first assignment. Ms Fothergill explained that when taking photos (noting that this rule may not apply for some photos) you should have your main person/thing not in the middle third. You maybe thinking "What are all these thirds?" but in most cameras you will find, in the settings, a way to put up the thirds. It is a grid with 9 different squares that fill up your whole screen.
Our task was: Take six shots which demonstrate your understanding of the rule of thirds. Environment- Car Park and Rugby Field. You may take more, but you can download only six. Think about the placement of your subject and the background. Move you body in and out, as opposed  to using the zoom if you can.
Without further or due, we all rushed out (quietly, not disturbing the hardworking office ladies) to complete our first assignment.
After the photos were captured and downloaded, we moved onto our next assignment.
                                                                         

Assignment 2- Zoom, Zoom, Zoom. Environment- Challenge Course.
Task- Take three shots of the same subject, moving closer each time. Make sure there is a clear difference between your widest shot and mid shot. Your final shot should be a close up shot. If you can, walk in as opposed to using the camera zoom.
Off we went for another assignment, which was great fun.
                                                 

Assignment 3- Possum, Giraffe, Mouse. Environment- Junior playground.
Task- Position yourself and you camera from the perspective of these creatures...
Possums can see all around them and out beyond.
Giraffes look down on things.
Mice are low to the ground
Use your environment to capture as many interesting shots as you like. Try positioning yourself in the same spot and taking your photo from three different perspectives.
Some photos from these assignment came out very creatively.
                                                                         Giraffe perspective

Assignment 4- Photojournalism
Task- To capture photos that report the story of what is happening. Consider all you have learned on other assignments when deciding what images you will capture.
Other people were working hard out just like us.
                                                               

Assignment 5A- A Day in the Life
Task- Using your soft toy, create a 'story' of a day in the life of your toy, positioning it different places, doing different activities with it and using your imagination and creativity.
Students brought in some very cute teddies. They also have some very interesting lives.
                                                                         

Assignment 5B- Alphabetography
Task- To capture a photo that represents each letter of the alphabet.

This is the task where a lot of people asked "Why are you taking photos of your reflection?!" Some people thought out of the box, taking photos of people's hair (Liam), asking people to do things to the photographers orders.                                     

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We also took some portrait photos, photos with frames involved and photos of headshots, interesting perspectives, body parts and frames using their fingers. We sure did use our creativity.

Photography with Ms Fothergill was awesome. We learnt heaps, completed lots of outstanding photos and had a great time. Thank you so much to Ms Fothergill for being an excellent teacher and hopefully you will follow up on the photography club idea!!
Quote of the term-"You can make a good photo better but you can't make a bad photo good"- Ms Fothergill