Moodle 2

Moodle 2 is a hub where you as a student can have access to information which vital to your course. Please use the link to the side of this website to explore all that it has to offer. This is 'work in progress' and will expand week by week throughout the program of the course.

Studio session & work production

Tonight we will be looking at a session in the photography studio which will provide useful practice in ISO, F stops and shutter speeds for those that require it. It is usual to cover these at level 1, but for some that didn't do a level 1 this will prove useful.

After this session, can you research what ISO, F stop, and shutter speeds are (with accompanying images) and do a blog for each. Also what you learn from the session you will need to experiment within your own photography.

For the rest of the group I want to see more research of other photographers work, and for this to appear on each of your blogs with lots of images for us to look at and discuss. This is a vital part of informing, inspiring and planning for a photography shoot either on location or in the studio.

I went through labels of your work last week, and these need to be done throughout every session. Also in general you need to look at the volume of work that you are producing in relation to the requirements of the course. You have to be producing research and photography based on inspiration of ideas and then compare and contrast you work against your original research. And at all times typing about thoughts, ideas about how you work is progressing, etc..

As we looked at before, clear advice about 'what to blog' and 'how to blog' can be found in the blog archive if you need to recap on this at any time.

It is required and expected that to get the best out of the course this extended opportunity to produce work over the internet is grasped with both hands. Ask yourself the question am I producing as much work at home as I am at college.

As I have said before you need to take total full control and responsibility and ownership of all your units, criteria and work production / photography. Don't wait for me to tell you the next step, you need to initiate it and I will respond to it with advice and guidance.

Transparency & Following

 

Can I just make you all aware that should you wish to have an awareness of what each course entails and the type of images produced, can I recommend that you visit each others sites via the Followers Network. This will allow you to see what course progressions are available and the type of work they produce on different levels.
All you have to do is to click on the follow images to connect to each other. Also might be good to comment on each others work as all feedback from peers can be vital in improving as a photographer.

Week 3 already....

By now you should have a very clear idea on what you intend to do. You should have downloaded and printed all the units you have chosen to do and read them thoroughly.

Also you should have done at least one of your two statements of intent in full. The choices that you have made will then need to be researched via the web, books, magazine, youtube videos, etc..etc..of the photographers who work in your chosen areas.

We will look at research and what is required, also you can look in the archive on the main site to gain access to valuable information to help you on this course. Ask me about this and I will show you where and what you need to be looking at.

You should also be starting to label all your blog work so you can self track it all via the labels gadget which we went through the other week, any problems with this please ask me.

Also you need to be starting your photography now to run alongside your research. There is an expectation that you will be working a lot online away from the college at all times to add more content each week. This has to happen often in order that you might want to use the studio for a session, or go out to do some night photography whilst at college for example. For those who cant work online away from college, prep all your written work in word and I will show you how to copy and paste it into blogger, put your images in a seperate folder to allow a quick upload.

For those of you who do have access to the internet there is a high expectation that you are working a lot from home.After this session you will all be getting feedback from me as to how you are getting on and support.

Also you should all be commenting on each others work each week, this must be done as it is very valuable to have others critique your work as we go along throughout the whole course.

Welcome

A hearty welcome to Burton and South Derbyshire College!
Also welcome to the City and Guilds Photography courses. I hope you had a smooth process in enrolling onto the course that you have chosen. The levels within the framework of these courses rise from level 1 to 4, if at anytime you feel that you cant cope, or the course is too easy for you, please speak to the tutor in charge of your group for clear advice and guidance. We can migrate you across to different levels in negotiation with your tutor.

Enjoy your time at Burton and South Derbyshire College!

Steve Davies & Marie Holliday

New Level 4 Photography Course

The new City and Guilds Level 4 Photography course is now online and you can see all the latest information via this new weblink;

http://cityandguildslevel4.blogspot.com

Please take a look and see if its for you, there are all sorts of new and exciting prospects with our link with a large modern photography studio that has 40 years experience in a broad range of commercial and advertising photography.

Please let me know if you are interested. Thank you.

stephen.davies@burton-college.ac.uk

Well Done!

All marking and grading of work is now complete, I have left comments on all of your blogs on how well you have all done. Can I take a moment to congratulate you all on all of your hard work and commitment to achieving high grades across all of the courses.

The City and Guilds Photography course can offer you all with a progression onto the next level or the same level but in different themes, for example if you did Location Photography last time why not try your hand at Studio Photography in September.

I am available to give advice and guidance on all of these courses should you require more information.

Please email me for any information about any of the courses. Can you also forward this link to others who may wish to join in September

stephen.davies@burton-college.ac.uk

Again well done to every one of you, the course would not be as successful as it is without all of your excellent photography and drive to succeed.

Steve