Transcript Digital photography: creating and sharing better images (T189)

T189 Digital photography:
creating and sharing better images
Jon Rosewell
https://learn2.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?name=T189-13J
Learning Outcomes Aims
The course aims to:
• teach students the key principles of digital photography
and imaging,
• equip students with basic skills to navigate technological
developments in digital photography,
• teach students how to critically evaluate their own and
others’ work in the spirit of continuous technical and
artistic improvement,
• encourage students to experiment with the principles of
digital photography and imaging as part of a supportive
online community,
• help students to develop a portfolio to be proud of.
Design
• T189 challenges students with weekly ‘photo assignments’: to
shoot, edit and upload 10 images on a different theme.
• Students are encouraged to critique each other’s images in
OpenStudio.
• Peer review of photography is fostered by OpenStudio
• comment next to image, not in forum
• small groups are formed dynamically each week
• import/display of EXIF data
• Providing critique helps students collaboratively learn how to
analyse other images using the techniques and skills taught in
the course.
• Receiving critique provides opportunities for improvement as
they build a portfolio for their final assessment.
A ‘virtuous circle’
Developing your
‘seeing’ – the essence of
photographic skill – can
only come from you in
collaboration with your
peers. Sharing is a
virtuous circle: the more
you put in, the more
others put in, giving
you more out, which
means you’ll put more
in, and so on ….
How to
improve on
feedback
received
How to
compose
better
images
How to
process /
edit
How to
critique
How to
share
Small groups
Peer critique
Assessment
• Assessment overall based on EMA(90%) and CMA(10%)
• EMA consists of:
– a panel of 10 images (60 marks)
– written reflective questions (choose 3 of 5; 40 marks)
• Written questions include one about peer review
• Students can develop panel in OpenStudio, but…
• EMA (including photos) submitted via eTMA
– photos can be in higher resolution
– eTMA enforces assessment rules
– Tutor-written marking tool
• simplifies file handling
• collects grades/marks and comments
• has additional photo tools (eg highlight over-exposure)
Reflective question on peer review
6. By Week 9 you will have posted to OpenStudio
some or all of the images that form your EMA
panel of 10 images. Explain how the comments
of another student (or students) helped you
select and/or improve one or more of your
images, referring to visual and technical aspects
of digital photography taught in T189. You
should also briefly explain how you used the
process of peer review to try to help another
student. (12 marks)