Art and Design (Photography)

Course summary

Photography will develop your awareness of the photographic world around you. We focus on developing your technical camera skills, compositional techniques, and Photoshop knowledge. We work hard to enhance your appreciation of photography, teach you how to use our professional studio, and above all help you learn to love the visual world that is ever-evolving. Year 12 Students should be introduced to a variety of experiences that explore a range of photographic media, techniques, and processes. They should be made aware of both traditional and new technologies. Students produce an extended collection of work that exemplifies aspects of their developing knowledge, skills, and understanding. It should provide evidence of research, the development of ideas, making skills, and critical/contextual understanding. It should demonstrate the student’s ability to sustain work from an initial starting point to a realization. Year 13 Personal Investigation: Component 1 (60% of A level). Students develop work based on an idea, issue, concept, or theme leading to a finished outcome or a series of related finished outcomes. Practical elements should make connections with some aspect of the contemporary or past practice of artist(s), designer(s), photographers, or craftspeople and include written work of no less than 1000 and no more than 3000 words that support the practical work Externally Set Assignment: Component 2 (40% of A level). Students respond to a stimulus, provided by AQA, to produce work that provides evidence of their ability to work independently within specified time constraints, developing a personal and meaningful response that addresses all the assessment objectives and leads to a finished outcome or a series of related finished outcomes.