My Final Shoot, Posters and Lesson Plan

My final shoot contains everything I did, my thoughts as well as completing the tasks given to me by my 'real' client. At the end I will also go over and evaluate my work, giving examples of what i'd perhaps to differently next time or change.

 This entire post will include:

• A contact sheet of my shoot
• My chosen photographs for three posters, why I chose to showcase those photographs
• The posters completed and thoughts on the posters
• My lesson plan requested by the client

 Contact sheet: 

The image above is of my contact sheet, in this shoot I took a total of 19 different pictures as well as used 2 different types of lights to create what is shown. From these 19 pictures, I shortlisted them all into 6 favourites. These favourites are what i'd use later on in my posters.

 My favourite 6 photographs:

My favourite photographs are as following -

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 Why did I choose these photographs?

I choose these photographs because they are the ones that look best and most appealing to me personally. I like the red and blue mixing with the white light featured in images 6 and 7 because they contrast and serparate themselves from eachother, given a hidden perspective of two sides to a story. The white light represents what is good in the world whilst red and blue represents whats bad and saddening. This also ties in nicely to how bright both the lights are, the white light is a longer stronger which shows that there's a lot to life and that most of it is good and not depressing or terrible.

The same sort of applies to images 5 and 9, these images feature just red and blue but does it in a different way. Image 5 is a spiral of the red and blue which was spun around on a string as the light switched between each colour, this made it look hypnotising and gave really cool effect. The same applies to image 9 as well, though there is no real defining shape or pattern shown, the red and blue are constantly conflicting and smashing into eachother. It kind of gives the feel of two futuristic planes in the air having an air battle with both lights representing one of the planes swooping around eachother. Atleast in my opinion it does...

Image 4 is something unique, the red and blue flashing light was spun in a constant circle to create the nice image and effect we see. The red and blue of the light mixed together to create a nice purple glow as the light was spun on a piece of string. I was actually quite surprised at the result of this and thought it looked pretty cool and unique compared to the others after I was done.

And lastly, image 14. Image 14 was a close calling, the majority of the last images look roughly the same and it came down to a matter of if whether the background or not was entirely visible. 14 seemed to suit this best as well as covered most area's of the screen whilst others were taken with the light being creating too high up or the light making the background be seen a lot more.

The 3 completed posters for my client:

My three posters have been created with the purpose in mind. The purpose and what was asked of me was to produce three different posters which would teach children on how to take their own photographs using light painting. All three posters also include an example of two images (2 of the favourite 6 mentioned earlier) alongside the easily understandable and to read instructions. This is done to not only show off my results but to also to provide an example of whats possible to be created from doing this.

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My thoughts on all 3 of the posters - 

The first initial thought I had when trying to make all three posters was to be consistant but change smaller parts that would keep the children interested as the text stayed the same and was still there and readable. I did this by putting a 'Stroke' blending option over the white text as well as place it from one end of the poster to the other without it going off the poster or being unreadable. I also kept the text the same throughout to make it consistant and stick, I've written the text in such a way that its understandable by younger audiences as well. To do this, I had to use simpler language and also apply them knowing about shutter speeds already which would of been explained in the lesson planned out.

Whilst the text stayed consistant thoughout the entire three posters, the background and photographed examples didn't. The Background changed as to no lose the attention of the viewer, I used three different images of space and a nebula which I felt worked well with the concept of creating light painting. In retrospect, I felt as if maybe instead I could of used something more light oreintated but stuck with images of space as often it's colourful but still quite dark, like how the light in light painting lights up what usually would be dark.

All 4 of my posters, like mentioned earlier, also feature the six favourite photographs of mine chosen. There isn't much to talk about this one but it gives a nice visual aid to the children and what they'd be looking to make. It also gives an insight to whats possible and capable of being created.

My completed lesson plan:

Lesson Topic	Light painting for children.
Lesson Rationale	For the children to create an understanding and appreciation for photography as well as light painting in today’s world.
Standards	How to replicate light painting and how shutter speed works.
Evidence	Personal and group photographs taken where the children have taken part in creating the light painting shot.
Desired Results
Learning/ Teaching Activities	Introduction: Show off my own work to the children as well as online examples of what’s capable in this genre of photography. I will also engage and ask questions about basic and commonly known things about photography and cameras. Entry Point: I will then show the children how light paintings are made in an on-built studio which is capable of letting me do so. This will show the children how I do it and will let them see the result at a first-hand experience. Presentation of new information: Now I will go into more depth about shutter speed and how it works and how I created the photography taken beforehand. At this point I will also show off my created posters which the children can use as a reference to follow in creating their own light paintings later on as well as show off my own work a little bit more. After this, the children and I, alongside their regular teacher will par-take in creating several different light paintings, letting the children work together and some do it solo If there is enough time.
Materials Needed	A camera capable of slower shutter speeds, multiple torches and/or light sources, a black backdrop and frame for it to fall from, blackout curtains and frame to support said curtains.
Assignment / Follow-up	Review and go over every photograph taken and showcasing what the children have created via a whiteboard and projector in the classroom.

This is my completed lesson plan, it shows all the goals and objectives I set out to do, as well as whats needed in terms of materials/equipment as well as a guide on how I plan to lay out the lesson. I've included and created this as part of my product proposal given to me by a client I made, I liked the idea of teaching children how to do something i'm very fond of and enjoyed learning about myself. So the idea was kind of born that i'd create a proposal as if a client was giving instructions and guidelines to follow whilst incorporating this idea in with it.