CPD for non specialist teacher of photography.

Splash photography using off-camera flash to photograph objects being dropped into water from a height. Lesson Plan Set-up diagram Key Words A4 poster example Artist resource Powerpoint presentation,

A class exercise on composition using examples from Magnum photographers, followed by basic guidelines on composition in photography. I use this for Year 9 and Year 10 pupils. I

Introduction to techniques in landscape photography featuring the work of Fay Godwin.

Resource showing: What ISO is How ISO can be used Limitations of high ISO's

Very simple, but effective portrait lighting techniques for photography GCSE, using a teddy as a model.

A series of essays (totalling 35 000 words) on the politics and philosophy of photography, including notes on the teaching of the subject. Sontag – On Photography The Post-modern world. Photography as a ‘Profession’? Want to earn money? Become a plumber. Photography in Crisis? Photography and the rise of the moral panic. Who’s photographing my child? Photography as a mechanism for interpreting reality. What makes a great portrait? Tales of wedding photography The Land A winning formula The rise of the Selfie You say it’s ‘Art’, but I think you’re a Perv. A Sociocultural Approach to Research for Art and Design An ethical dilemma I’m a photographer, but I don’t know everything. Towards a bright future?

Twenty five tried and tested mini projects to engage and occupy kids (of any age).

Presentation showing the mathematics behind one of the best known compositional aids in Art and Photography.

Five pages of notes on controlling apertures and shutter speeds for GCSE photography.

Presentation on a simple way to photograph smoke and create interesting symmetrical images.

Twenty lesson on the theme of Movement - from the simple, to the frankly crazy!

Developing an idea - Taking the work of Slinkachu and developing it into own work.

Powerpoint and pdf describing the theory and practice of creating light trails by burning wire wool

Synthesising the work of Cindy Sherman and Duane Michals to produce self-portraits.

Practical advice on photographing around sunrise and sunset.

How to paint with light without any special equipment - just a bottle and a torch.

Presentation showing how lighting an egg from different angles produces different effects.

Small A4 poster on the German Photographer, August Sander.

A simple set of photographs showing how moving the light source can effect the finished image in photography.