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Having recently qualified in the 'Preparing to Teach in the Life Long Learning Sector' (PTTLS) I am embarking on a pathway to teach photography and other related subjects. I have a valuable knowledge base in the subject stretching over 25 years having experience in both film and digital technologies. I am a passionate advocate to supporting young people in their aspirations both in life and in career choices. I am an optimist, energetic enthusiast, an explorer for knowledge and passing on knowledge. You can never learn too much and I am preparing my thesis for the MA Photography at Nottingham Trent University in 2014 in order to further my artistic ethos and specialism in the photographic image.

THE SHARING OF KNOWLEDGE IS THE FOUNDATION OF AN EMPIRE !

R.P.SIXSMITH

Areas of teaching

I have a very enthusiastic approach to teaching offering a dynamic delivery with lots of humor and student engagement. I have well prepared lesson plans covering every element of the photographic business:

Teaching areas in photography

• The science of photography (light refraction, visible spectrum, principles of light, what is photography?)

• Brief history of the development of photography using alchemy (silver halide technology and film up to the development of digital sensors)

• Making a pinhole camera from everyday materials

• Introduction to digital cameras (functions and settings)

• Shutter speeds, apertures and image sensitivity (ISO) explained

• Optics/lenses (which lenses to chose and explanation of what they do)
• Depth of field and focussing explained: aperture choice and it’s effect.

• Photographic Composition (rule of thirds and lines explained)

• Onboard/secondary flash settings and techniques

• Introduction to studio lighting (types of lights etc)

• Studio techniques for model and portraiture

• How to photograph architecture

• Night photography techniques

• How to use a DSLR for filmmaking (basic introduction to image formats and Imovie editing)

• How to be creative using alternative viewpoints and filters

• Image archiving and management using Adobe Lightroom 5

• Extensive tutorials on using Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop

• How to set up a photography website using wordpress

SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES OF PHOTOGRAPHY
We are living in a revolutionary age of photography; it’s all around us in the form of glossy advertising, billboards, and magazines. It is a universal language understood by all nations of people. Every minute of every day there are 27,000 image uploads to Instagram and another 200,000 to Facebook. The photography revolution is capturing every facet of our daily lives, in fact, the mobile phone camera has almost become a digital, visual diary and a facsimile or simple image record of life! The Royal Photographic Institute has concluded that over 90% of these images would fail on the basic techniques of what is deemed ‘acceptable quality’. You may have the latest, all singing, all dancing mobile phone, with a six hundred billion megapixel, superfantastic camera and integrated microwave oven! Oh yes!!! It’s on it’s way! The ultimate camping app!!! You may have the latest Nikon or Canon camera with auto focus, auto light reading, auto colour balance, auto programming for this and for that! But … there is one thing they all require to be able to do any photography what so ever … QUESTION: Can anyone tell me what that is?

The ancient Greeks in around 400 BC were aware of the properties of light and they had already conducted experiments with glassless lenses and pinhole cameras. A pinhole camera is a very basic device with a pinprick at one end for the lens.

The ancient Greeks had a word for their newfound plaything!

PHOTO = Light GRAPHIAN = To draw or paint.