ACTIVITY SHORT DESCRIPTION
As part of our CAS trip to Prague, we took part in an “Instagram Photography Challenge” with Design Disco. We were split into four teams, led by a young professional photographer who uses Instagram as their platform. They helped us throughout the challenge with advice on photo taking and editing. We were each given a hashtag to use as a theme for taking photographs around the Faculty of Architecture of the Czech Technical University for an hour. I got #reflection, but other examples included #balance, #pattern, #perspective or #moment. At the end, we uploaded them to Instagram and looked at them as a group in a workshop at the end.
PREDICTED LENGTH OF ACTIVITY
One morning, 24th of March, 2017.
CAS ELEMENTS INVOLVED
PERSONAL GOAL FOR THE ACTIVITY
For this activity I aim to take multiple photos that fit the hashtag theme I am given, but make sure they are good and at least one of them I can actually edit and upload to show.
ANTICIPATED LEARNING OUTCOMES
As part of our CAS trip to Prague, we took part in an “Instagram Photography Challenge” with Design Disco. We were split into four teams, led by a young professional photographer who uses Instagram as their platform. They helped us throughout the challenge with advice on photo taking and editing. We were each given a hashtag to use as a theme for taking photographs around the Faculty of Architecture of the Czech Technical University for an hour. I got #reflection, but other examples included #balance, #pattern, #perspective or #moment. At the end, we uploaded them to Instagram and looked at them as a group in a workshop at the end.
PREDICTED LENGTH OF ACTIVITY
One morning, 24th of March, 2017.
CAS ELEMENTS INVOLVED
- CREATIVITY
PERSONAL GOAL FOR THE ACTIVITY
For this activity I aim to take multiple photos that fit the hashtag theme I am given, but make sure they are good and at least one of them I can actually edit and upload to show.
ANTICIPATED LEARNING OUTCOMES
- (Learning outcome #2): Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process
- I love taking pictures (see my page on Nature photography) but I've never done it as part of a challenge, competition or organised activity...just more carefree. It will a challenge for me to focus on the hashtag I'm given and not take pictures of anything I see and like. It will be great, though, to receive the tips from more experienced photographers, so that I can improve my skills.
REFLECTIONS:
Below is a slideshow gallery with some of the photos I took for my hashtag #reflection (some are edited but most are unedited).
I am very happy with my results and had a pretty fun time. At first, I partly wanted a different theme, as I though that #reflection was a bit boring. Then, as we started exploring the building and I started taking pictures, I uncovered its potential and got quite a few good shots.
It was exciting to upload the photo and then see it up on the screen with the others in teh workshop at the end. The following URL links to the blog post on the Design Disco website about our workshop, with details and images from other students. http://www.designdis.co/work/instagram-workshop-contemporary-prague/ To the right are photos of us as we were given instructions, and below is a short video of our workshop at the end. |