Threshold Concepts in photography
The Threshold Concepts are the BIG IDEAS that will help you develop a deeper understanding of photography during your GCSE course. If you choose to study photography at A level you will also meet them there. Photography is a relatively modern subject. It was 'born' in the 1830s with the first experiments to fix light on a surface. Today, millions of photographs are taken every year, the vast majority by ordinary people (rather than trained photographers) using their mobile devices. As you get more confident, you will begin to recognise and understand these big ideas and they will be useful in helping you think hard about what you do, whether that's looking at other people's photographs or making your own.
Each concept is illustrated below in four ways - a graphic, a number, a one sentence description and a more detailed explanation that appears when you click on each of the pictures. Some of the words may be unfamiliar to you. You may need to look up definitions and do a bit of your own exploring to make sense of each concept. Your teachers will introduce you to these big ideas at various points in the course, linked directly to your visual experiments. Don't worry if you don't understand them straight away. Imagine you are walking through a doorway into a slightly strange new space. You might stop and wait awhile. It might take you some time to get used to your new surroundings. That's OK. It's the same with new ideas.
Each concept is illustrated below in four ways - a graphic, a number, a one sentence description and a more detailed explanation that appears when you click on each of the pictures. Some of the words may be unfamiliar to you. You may need to look up definitions and do a bit of your own exploring to make sense of each concept. Your teachers will introduce you to these big ideas at various points in the course, linked directly to your visual experiments. Don't worry if you don't understand them straight away. Imagine you are walking through a doorway into a slightly strange new space. You might stop and wait awhile. It might take you some time to get used to your new surroundings. That's OK. It's the same with new ideas.
Thanks to www.photopedagogy.com for the creation of this resource.