A slightly late addition to the blog. We have recently received the details of our first official assignment for the CMP1014 unit, weighing in at 10% of the total marks for the unit. The task itself is relatively basic, but with a lot of scope for achievement.The basic idea is to create a set of 4 stock images, which must be submitted to and approved by the royalty-free photograph site, BigStockPhoto. The themes for these images needs to be determined within groups of 3-4 that we founded during last week's workshop session, however the photographs submitted by each member of the group must be original to them, and every member must submit their own 4 images to pass the unit.
It was decided that the best method of determining the types of theme, or as the site refers, 'tag' for the photographs, is simply to browse the website, noting down popular catagories as we discover them.
The images themselves must be original and unique, and must follow the strict guidlines published by the website. For instance, it may not contain any copyrighted material, and this includes brandnames and logos. Also, if the image contains any human models, a permission form must be completed and signed by the participants of the photograph.
All photographs submitted to the site need to contain post-processing techniques, including adjusting of colour balance and levels, cropping, resizing and general touching up. The website also recommends that you apply some levels of sharpening to the photos to give them a 'crisp' appearance.
After successful submission to the website, if your photograph begins to sell, you will make some money from it! Depending on the success of this assignment, I may look to this website in future as a way of making some basic income.
