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Did anyone here do GCSE Photography?

Just wondering if anyone here did GCSE Photography like me. I did OCR.
How did you find it?
What topics did you have to do for the modules?
What marks did you get for your test and coursework?

For me;
Module 1 - The Work Place
Module 2 - Portraits
Module 3 - Celebration

Exam - Arboretum

I got 76/100 for coursework and 80/100 for exam.

Reply 1

zhivago

2

I had absolutely no idea a "Photography" GCSE exists. That's rather unusual...

Reply 2

WantA*

1

I hadnt heard of it either. I would have taken it if offered, im pretty good at photography, I have a Canon 350D (DSLR) and I have read huge amounts about photos and how to get them perfect. :biggrin:

Reply 3

ixnayonthehombre

OP

1

Yes, GCSE Photography does exsist.

Reply 4

mtbab

17

sounds pretty cool, and its one of those subjects that people think is a doss, but is prob really insightful and stuff right?

Reply 5

Mark S

17

Becky68M

Yes, GCSE Photography does exsist.

What exam boards do it?

Reply 6

ixnayonthehombre

OP

1

Markus - OCR is the exam board I'm doing

Mtbub - Not too sure really. It would have been insightful if the teacher wasn't such a B****, but quite interesting subject. You learn to develop your own photographs and enlarge photographs in a dark room.

Reply 7

chazzinio

gcse photography!!! haha :rofl:

spose thats basically a gcse u cud do on your fone. (if it has camera).

Reply 8

all red and ermine

hey, i bet there is a lot of skill involved in it! I love photography, and seems highly interesting - don't knock it before you've tried it - like ice tea...! Rudy!

Reply 9

LittleMissShine

1

wow never knew gcse photography existed. If it had been available at my school to take i would of taken it.

Reply 10

ixnayonthehombre

OP

1

chazzinio

gcse photography!!! haha :rofl:

spose thats basically a gcse u cud do on your fone. (if it has camera).

Funnily enough, it is possible to take GCSE Photography using a camera phone providing it has the right lens zoom on it. :smile:

Reply 11

ob2005

1

gcse photography!! haha. no offense but what is the education system going to. next it will be gcse "taking a dump"

Reply 12

SketchyCanvas~

10

Never knew it existed! WOW! I would f LOVED to do that! :O

Reply 13

spider from mars

13

ob2005

gcse photography!! haha. no offense but what is the education system going to. next it will be gcse "taking a dump"

As someone who has done both GSCE and A-level photography I'd like to point out just what is wrong with that statement and counter all of those who say its a doss subject.

I got 2 As and 7 A*s at GCSE but I got a B in photography. Trust me, its not a doss. Loads of people treated it as such and failed. I cant say the same about something like food tech (which I didnt take) or textiles (which I did, that exam was a joke). The actual taking the photographs is only a small part of the story. And even then you dont just point and shoot. You need to focus, compose carefully and set the correct aperture etc. Then you have to manually develop the film and then develop each photograph in the darkroom. And you dont even get many marks for the photographs. Most of it is from the research; finding inspiration from artists, looking at a range of art and talking intelligently about the things you find. Also you have to experiment with different techniques such as toning, lith and negative prints. Its a lot of coursework. Especially at A-level and AS. Hardly anyone at my 6th form (an art college with a good photography department) got an A.

Ok I realise that turned into a rant. :smile:

Reply 14

Nasrin

We get the chance to do A level photography, but no GCSE :frown:

... I'm stuck with old Art and Design.

Reply 15

ob2005

1

clockworkapples

As someone who has done both GSCE and A-level photography I'd like to point out just what is wrong with that statement and counter all of those who say its a doss subject.

I got 2 As and 7 A*s at GCSE but I got a B in photography. Trust me, its not a doss. Loads of people treated it as such and failed. I cant say the same about something like food tech (which I didnt take) or textiles (which I did, that exam was a joke). The actual taking the photographs is only a small part of the story. And even then you dont just point and shoot. You need to focus, compose carefully and set the correct aperture etc. Then you have to manually develop the film and then develop each photograph in the darkroom. And you dont even get many marks for the photographs. Most of it is from the research; finding inspiration from artists, looking at a range of art and talking intelligently about the things you find. Also you have to experiment with different techniques such as toning, lith and negative prints. Its a lot of coursework. Especially at A-level and AS. Hardly anyone at my 6th form (an art college with a good photography department) got an A.

Ok I realise that turned into a rant. :smile:

guess i was wrong then.

Reply 16

Midnight_Angel

1

I've got a C in photography..

Did anyone here do GCSE Photography?

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