Reflective practice - (Practical work)

 

Practical work Reflections (Produced each time you shoot a set of images or produce some significant post production work).

Use the 3 basic initial responses – keep these to 2-3 sentences…

(1)     What happened.

(2)     How do I feel it went

(3)     What was good/bad (Don’t emphasis the bad too much)

Analysis This the important part and can be exhaustive and detailed.

o   What value was there in producing this work? What have you learned? Each time you produce practical work its essential that you should challenge yourself and do something that enables improvement (Development), a different approach, additional use of equipment or experimentation. What did you do that was new, what did you learn, why was it useful in terms of your technical knowledge and abilities, discuss professional practice aspects, lighting and problem solving especially.

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o   Are you sticking to your initial intention? Are you still sticking to your initial idea. This is usually discussed on shoot 2 and beyond where your idea might have developed in terms of the idea. If the idea has developed, this needs to be discussed and explained in your reflections.

o   Operational context How is the work shaping up in terms of its fitness for purpose? You’ll have explained in your plans your operational context – why does it suits this scenario? Is the equipment and your choice of MTP's in-line with industry expectations or are you just experimenting and exploring options at this point? 

o      If for instance you’ve said your work is ‘Editorial’ explain how and why, what is the context – what would accompany the work in terms of the associated written content? Be critical in terms of the quality and aesthetics – does it look professional – at this stage can you imagine your images on a website or magazine – are they good enough? Explain what improvements need to be made or why you think they’re professional standard at this stage.  The same approach has to be applied to whatever operational context you’ve identified your work.

o   How does your work support your progression goals

o   Discuss this in terms of Immediate, short-term, mid-term and long-term (See the blogpost on progression goals.