OCA has established a link with a
major picture agency Alamy. In this exercise, you’re required to submit 10
images to Alamy and have them passed by the company's quality control so that
they appear on its website. It’s up to you to select a category for your series
of images but you’ll need to shoot approximately 50 images for your chosen
category. Next, email a contact sheet with your best 20 images on it to your
tutor, indicating which 10 you think are the best. You’ll come to a final
decision on which to submit after consultation with your tutor.
Next, prepare your images for
submission. Ensure that there are no flaws in your image and that the
preparation has removed hairs, specs, space ships or any unwanted items that
emerge into the image.
Before you shoot:
· Check out Alamy’s terms and conditions and the standard
image file sizes.
· Search the Alamy site to investigate the current stock in
respect of your defined theme or area of interest and think about how your
proposed imagery can have an 'edge' over it. Alamy is a high image quality
agency so you’ll need to take this into account when
you shoot imagery for
submission to them.
· Document all your research in your learning log or blog
along with reflections on your choice of imagery and its placement within
Alamy’s stock.
· Finally, imagine that an advertising agency is looking for
suitable images for an ad campaign. What might your images be used to
advertise? What would you add to the images to make them an effective tool for
advertising the products you’ve suggested?
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