Assessment 02: Unedited Partner Shoot

Plan and photograph one session with your partner, submit the original unedited images, and explain the plan and photographic thinking in a report.

SLOP1810Released Monday 15 March 2027Due Monday 5 April 2027 at 23:59 AESTWeight 20%

Brief#

Plan and complete one portrait shoot with your partner, then submit the original photographs and a detailed account of the plan and photographic reasoning.

This task focuses on preparation and decisions made at the time of capture. Use what you have learned about your partner, the intended experience, the location and the photograph you want to make to design the session before you begin shooting.

Post-production is not part of this assessment. Select from the original files created by your camera or phone and submit them without cropping, retouching, colour grading, AI editing or other image alterations.

Deliverables#

Submit both parts:

1. Original photographs — 50%. A selected set of unedited photographs from the partner shoot. The teaching team assesses the photographic decisions visible in the original captures.
2. Planning and photographic rationale report — 50%. A detailed report explaining the overall session design, including the intended result, date and shoot arrangements, location, timing, partner preferences, and the reasoning behind the approach to framing, light, direction and capture.

The report should make clear how the plan and photographic choices work together. It is not an editing log, and no edited versions are required.

Marking approach#

The teaching team assesses the photographs and report separately, then combines the two equally weighted results. Technical quality matters where it supports the intended portrait, but the photographs are judged together with the purpose and reasoning established in the report.