Presentation and Image Quality
Introduced| English | Meaning |
|---|---|
| keystoning/ˈkiːstənɪŋ/ | A photo of flat work that looks wider at one edge because the camera was not square to it. |
| resolution/ˌrezəˈluːʃn/ | The ability to distinguish fine detail or closely separated features. |
Photograph work well
- How work is presented affects how viewers interpret it — image quality is part of the grade.
- Photograph work with even lighting, sharp focus, and true colour.
- Use a plain background with no distractions.
Image quality has no effect on how the AP portfolio is graded.
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False. Readers judge the work through the images, so presentation and image quality affect the grade.
Select all good photography practices for the portfolio.
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Even light, sharp focus, and true colour help; clutter hurts.
Crop and align
- Crop tightly to the work; avoid glare, shadows, and tilted edges.
- Tilted, distorted edges are called keystoning 梯形失真.
- Photograph square-on so the work is not warped.
Helps or hurts your portfolio image?
Sort each choice as helping or hurting the image quality.
Tilted, distorted edges from shooting a work at an angle are called...
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Keystoning is the distortion from shooting off-angle.
Match each choice to its effect.
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Even light + high resolution help; keystoning hurts.
Format and resolution
- Follow the required file formats and sizes.
- Keep resolution 分辨率 high so detail is not lost.
- Poor images can hide real skill and cost you marks.
Keep files at a high ____ so detail is not lost.
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High resolution preserves detail in your images.
A great artwork photographed badly loses marks — blurry, badly lit, or keystoned images hide your skill. Presentation is not a minor detail; the reader can only judge what they can see. Spend real time photographing your work well and at high resolution.
A student photographs a painting at an angle in dim light; the colours are off and the edges lean in (keystoning). Reshot square-on with even lighting and true colour at high resolution, the same painting suddenly looks skilful — because now the viewer can actually see it.
Presentation and image quality are part of the grade. Photograph work with even lighting, sharp focus, true colour, a plain background, cropped tight and square-on (avoid keystoning), following required formats at high resolution. Poor images hide real skill.
Write from a photo that cuts off 3 cm
- The photograph of a drawing crops off 3 cm of the sheet.
- A second photo shows the whole sheet in even light.
One photo of a drawing crops off 3 cm of the sheet. Another shows the whole sheet in even light with no glare. Which photo should be uploaded, and why?
The photo should show the work, not a new composition made by the camera.
Which photo should be uploaded?
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Readers need the whole drawing, lit so its own values remain visible.