Nature and Structure of the Review

The midpoint review is a chance for you to reflect on your project so far.

It's an opportunity to reset your ideas and assess if you're able to fulfil everything you set out to achieve in your plan. Often at this stage, candidates identify photoshoots that haven't quite gone to plan and consider ways of revisiting as necessary.

The review is in four parts. The first part asks you to reflect on your photography practice. In other words your organisational and time management skills, and the effectiveness of your investigative research, including traveling to locations, using equipment and carrying out your shoots.

The second part of the review asks you to reflect on your actual photographic work and consider how effectively your photographs are communicating your theme. you'll have to look at what's working well and decide if you need to organise reshoots or retakes for any shoots you are unhappy with.

Part three requires you to consider how well your four final images work as a set, discussing strengths and weaknesses.

For fourth and final part of the review, you need to arrange test prints of one of your final images. You should chose two different suppliers (photographic printers such as ASDA and Boots) and compare prints of the same image by the two suppliers. 

Comparison should be made on print quality, cost, and paper. 

Your teacher will advise on local suppliers.