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Thesis proposal and Photography session

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The Higher Education Institutional Culture Equity and Transformation (HEICET) group recently had a successful thesis proposal seminar with Prof Louise Vincent followed by a photography session with Ms Mia van de Merwe.

The attendees were supplied with recent proposals from the Department of Political and International Studies in order to familiarize themselves with the Humanities Higher Degrees Committee guidelines for research proposals.

Photographs can be a powerful tool in qualitative research. Ms van de Merwe inducted the group into some basic principles of photography:

Thinking about light

- Light and the golden hour (usually an hour after sunrise and hour before sunset)

- Cloudy days are good for portraits

- Natural light is best

Using a phone or point-shoot

Framing and other hints for composition

More on portraiture

Visual variety

Manual photography (shutter speed, aperture and ISO)

Never zoom when using a cellphone – use your feet to zoom!