Photo image production with photo reading methods in graphic design workshop courses

In order to read and analyze the photograph, it is necessary to know the structural language of the image and the indicators of that structural language. Thus, it may be possible to have an idea about what the indicators that make up the photograph mean to convey. Because every photograph conveys a message, and this message conveys some images to us within the source-message-target triangle. It is possible to analyze the images of the photographic image by technical, stylistic or semiotic methods. In this study; As a result of the study carried out according to the findings obtained within the determined theoretical framework, the relevant data were collected and a conclusion was tried to be reached based on these data. In this context, by investigating how photo reading methods are made in the Faculty of Education, Fine Arts Education Graphic Design Main Art Workshop courses in state universities affiliated to the Higher Education Institution; In this main art branch, it is aimed to measure how photographic image production is realized and its contribution to the design process. A semi-structured questionnaire consisting of twenty-five questions was applied to the relevant instructors who teach Graphic Design Workshop courses at the Faculty of Education, Department of Fine Arts, Department of Painting Education, of the seventeen universities determined within the scope of the research. The obtained data were formed in the form of percentage frequency and then analyzed with descriptive method. In the second part of the study, it was aimed to conduct an in-depth research by applying an open-ended interview form consisting of nine questions to five instructors determined by random method. For the data obtained, the codes and themes created by two experts were determined. Afterwards, these codes and themes were associated with each other and interpreted by descriptive analysis. In this context, it has been observed that the lecturers participating in the research frequently use concepts such as reading photography and producing photographic images in Graphic Design workshop courses. In addition, it was concluded that the use of photography in designs contributed to the creation of images by conveying the importance of the process.