Here are some web resources which you might want to look at if you are thinking of taking photographs for your upcoming assignment, which might hopefully become part of the archive:
A guide to making the most of your digital camera from the BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/apictureofbritain/how_to/
A blog link with links to other sites with good tips:
http://www2.wabash.edu/blog/technotes/2007/03/tips_for_taking_great_pictures.html
Note: if you take photos and you want to upload them to the blog, firstly make sure you take them at one of the highest possible file sizes your camera will allow. To make them smaller for uploading to the blog go to photoshop and from the menu you can either go to image size and resize down to 72 dpi and smaller dimensions (ideal for the blog are 400 width and 600 height) or go to optimize for web when you save in the file menu, again on photoshop.