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‘There are two fundamentals in all picture taking – where to stand and when to release the shutter … so photography is very simple.’ (Jay & Hurn, 2001, p.37) So photography is simply viewpoint and moment… but what about subject? The simplest subject is the moment. You can record the moment with a snapshot, but … Continue reading Assignment five: Photography is simple
‘When somebody sees something and experiences it – that’s when art happens (Hans-Peter Feldman) If photography is an event then looking at photography should also be an event. Look again at Henri Cartier-Bresson’s photograph c in Part Three. (If you can get to the Victoria & Albert Museum in London you can see an original … Continue reading Exercise 5.3: Looking at photography
Select an image by any photographer of your choice and take a photograph in response to it. You can respond in any way you like to the whole image or to just a part of it, but you must make explicit in your notes what it is that you’re responding to. Is it a stylistic … Continue reading Exercise 5.2: Homage
Use your camera as a measuring device. This doesn’t refer to the distance scale on the focus ring. Rather, find a subject that you have an empathy with and take a sequence of shots to ‘explore the distance between you’. Add the sequence to your learning log, indicating which is your ‘select’ – your best … Continue reading Ex 5.1: The distance between us
My video assessment for Assignment 4 was held with my tutor, Andrea Norrington, on the 19th of November and she feels that I have made really good progress in completing my work. Feedback on assignment: Demonstration of technical and Visual Skills, Quality of Outcome, Demonstration of Creativity We discussed my learning about studio lighting for … Continue reading Feedback & Reflection on Assignment 4
Having successfully completed the four sections and now ready to start the last section of this module, I want to take some time to reflect upon the coursework so far. One thing that I am sure of at the end of this module is that the earlier four sections were very interesting for me, as … Continue reading Thoughts & Reflections at the end of section 4
My review and feedback session on video with my tutor and mentor, Andrea Norrington, for the previous Assignment three took place on 21st August, 2020. Its a little late to get it out there – I have just been caught up with Part IV so much, but better late than never. Feedback on assignment: Demonstration … Continue reading Feedback & Reflection on Assignment 3
Brief Revisit one of the exercises on daylight, artificial light or controlled light from Part Four (Ex 4.1, Ex 4.2 or Ex 4.3) and develop it into a formal assignment submission. The submission requirement for this assignment is a set of between six and ten high-quality photographic prints. Assessment of photography in any context is … Continue reading Assignment four: Languages of light
On the D-day, the final assignment shoot, we started the day with the acrobat students’ practising solo and then moving on to a mix of ground and mid air preparatory shots with two people before the final shots were attempted, once I set up my background, various lights, and got my tethering system going. My … Continue reading Assignment Four-Preparatory shots
Eugène Atget, a French photographer, started his career around 1890 when he started a small business of providing images, that he preferred to call documents, as a source material to be used by other artists in their work, similar to stock photos of today, known as “Documents pour artistes” (Documents for artists) in Paris. The … Continue reading Research Take-aways- Eugène Atget
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