Visit On the 2nd Feb 2017 I visited the Landscape Photographer of the Year exhibition that was showing at Waterloo Station. I chose to visit this because if I were to have named a genre of photography that I have most followed before starting this course, it would have been landscape. As well as wanting […]
Category: EYV
Exercise 1.3(1): Line
The Exercise Take a number of shots using lines to create a sense of depth. Shooting with a wide- angle lens (zooming out) strengthens a diagonal line by giving it more length within the frame. The effect is dramatically accentuated if you choose a viewpoint close to the line. Setup For this exercise I took […]
Exercise 1.2 Point: Part 2 Tracing the Passage of the Eye
Exercise Print out two or three of your point photographs and trace the route your eye takes over the surface with a pencil. Then try the same with a selection of photographs from newspapers or magazines (or the example above). You should notice that each photograph seems to have its own tempo. Add the traced […]
Exercise 1.2 Point: Part 1
Exercise Take two or three photographs in which a single point is placed in different parts of the frame. (A ‘point’ should be small in relationship to the frame; if it’s too large it becomes a shape.) How can you evaluate the pictures? How do you know whether you’ve got it right or not? Is […]
Exercise 1.1: The Instrument
The Instrument Exercise In this exercise I had to take 4 identical pictures, just a few seconds apart. Once taken the task was to look at the histogram for each image and observe that even though the image looks the same to the human eye, there are in fact differences. These differences show just how […]
Assignment 1: Reflection
This is my reflection on Assignment 1 ahead of receiving any tutor feedback. Demonstration of technical and visual skills – Materials, techniques, observational skills, visual awareness, design and compositional skills. (40%) The style of photography used is new to me but I wanted to experiment. I am pleased that the range of images is wider […]
Assignment 1: The Square Mile
The Brief Make a series of six to twelve photographs in response to the concept of ‘The Square Mile’. Use this as an opportunity to take a fresh and experimental look at your surroundings. First impressions and initial response Initially, my mind turned to my photographic selection criteria of the past – aesthetics. I didn’t […]
Research: The Photograph as Contemporary Art (Charlotte Cotton)
This entry records my initial learning from my first pass through this book. This probably wont be the only time I write about my learnings from this book but I wanted to write about this specific learning now as it is useful in my thinking for Assignment 1. Faced with the task of photographing “The […]
Research: The Importance of Being Congruent
In the past my photographs have tended to be one off shots, each designed to look the best. Carrying out EYV Assignment 1 brought a new way of thinking to me, how to tell a story with a collection of photographs. In other words, a series of pictures that in some way relate to each […]
The First Post
This is the first post in my blog which will record all of my learnings, research and assignments as I work towards a photography degree with The Open College of Arts.. I hope that during the studies I will gain a greater understanding of how to express the way I feel about the world around […]