This was originally written as part of Exercise 5.1 but I have stripped out this large section for clarity as a learning log post around empathy. This exercise seems to make a big deal of empathy which in reality is dragging you towards shooting human subjects – I had a hard time with researching bothContinue reading “Empathy in Photography”
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Assignment 5 – Ideas & Research
I have ended up with a far more intimate set of images than I expected. The look and feel of them came together in a morning after I had already spent a week trying to put together a completely different assignment. My first thought was inspired by a headline on the BBC about there beingContinue reading “Assignment 5 – Ideas & Research”
Exercise 5.3 – Looking at Photography
A short response to Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare… Everyone knows this image but being asked to single out an element to return to – a pivotal point in the image that the eyes return too I have to scratch my head a little because at first it’s obvious – its the foot, a fraction ofContinue reading “Exercise 5.3 – Looking at Photography”
Research Point – Context
Look at the image below and think about what you see? Now consider these words, pick one from each line and then look at the image again – the context of the image changes because of this. Who? PERVERT / PROSTITUTE / FATHER / FRIEND / ALCOHOLIC Where? LUNCH / AFTER WORK / FUNERAL /Continue reading “Research Point – Context”
Languages of Light Research
Research for this assignment was a bit easier and less fraught with self questioning and doubt than Assignment 3. It was very early on after looking at Jean-Baptiste Huyn’s images that I knew I wanted to work on rocks for this assignment so with this already being decided the research I did was around thingsContinue reading “Languages of Light Research”
Grey Day
A very quick research post. Although I knew that a camera measures around mid-grey I had never bothered to experiment as suggested in the EYV manual to show just how white and black when taken as a whole frame are treated the same. I took four photos ranging from white, light grey, dark grey andContinue reading “Grey Day”
Decision Time
Assignment 3 – Idea and Method Summer has nearly gone and it feels like I’ve sat on my hands for 6 weeks. I can’t work out if I’ve spent too long mulling stuff over in my head or too little time actually bloody doing. Indecisive indeed. I have taken a risk or at least itContinue reading “Decision Time”
Decisive Moment Research
What seemed fairly clear to me at the beginning of this exercise through sole exposure to HCB as ‘Decisive Moment’ has become jumbled and scrambled and put together in a different way so at the end of this assignment my understanding is improved and enriched but the definition has become more nebulous and obfuscated. AfterContinue reading “Decisive Moment Research”
Trace Research
I ended up as probably most students do on this topic a little bit obsessed with Francesca Woodman. The story of her untimely death at 22 is initially at least a big part of it but the photography speaks for itself. I found myself watching documentaries and serious presentations on the artist but didn’t actuallyContinue reading “Trace Research”
Fast Shutter
For Exercise 3.1 I had a couple of ideas in mind – I have a nice little wildlife pond that the birds love to drink and bathe in and thought I’d try and get one of them shaking about in the water. The trouble is that to take them at a decent angle I haveContinue reading “Fast Shutter”
Lee Abbey OCA Photography Degree 