Happy Halloween.

Week 6! Presentations and Group Critique

Presentations on October 19th and 21st will showcase the Photography work you have all been doing over the last 6 weeks. You have all come a long way with this subject - many of you learning Photography for the first time and using it as a tool to explore Contrast as a theme. Continue to upload work to the blog to receive feedback that you could use in your reflective journal.

Please have the following prepared at the start of lesson in Week 6:

1) Presentation - in the form of a slide show or Powerpoint (or possibly other applications that can be    supported by the mac's).

2) Sketchbooks - all work represented (initial research, artist research, assignments, contact sheets, and selections of images) in your sketchbook and everything fully annotated.

3) Journals and/or Blogs - Have your individual blogs open on the night for us to look at if you have been keeping your journal entirely in the form of a blog. If you are keeping a written journal for all your subjects, bring that. If you have kept both a blog and a journal, print out and include the blog entries in your journal.

4) Written Evaluations - 1 - A4 page to also include the final images inserted into the body of the text and analyzed.

PRESENTATIONS should be a discussion of the following information and should be no longer than 7 minutes:

1) Explain your Contrast theme - how did you define Contrast?

2) What did you photograph? Subject matter, genre/style, techniques

3) What are you trying to communicate with this work; what is the message, idea, concept, purpose?

4) Explain the strengths/weaknesses in your work and relate your assessment of this to your reflective journal and the comments/feedback from class and from the blog.

5) Analyze the images you are showing as finals - why have they made the final cut? Refer to your 'What makes a good photography' document

6) Explain any specific techniques you have used and mention artists that have influenced your work.

Your written evaluation should cover the above as well.

Good luck!!

Soul Of A New Machine

Before I forget about this. These were some photos that I did during lesson at the workshop alongside it, focusing onto the machines. Actually really liked the composition on these for once when it came to taking photos, the scratches, inlays, dirt and other details that define their purpose. All of this, with an atmosphere of Fear Factory in my head.

final(ish)

Just a quick edit to show what I expect my final image to look like. As there is a 2-hour gap between the outfits, the awkward afternoon light is making it difficult to merge the two.

Weekend photos

The skyline at dawn in Wales; Shadow vs. light

Not sure i like this photo, makes me feel sick when i look at it, like im moving round in a circle

Fake Vs. Natural

Taken today in the studio, this is one of two contrasting photos that shows natural beauty :)

Long Exposure

Order and Chaos

I'm not focusing on anything particular within macro photography. I'm just looking for images that have contrasts. I like this image of the Ladybird because it stands out nicely with the colours contrasting. I deliberately a shadow of me in it to contrast light and dark, but its doesn't really do anything for the image.

These are some of the photographs I took for my project theme, which is the contrast between old and new architecture.
I like the juxtaposition of the old building next to the modern one, the styles and materials are in good contrast. On the above image I also like the contrast of the modern cafe 'Nero' with the old fashioned building.

Here are some photographs I took while I was experimenting with the camera. They have little to do with the theme of contrast, however I think they are quite succesfull.

My Foundation Photography Idea

I plan to research black and white portraiture and portraits with a low level of saturation including deep shadows. I plan to select 2 subjects to photograph and present in triptychs and diptychs. I have chosen to research this type of portraiture because I really enjoy creating un staged photographs that are clearly natural and unposed. I hope my ideas work well.

Blue, Red & Yellow

and some purple at the centre

towards final! 2

same idea again ... better contrast in lighting

towards final!

a few more images showing a story between emotions. contrast in emotion and lighting.