This is a private blog site to support the Photography AS/A2 classes I run in Bournemouth - I use it to share ideas, research, useful (I hope!) material, and point out good photography stuff on the web.
When I can I will add other relevant content - exam materials, handouts, etc. If you can think of something that should be here feel free to let me know. Some pages may end up being password protected….
If you think you should have access to the site, please get in touch.
Richard
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2009 Sony World Photography Awards
Posted on February 26th, 2009 No commentsthis is worth a look – my favourite is Andrzeji Furs
http://www.worldphotographyawards.org/wpa08-profin.asp
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The Genius of Photography – BBC
Posted on February 26th, 2009 No commentsIf you haven’t seen this, you really should…
Repeats start this Saturday, BB2, 7pm.
It’s a photography education in a tin – it will help put things into perspective, as well as giving you insights into the working practices of some quite serious names.
expect questions….
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ps – there’s always another way to show photographs…
Posted on February 17th, 2009 No commentshttp://www.libraryofwater.is/flash/efni.php?ci=workFromIceland&cti=roniHorn&lp=doubtByWater
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Sports Journalists’ Association’s British Sports Photography Awards
Posted on February 17th, 2009 1 commentThis one is for Kim, obviously… but well worth a look – some good things if you look through the samples from the shortlist. It might ‘only’ be sports journalism, but good photos all work in the same way.
What do you think? Are there hierarchies of value across the differing genres of photography?
http://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/blog/?p=1702
Sorry – i can’t embed images…
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Robert Frank -’The Americans’
Posted on February 15th, 2009 No commentsI would encourgae you to have a look at this article – give you an idea of why Robert Frank is important, and also just how many pictures you might take to get the ones you want to show…
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100688154
Robert FrankRodeo — New York City, 1954 (from The Americans)
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Next sessions – to end of term
Posted on February 15th, 2009 No commentsHi All
could you all get into the habit of bringing what you have as portfolio/workbook/etc to next sessions please? [both groups]. It’s about time to start putting things together. We will start after half term with a look at the marking schedule, so you have a better idea of what gets you marks and what does not, and we will spend some time looking at colour and printing. The rest of this is really down to you – think of it as tutorial time where you get a chance to talk to the person who’s marking your work about the work you plan to submit. I will also organise a group crit – a chance to get support and advice on the work in progress that might further help you refine your ideas. Expect that for the second week back after half term.
There will be more Photoshop bits, and the occasional reminder of technique as and when it seems appaproriate – which might be useful for those who started late or missed some of the early sessions, but the emphaiss now is on you refining your work so we can get the course theme signed off at the end of term.
I had intended to show you this last month - http://gardeyphotoart.com – i’m not enormously convinced by it, but there are plenty of examples of using Photoshop to play around with colours to enhance mood. You could try to work out how some of them are done?
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Useful Websites
Posted on February 15th, 2009 No commentsWhere do you start…?
These are two i keep returning to for Photoshop tips:
Luminous Landscape - http://www.luminous-landscape.com/
The Light’s Right Studio – http://www.thelightsrightstudio.com/home.html
If ever there was an opportunity to share ideas through commenting on a post, this would be it?
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Smoke Photography
Posted on February 15th, 2009 No commentsGlad you all enjoyed the trip to the Art Institute – if you missed it, i would encourage you to go… and to any other show where you can see work first hand, rather than through a website, darkly…
I will post some material on panoramic and pinhole photography soon – in the meantime this might be worth a look for a couple of you – might be a similar technique for that bubble photo too.
Smoke Photography by Graham Jefferey.
His website is here – http://sensitivelight.com/smoke2/?image=1
and a second article about his work – both with discussion of techniques – is here – http://photocritic.org/artsmoke-photographing-smoke/
The articles explain fairly well how to both light and photograph the smoke, and how to clean up the image in Photoshop, as well as approaches such as inverting the image to give a negative effect like this one (he photographs against a black background). The trick is really to use strong light from one side, and to shield the light source so that no light falls on the background or the camera lens.
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Thursday Class
Posted on February 11th, 2009 No commentsHi Folks
IT problems continue – we will be in a different room tomorrow, possibly.
I already had a cunning plan that will take us out of the building for half the class – for the rest, can you bring in what workbook materials you have, cameras that refuse to focus, and the like.
Half term next week – the extremely fraught IT engineer is taking everything to pieces and sandblasting it, i think. probably the best way. so keep fingers crossed for return to class after that.
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Photoshop Workshop – Saturday 7th Feb
Posted on February 6th, 2009 No commentsHi Folks
Just a reminder about Photoshop workshop this Saturday at Adult Ed, 10-4. It’s primarily intended as a catch-up for the Tuesday class, but if others want to come along it should be OK, as long as we have enough computers [so if you have a laptop, maybe bring it...]. Plan is for a mix of taught basic sessions, plus exercises from books for those with a bit more advanced skills. Probably not anything really advanced – we will carry on fitting snippets of that into class.
Remember, no memory sticks for now, until the place gets its IT sorted out.
Assume no sandwiches available, but there should be the usual tea/coffee. It’s snowing as i type this, but have had a message to say they intend to open. If it looks in doubt tomorrow, i will try to ring the ones for whom i have a mobile, or you could ring me on 07767 767625.
Ross – sorry, forgot to look at your focus problem – remind me next time?
Regards
Richard
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