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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Photography Competition and other things…
Posted on May 26th, 2009 No commentsYou might be interested in following – Photographers Lounge gallery in Swanage is having a second open competition – http://www.openshutter.co.uk/competition/ – but you will have to hurry – closing date 6th June 2009.
It’s not as if you have other things to do, is it…
An interesting blog on Street and Wedding Photography crossed the horizon recently – worth a read if you’re interested. actually, it’s worth a read anyway, just as a comment on how visually aware and photographically atuned we all are these days – stories of wedding guests demanding to see the photographs as they are taken and exercising editorial control. Still – it is in US – perhaps we have a while yet. chimed very well with a book i have been reading – After Photography by Fred Ritchin. I think he’s only got about 6 ideas in there, but one of them is about the diffusion of authorship, in a digital age where the subject might have a controlling view on the work.
Lessons from Street Photography
And some more on blind photographers – similar light painting technique, this time in colour. Sight Unseen.
More to follow – enjoy the break, don’t forget you can email doubts, concerns – and even photos for comment.
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Printing and other matters
Posted on May 17th, 2009 No commentsReally need to get course work printing done this week – or it will get very fraught. Please remember to make sure you have the final versions of your images, already sized for either A3 or A3. we can do final finishing in class if you’re not sure, but only if everything else is in place. There will be no time available in exam period to print out course work – it’s just not fair on everyone else.
On a more enlightening note, and especially for those who looked at the book on blind photographers i brought in:
Pete Eckerthttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1899017,00.html
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Night Photography
Posted on May 13th, 2009 No commentsThis is partly for Ross – a website dedicated to photographers who work in very low light levels, including painting with light…
http://www.thenocturnes.com/gallery.html
And now for something completely different…
I think old toning processes have a lot going for them – I particularly enjoy platinum or palladium toning (we looked at a Photoshop action that goes some way to replicating this). Kerik Kouklis has a nice line in this.
http://www.kerik.com/pt_roads/index.htmlThis is very nice too – http://www.emilschildt.com/___Stines1/ME-in%20order.htm – Stine Krogh
This is a Bromoil print. If you want to explore some of these older techniques, if only as research – some need an interesting collection of chemicals, have a look at http://www.alternativephotography.com/index.html.
Don’t forget to come in Thursday (and next Tuesday) with the images SELECTED you want to print for the Disintegration theme – and that means the files ready to print, not a small jpeg – just in case you have worked them up at home. If the image is only 800px across, you won’t be getting an A3 print.
And BAL have agreed a catch up day – in theory half a day per class, but I’ll be there all day and it’s fine by me to treat it as drop in or stay the day - Saturday 23rd May from 10 – 4. We won’t be in the art room, so won’t have access to the A3 printer, but you will be able to work on your images in Photoshop, discuss ideas or problems with me, do research on line or im my small library, or just start assembling your workbook for Sanctuary.
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some more…
Posted on May 10th, 2009 No commentshttp://theartofmemory.blogspot.com/2007_03_01_archive.html
http://www.actuphoto.com/accueil
and bizarrely, I recently discovered that Bob Carlos Clarke – who I always thought of as a British Helmut Newton with a long string of what might best be called high class glamour work, actually has some interesting flower and abstract work – if you look hard enough. Touch of the Mapplethorpe…
Carlos Clarke threw himself under a train two years ago – hadn’t realised.
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SeeSaw online Photography Magazine
Posted on May 8th, 2009 No commentsSome good stuff here – http://seesawmagazine.com
There is a nice series by Andrew Bush on cars and their owners – works very well for the Sanctuary theme if anyone is still looking for ideas… lots of other stuff too. The magazine is run by Aaron Schuman who lectures at the Arts Institute.
Andrew Bush – Barbie
have a look too at http://www.photodebut.org/index.html
And finally – for those looking at caravans – http://www.mattburgess.co.uk/
Matt Burgess – Caravan
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Wolf vs Pig – Stop Motion Animation of Photographs ?
Posted on May 7th, 2009 No commentsFound this video of Stop Motion Animation of Photographs ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmkLlVzUBn4&feature=channel_page
Adrian
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Tilt Shift Video
Posted on May 7th, 2009 No commentsFound this tilt shift video thought it should be shared
Adrian.
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More Bits and Pieces
Posted on May 6th, 2009 No commentsIn no particular order, and more relevant to some than others…
http://www.ibelieveinadv.com/2008/07/page/4/
Not sure who photographer is… Katie – another time? If you want to add as a reference, find out who it is, and we can probably add that next week to your folder.
Those of you wondering how to make a personal statement about Sanctuary, but can’t find a way to photograph yourself for one reason or another might usefully consider this sort of approach from Nigel Grimmer. Haven’t explored in depth but lots of useful stuff going on here.
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– Be Careful of Things Left Behind (Telephones).Part of a series using dolls in small set pieces – i quite like what i have seen. http://www.nigelgrimmer.com/page3.htm
Just spotted another series – ‘Places I call home’.
For a Photoshop masterclass, have a look at Clive Biley – http://www.clivebiley.com/
And finally… a reminder that intriguing photography can be found amongst many genres – not just the overtly ‘arty’
http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-underwater,0,2331669.special
Watch this space for more!
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Something to think about…
Posted on May 1st, 2009 No commentsInitially a part of the Khmer Rouge regime identification system, S-21 photos are being circulated globally as ‘art’ – a fact that raises controversial questions…
any thoughts?
Photographer I mentioned on Thursday – Sophie Rickett. Exploring things at the edge of light and dark.
http://www.frieze.com/issue/review/sophie_rickett/
and http://www.fotonet-south.org.uk/rickett/index.html
Do keep me in touch with your ideas and preparatory work – I’m happy to give feedback by email in between lessons.
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