Monday, 27 October 2014
Photography Crit- 25/10/2014
This critique was really useful for me, not just for helping with my final piece for this project. I found that through all the feedback given to others, that research is incredibly important to working on these projects, no matter what you are doing. The feedback I received for my piece was about how I could have added more shadows into the piece, along with some feedback on my presenting, which was that I could have presenting one of the images as an example from the photoshoot I didn't like as much. However, I feel happy that I got a good response from people about my image, and that it did mostly portray what I had hoped. What I have definitely learnt for next time however, is to plan much more, and also to learn how to edit the images, to create the exact mood I am going for.
Photography- Week Two
20/10/2014
Today was the day that I went out and completed my photoshoots. I had one during the day, in locations local to my house, which was a photoshoot where I hadn't really planned out locations very well, so it contained a lot of walking around trying to find locations to shoot in. However, personally, I like this photoshoots turn out more than the one I did later on, even though it could have been greatly improved by properly planning out all the locations.
The later shoot was planned out to be with the graffiti, at night, taken in Shoreditch. Although the photos look good, they don't look like what I was really going for, and I personally do not like them as much as I like the ones taken in daylight. However, overall for the two photoshoots I am very happy with them, because I had never worked with models before, much prefering to take landscape photographs, and I had also never worked during night, so working in the darker environment was also a challenge.
21/10/2014-23/10/2014
On Tuesday, we had a group discussion to give feedback about what everyone had done so far. Using this feedback I ended up changing which piece I was going to use as my final piece, so I found this really useful. After this, for the rest of the class time we had I concentrated on editing my images, and deciding how I was going to present on the Saturday.
Today was the day that I went out and completed my photoshoots. I had one during the day, in locations local to my house, which was a photoshoot where I hadn't really planned out locations very well, so it contained a lot of walking around trying to find locations to shoot in. However, personally, I like this photoshoots turn out more than the one I did later on, even though it could have been greatly improved by properly planning out all the locations.
The later shoot was planned out to be with the graffiti, at night, taken in Shoreditch. Although the photos look good, they don't look like what I was really going for, and I personally do not like them as much as I like the ones taken in daylight. However, overall for the two photoshoots I am very happy with them, because I had never worked with models before, much prefering to take landscape photographs, and I had also never worked during night, so working in the darker environment was also a challenge.
21/10/2014-23/10/2014
On Tuesday, we had a group discussion to give feedback about what everyone had done so far. Using this feedback I ended up changing which piece I was going to use as my final piece, so I found this really useful. After this, for the rest of the class time we had I concentrated on editing my images, and deciding how I was going to present on the Saturday.
Photography- Week One
14/10/2014
Today we were introduced to photography and our brief for the project. We were introduced to the principals of photography, such as the ISO, apeture and the shutter speed. After we had been introduced to these, so that the whole class was on the same level, we started looking at things that inspired us, to begin our research for the project. The two things I chose to start with were a couple of music videos from the 90's that I really like the imagery from. The first was Sex and Candy by Marcy Playground (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KT-r2vHeMM), the second, Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mbBbFH9fAg). The two videos are quite contrasting, but left me with some ideas for what I was to go ahead with for my project.
16/10/2014
Today I continued with my research, looking at further imagery to fit with the first two videos I had chosen to look at. I decided, from this research, to create two contrasting photoshoots, to see which one I personally liked the most, and to use for the final works in my project. One photoshoot would be a more, moody and darker photoshoot, the other, more in your face and colourful.
18/10/2014
Whilst continuing plans for my photoshoots, we also learnt how to use studio lights properly today, so that we could use them as a flash. This was really interesting, especially seeing the contrast in using them against a white wall and then changing again to work against a black wall. Unfortunately, I don't plan to use these in my photoshoots however, as I plan to shoot on location in existing lights.
Today we were introduced to photography and our brief for the project. We were introduced to the principals of photography, such as the ISO, apeture and the shutter speed. After we had been introduced to these, so that the whole class was on the same level, we started looking at things that inspired us, to begin our research for the project. The two things I chose to start with were a couple of music videos from the 90's that I really like the imagery from. The first was Sex and Candy by Marcy Playground (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KT-r2vHeMM), the second, Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mbBbFH9fAg). The two videos are quite contrasting, but left me with some ideas for what I was to go ahead with for my project.
16/10/2014
Today I continued with my research, looking at further imagery to fit with the first two videos I had chosen to look at. I decided, from this research, to create two contrasting photoshoots, to see which one I personally liked the most, and to use for the final works in my project. One photoshoot would be a more, moody and darker photoshoot, the other, more in your face and colourful.
18/10/2014
Whilst continuing plans for my photoshoots, we also learnt how to use studio lights properly today, so that we could use them as a flash. This was really interesting, especially seeing the contrast in using them against a white wall and then changing again to work against a black wall. Unfortunately, I don't plan to use these in my photoshoots however, as I plan to shoot on location in existing lights.
Saturday, 11 October 2014
7-11/10/14
In this week, we have focused on our essay, Is the future of exhibitions digital?
In the first session on the 7th, we concentrated on our introduction, and what that would involve. I found that I felt quite confident after finishing my introduction personally. I am never quite sure how to go about writing essays, so having the help from start to finish, really boosted my confidence about writing this.
During Thursday's session, we worked on how to create the main body. A large part of the session was focused on how to do Harvard Referencing. I still can't remember exactly what I am doing when writing the essay, so having all the forms of Harvard Referencing in our handbook was extremely helpful, as I could use it to look at when writing my essay, so that I knew I was doing it correctly.
On Saturday, we focused on conclusions, and how to finish our essays. This was a bit difficult at first as I had none of my main body of the essay completed, so I focused on writing at least a small bit of my essay before beginning the conclusion. We also had peer reviews during this session, enabling us to get some feedback on our essays, whatever stage we had reached in them. This was useful, as having someone else being able to give you constructive feedback, is always able to help you improve on the work you have done.
My essay has a large focus on Pinterest, and how this is used by galleries and museums to showcase exhibitions that they are showing, or have previously shown.
During the self-directed study section of this day, we had a small workshop on writing our blogs. The main focus of this was reflective writing as well as giving and receiving constructive feedback, I found this helpful, as a lot of my blog posts are quite short, and could do with some improvement. To tackle this I am trying to put in more reflective thoughts about the sessions and work I am doing.
In the first session on the 7th, we concentrated on our introduction, and what that would involve. I found that I felt quite confident after finishing my introduction personally. I am never quite sure how to go about writing essays, so having the help from start to finish, really boosted my confidence about writing this.
During Thursday's session, we worked on how to create the main body. A large part of the session was focused on how to do Harvard Referencing. I still can't remember exactly what I am doing when writing the essay, so having all the forms of Harvard Referencing in our handbook was extremely helpful, as I could use it to look at when writing my essay, so that I knew I was doing it correctly.
On Saturday, we focused on conclusions, and how to finish our essays. This was a bit difficult at first as I had none of my main body of the essay completed, so I focused on writing at least a small bit of my essay before beginning the conclusion. We also had peer reviews during this session, enabling us to get some feedback on our essays, whatever stage we had reached in them. This was useful, as having someone else being able to give you constructive feedback, is always able to help you improve on the work you have done.
My essay has a large focus on Pinterest, and how this is used by galleries and museums to showcase exhibitions that they are showing, or have previously shown.
During the self-directed study section of this day, we had a small workshop on writing our blogs. The main focus of this was reflective writing as well as giving and receiving constructive feedback, I found this helpful, as a lot of my blog posts are quite short, and could do with some improvement. To tackle this I am trying to put in more reflective thoughts about the sessions and work I am doing.
Tuesday, 7 October 2014
4/10/14
We visited the Tate Britain today. I have to admit I could't really find anyway of properly engaging in the majority of this gallery, as it is a gallery mainly full of fine art. Although I can appreciate the skill in fine art, as it is amazing, I just don't enjoy it as much. I wrote my review on the 'Dock' exhibition, by Phylida Barlow.
After visiting the Tate Britain, the
exhibition that most appealed to me personally was the commission by
Phylida Barlow in the Duveen Galleries, 'Dock'. The mere scale of
these pieces is what hit me straight away when I first walked through
the archway to the Duveen Galleries. They are huge pieces, filling
the entire space of the halls they are housed in. You notice when you
are looking at these pieces that they are made from incredibly basic
materials, such as cardboard and wood. Another thing I liked about
this exhibition was that instead of sticking with the natural colours
of the materials originally used, there was a lot of colour added in,
especially with the tube piece, which was covered in coloured tapes,
whilst the rest of it was only made externally with cardboard. The
main reason these pieces attracted me however, was the way they
looked to me, which was that they portrayed an image of destruction
and chaos, instead of an exhibition full of neatly put together
pieces. I liked the feeling this gave, as it contrasted to the rest
of the gallery in my opinion, with most of the rest of the pieces in
the gallery having more connection with the fine arts. Another part
that I liked about this piece, was there was a small amount of
interactivity to it, with people looking through parts of it, and
into others, getting different perspectives of the pieces. For
example, with the first piece you see when you walk in, the one with
all the suspended, broken boxes, people were walking around it, as
well as under it, and looking into the boxes that had holes in them,
showing a curiosity to what was inside these destroyed items. Overall
I really enjoyed seeing this exhibition, mainly because of how
different it was to the rest of the gallery, where nothing much else
really caught my eye.
30/09/14 - 2/10/14
Tuesday-
In this session, we had a few different topics. The first of these was a talk on how to improve and use our sketchbooks. I found this particularly helpful, mainly because so far my sketchbook feels more like a notebook, rather than something that actually expresses me and how I work. I plan on working hard to turn my sketchbook into something that actually does represent me and how I work rather than just something that looks generic and boring, and only contains things I have noted down in class and have been asked to do.
The second part of this class contained the remaining presentations from the previous session on presenting. This was just as interesting as the previous presentations, as we were able to learn more about the people who hadn't had the chance to present previously.
The last part of this class was going through how to get the most out of an exhibition, and how to go about writing a review of an exhibition. It was really helpful, as I have never really enjoyed exhibitions, and have always struggled to interact with them, but have started to develop an interest in looking for more exhibitions that would interest me more, so I could use exhibitions as something extra to draw inspiration from.
Thursday-
In this session we worked on more ways to look into exhibitions, and what a curator might be thinking about when they are creating these exhibitions. We created brainstorms in groups, such as what stories they might try and tell, and how they might go about telling these stories.
In this session, we had a few different topics. The first of these was a talk on how to improve and use our sketchbooks. I found this particularly helpful, mainly because so far my sketchbook feels more like a notebook, rather than something that actually expresses me and how I work. I plan on working hard to turn my sketchbook into something that actually does represent me and how I work rather than just something that looks generic and boring, and only contains things I have noted down in class and have been asked to do.
The second part of this class contained the remaining presentations from the previous session on presenting. This was just as interesting as the previous presentations, as we were able to learn more about the people who hadn't had the chance to present previously.
The last part of this class was going through how to get the most out of an exhibition, and how to go about writing a review of an exhibition. It was really helpful, as I have never really enjoyed exhibitions, and have always struggled to interact with them, but have started to develop an interest in looking for more exhibitions that would interest me more, so I could use exhibitions as something extra to draw inspiration from.
Thursday-
In this session we worked on more ways to look into exhibitions, and what a curator might be thinking about when they are creating these exhibitions. We created brainstorms in groups, such as what stories they might try and tell, and how they might go about telling these stories.
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