Exercise 2.1 Find a scene that has depth. From a fixed position, take a sequence of five or six shots at different focal lengths without changing your viewpoint. (You might like to use the specific focal lengths indicated on the lens barrel.) As you page through the shots on the preview screen it almost feels…
I discovered Sophie Calle whilst reading another book The photograph as Contemporary Art where her work was discussed briefly as an example of a photographer whose work lies somewhere between fact and fiction. I had previously heard about her work Suite Venitienne in a brief discussion with a fellow photographer and I was intrigued to seek it…
Research point Read the reviews by Campany and Colberg and, if you haven’t already done so, use them to begin the contextual section of your learning log. Try to pick out the key points made by each writer. Write about 300 words. If you wish, you could add a screengrab of an image from Ruff’s…
Exercise 1.4 Frame The final exercise of this project makes use of the viewfinder grid display of a digital camera. This function projects a grid onto the viewfinder screen to help align vertical and horizontal lines, such as the horizon or the edge of a building, with the edge of the frame. If your camera…
Exercise 1.3 (1) Take a number of shots using lines to create a sense of depth. Shooting with a wide- angle lens (zooming out) strengthens a diagonal line by giving it more length within the frame. The effect is dramatically accentuated if you choose a viewpoint close to the line. Exercise 1.3 (2) Line Take…
Exercise 1.2 Point Take two or three photographs in which a single point is placed in different parts of the frame. (A ‘point’ should be small in relationship to the frame; if it’s too large it becomes a shape.) How can you evaluate the pictures? How do you know whether you’ve got it right or…
In exercise 1.2 – point asked me to “print out two or three of your point photographs and trace the route your eye takes over the surface with a pencil. Then try the same with a selection of photographs from newspapers or magazines (or the example above). You should notice that each photograph seems to…
Exercise 1.1 Take three or four exposures of the same scene. Don’t change anything on the camera and keep the framing the same. Preview the shots on the LCD screen. At first glance they look the same, but are they? Perhaps a leaf moved with the wind, the light changed subtly, or the framing changed…
Brief Make a series of six to twelve photographs in response to the concept of ‘The Square Mile’. Use this as an opportunity to take a fresh and experimental look at your surroundings. You may wish to re-trace places you know very well, examining how they might have changed; or, particularly if you’re in a…
Mind Map I find it more productive and absorptive to write down my ideas by hand instead of typing them into a computer so I produced a mind map detailing everything in my head with regards to assignment one. I started by thinking about by concept and back to my childhood. I also thought about…
