The brief for this exercise is, using slow shutter speeds, multiple exposures or another technique inspired by the research done for A Durational Space, to try and record the trace of movement within the frame. For this exercise I used the camera on my phone and an application called Slit Scan Camera developed by Jan …
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Exercise 3.1 – Freeze
Brief Using fast shutter speeds, try to isolate a frozen moment of time in a moving subject. Depending on the available light you may have to select a high ISO to avoid visible blur in the photograph. Add a selection of shots, together with the relevant shooting data and a description of process (how you …
Project 1 – The Frozen Moment
Eadweard Muybridge Eadweard Muybridge (born Edward James Muggeridge) was a 19th century English American photographer who was a pioneer in the study of motion using photography. Although originally a landscape and architectural photographer, he is remembered for his study of horses trotting and galloping, the result of being hired by Leland Stanford, a former Californian …
National Museum of Wales – November 2019
On a rainy day in November I went to the National Museum in Wales with my wife, sister and twin neices. The museum were exhibiting Dippy the Dinosaur as part of it’s nationwide tour. We had seen Dippy before in Dorchester but I knew that the twins would love to see it again. On top …
Exercise 2.4: Woodpecker
The brief for this exercise is to find a subject in front of a background with depth. Take a very close viewpoint and zoom in; you’ll need to be aware of the minimum focusing distance of your lens. Focus on the subject and take a single shot. Then, without changing the focal length or framing, …
Exercise 2.2: Viewpoint
The brief for this exercise is to select you longest focal length and compose a portrait shot, fairly tightly within the frame, in front of a background with depth. Take one photograph, then walk towards you subject while zooming out to your shortest focal length. Frame the subject in precisely the same way in the …
Exercise 2.1 – Zoom
The brief for this exercise was to find a scene with depth and from a fixed position, take a sequence of five or six shots at different focal lengths without changing viewpoint. A number of examples of how zooming in on images has been used in film were provided in the course notes as well …
Collecting
Final Images Contact Sheets Assignment Notes My initial thought for this assignment was the result of two ideas. The first was a photograph of my niece taken in Edinburgh at the memorial to Scottish-American soldiers who fought in the American Civil War. The second idea arose after noticing a sign for Commonwealth War Graves at …
Collecting – Research
Bettina von Zwehl There is something about Von Zwehl’s (2019) work that draws me in. Is it the simplicity, the use of silhouettes or having her models where black clothing. There is a flow to her work which makes you want to dive in and see more. Meditations in an Emergency I found that, despite …
Lens Work
Wim Wenders ‘ The most political decision you make is where you direct people’s eyes. In other words, what you show people, day in and day out, is political… And the most politically indoctrinating thing you can do to a human being is to show him, every day, that there can be no change. ‘(Wim …
Jenna Powell - Expressing Your Vision 