“More than machinery we need humanity” Anti-Capitalist Photography
You may have noticed on the news, Facebook or just walking about in your city. That people have been protesting all around the globe from London to Greece and Spain.Many people have expressed their...
View ArticleIt went on then… Lewis Hine
It went on then… and It still goes on now… Give to charity to help these children: Website: http://www.unicef.org.uk Last accessed on 25/11/2012...
View ArticleSocial Documentary:Perception Of Truth
“Photography for me is not looking, it’s feeling. If you can’t feel what you’re looking at, then your never going to get others to feel anything when they look at your pictures” - Don McCullin “There...
View ArticlePortrait and Practice
(c) JanineHarrisonPhotography all rights reserved. please ask permission to use photographs Filed under: In the studio, My Own Work
View ArticlePortrait Project
Part of my project is to learn how to use flash photography, I have started to learn how to use flash whilst photographing portrait of people. I have been selected a staff member called Geraldine...
View ArticleVisual Representation In The Media
Visual literacy has been and can only be an extension of man’s unique message-making capacity. (Dondis, 1973: 68) Photography is a visual message in this world, as any art we take what we like from...
View ArticleSebastio Salgado
Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado is more than half way through his eight year photo-documentary “Genesis”. “I have named this project GENESIS because my aim is to return to the beginnings of...
View ArticleMario Gerth: African Portraits
In 2004, a young German man kicked off on a cycling trip around the world. A few months later he found himself on the last continent on his tour, beginning a two year odyssey that begun in Cape Town,...
View ArticleGrants and competitions!
The Alexia Grants The Alexia Foundation offers production grants to students and professional photographers to give them the financial ability to produce substantial stories that drive change in the...
View ArticleCopyright Infringement and model release
Copyright Infringement – What is it? Whenever property is created, it is assigned copyright by the federal government so that no one can use it without the permission of the owner of the property. As...
View ArticleA dream career?
I was asked to think of work experience or career I may like to take in my university lesson, so i found the below information and decided to share it with you! Interest: The Guardian Why did you...
View ArticlePhotography periodical – British journal of photography
Who is this publication for? For people who are interested in producing, looking, buying and being involved in photography as a career or just as a hobby. It was available to British people but now is...
View ArticleA test shoot for my Beauty project
A Taster from my session yesterday, more to come tonight from my shoot! Filed under: In the studio, My Own Work
View ArticleFashion Shoot and mixed
I have been updating my blog recently with a lot of images of fashion and beauty. I have a project at university where I need to complete certain images by a certain time, I have included my favourites...
View Article“Place is security, space is freedom.” Yu-Fu Tuan
“When space feels thoroughly familiar to us, it has become place.” Yi-Fu Tuan Yi-Fu Tuan is a Chinese-American geographer famous for pioneering the field of human geography and merging it with...
View ArticleThe Family Album – Fact or Fiction?
A family’s photograph album is generally about the extended family and, often, is all that remains of it. Susan Sontag So many people cherish their family albums, they are often the things brought out...
View ArticleC-u-l-t-u-r-e (sub)
A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots. Marcus Garvey ‘The term culture, in what is known as the “anthropological definition”,...
View ArticleThe practice of the use of shock tactics in advertising…does it work?
For contextual studies we were given a debate topic to discuss in a group of fours one side had to take the “for” it option and the other had to take the “against” it option, we were given to be for...
View ArticleEditing using software
In my editing in post production I use software and recommend using software such as: Adobe Lightroom Adobe cs6 Photoshop. Over my course I have been learning different ways of editing and have been...
View ArticlePracticing Landscapes
So I started working on my location project, the first part is to capture any landscape using film. So I started with digital to get a grasp, using lee filters; 0.6 gradient filter and a polarized...
View ArticleSouth Devon Coastal Path:Teignmouth
Many times I had been on the train and travelled past Teignmouth and Dawlish where the waves crash over the train. I love the red soil and where the sea had eroded the rocks, I loved how dramatic the...
View ArticleWildlife Photographer of the year, Ramm, Exeter
Wildlife Photographer of the Year harnesses the power of photography to promote the discovery, understanding, and responsible enjoyment of the natural world. Now in its 49th year, the Wildlife...
View ArticleLandscape Research
My location brief requires me to carry out some landscape research, so i thought I would share some of my research with you on my blog. I have a keen interest in the coast and water, I recently took...
View ArticleSamsara:The ever turning wheel of life
I recently watched a documentary called ‘Samsara’, it was beautiful and sensational. The imagery was captivating , the narrative spoke clearly and it inspired me to write this blog. “SAMSARA is a...
View ArticleTony Cobley:visiting lecture
Tony Cobley – 10.10.2012 Website http://www.tonycobley.com As a previous student of the Plymouth college of art, I felt this lecture was very rewarding for me due to the fact he had come from the...
View ArticleWilliam Debois:visitng lecture
William Debois is based in the South West his main line of work is studio photography; family shoots, portrait, animal shoots and product. He accomplished his degree at the Plymouth college of Art in...
View ArticleTracey Elliot-Reep – Travel Photography
Tracey Elliot Reep is passionate about horse riding and so joined her passions of horse riding with photography. It is inspiring she has joined together to hobbies and proves to be very inspiring....
View ArticleEco-Friendly Photography
This is something i’m passionate about it everyday life, you can incorporate it into your daily life and also your business. I researched online in how to become eco-friendly in photography. This was...
View ArticleJESSICA LENNAN
Although i was not in attendance for this part of the course i decided i would write something as i had found some work of hers online and thought it was wonderful. Jessica Lennan was born in Berlin,...
View ArticleOld Family Portraits
I was recently browsing online and came accross something very interesting, old family portraits taken in the 19th century i thought they were beautiful and very charasmatic. They are childrens...
View ArticleDocumentary Photography
“ as a kid I was always told to shut up, you know be quiet and speak when spoken to. I could never get my voice out. Photography is my voice ” (Light: 142). What is documentary Photography?...
View ArticleIntimate Lives
A while ago i made a blog about Richard Billingham’s ‘Ray’s a laugh’ and my own timeline of my life in pictures. The reason for this was from this lecture I had done previously on intimate lives,...
View ArticleMemory and Memorial
The capacity of images to affect us as viewers and consumers is dependent on the larger cultural meanings they invoke and the social, political, and cultural contexts in which they are viewed. Their...
View ArticleDawlish
I decided to practice some more landscape for my project and i noticed a reoccurring theme with my imagery on coasts. Mainly my imagery of coasts are focusing on the finer details, where i am capturing...
View ArticleThe Hoe, Plymouth
I know that Plymouth Hoe is captured on camera hundreds of times but i wanted to try it as its still an iconic place in the UK. I decided to go on two separate occasions, one time to photograph a cave...
View ArticleFilm:Mamiya 7 Mark ii
F16 ISO 100 EKTAR 100, 120MM, COLOUR NEGATIVE FILM 1 SECOND LEE FILTER: 0.6 HARD GRADIENT X2 Dawlish at midday: Taken with a Mamiya 7 Mark ii film camera. Plymouth Hoe at sunset: Not as proud of...
View ArticleMy secret and Plato’s Cave
When I look at photos for me it’s and image of the past, it’s evidence that this object/person in the photograph existed once upon a time. People today use imagery as evidence in court of laws or when...
View ArticleThe Gambia; The environment and its People
On the 18th March 2013, I went to The Gambia, It took 6 hours to get there and a sleep on the London Gatwick’s floor but eventually I arrived in Bakau. Bakau is one of the tourist areas in The...
View ArticleTaste, Value and Judgement
The meaning of Taste Taste as an aesthetic, sociological, economic and anthropological concept refers to a cultural patterns of choice and preference. While taste is often understood as a biological...
View ArticleOn Your Doorstep
The artist’s world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep. Paul Strand In Focus:Still Life, Paul Strand Photographing the...
View ArticleSpace and Place:Past and Present
Echoes Of Lofoten:Hebe Robinson “Around 1950, families in small and remote fishing villages in Lofoten, Northern Norway, were offered a lump sum from the Government to leave their homes and relocate to...
View ArticleDrowning World in Photograph
Gideon Mendel created a series of photographs showing our drowning world globally, I thought this was inspiring how the difference in culture are joined by something like flooding. It’s something that...
View ArticleSame world, yet worlds apart
Gypsies Josef Koudelka “A good photo is a miracle.” Joseph Koudelka I have always wanted to photograph the gypsy culture, the fact they are so different and interesting in their values and culture. I...
View ArticlePractice Portraits
I recently combined a photo shoot with my editorial project and took some portraits and baby bump shots, here are my results and my favourites form the group. Filed under: My Own Work, My Professional...
View ArticleThis Cave…
Settings: F16, ISO 200, 1/125 SECONDS Used a Nikon D700 and 24-70 mm lens I went photographing the cave again to try and get the correct exposure for the cave and for film, i found my digital...
View ArticlePortfolio
I have a project to hand in which is my final 12, this is part of a larger portfolio and i am going to share with you now. Filed under: My Own Work, Photo Technologies
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