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Project Narrative: A Narrative Picture Essay – Police Cadet Awards Evening
I was asked to be the “official” photographer at a local Volunteer Police Cadets awards evening, so on a cold winter evening, Jan and I packed our kit bags and headed off to the local church where it...
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Project: Illustration, Rain
The object here was to take a picture that symbolised rain, one that could be used as a magazine cover. On a particularly rainy day, I took this picture of rain drops clinging to birch twigs. A rainy...
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Assignment Four Tutor Feedback – My Reaction
I really enjoyed this assignment; it was simple and to the point. Being a very practical one I had no great difficulty executing it (but with some challenges, more in this later on). My main concern,...
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Assignment Five Tutor Feedback – My Reaction
Overall I was pleased with the assignment and I was pleased with the feedback I got on it. There were some pictures that I thought were weak and some I really liked and felt conveyed a message. I found...
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Looking Back
It was nearly a year ago when I set out on this journey. At that time the important thing to me was to produce a picture that was nice to look at. I thought that was what the “art” of photography was...
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Project: Illustration, Symbols
The object of this exercise was to identify what symbols could be used to represent certain concepts or ideas. Photographs were not necessary but could be taken if desired, but some notes about how...
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Assignment Four: Light
For this assignment we were asked to put into practise the lighting techniques presented in the course The idea was to use lighting to bring out particular physical properties, namely shape, form,...
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Project: Illustration, Evidence of Action
I considered a number of possibilities for this: a spilt glass or bottle, possibly with a pool of liquid; a steaming kettle; a dented car; an estate agent’s sold board; someone looking exhausted;...
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Project: Illustration, Juxtaposition
This was another exercise where I considered a number of possibilities: a dog with lead in its mouth; person in overalls holding a spanner and standing next to a car; a cross, bible and chalice; Acme...
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Assignment Five: Narrative and Illustration
This assignment is to illustrate a magazine article on the meaning of Christmas. Christmas can mean many things to many people and I have attempted to show some of these pictorially. I have also...
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