Thursday, 20 December 2012

universiys



1) University of Cumbria
    Entry requirements Distinction, Merit, Merit
    Corse code W641
I chose this university because from what I read it 
helps develop independent thinking and working in
 a creative way on location and in the studio,
 and also works on your critical thinking

2)University of Chester
   Entry requirements A minimum of 240-280 UCAS points 
   BTEC National Diploma/Certificate (Art & Design): merit/distinction profile
  Chester sounds like a good course because it helps develop
  independent skills and looks at different skill styles, and 
also looks into dark room technics.

 3)Swansea Met 
   Entry Requirements BTEC National Diploma in
 a relevant subject, with minimum grades of Merit,
 Swansea mets Couse sounds interesting because 
it helps develop all the usale things that you would want
to learn about, but also get's you working on 
 professional from the start of the course.

4)University of Huddersfield
Entry requirements DMM – DDM BTEC National equivalent of 300 points
Course code W640

Friday, 16 November 2012

Trip Review


Trip Review
London Trip

Positives
 I feel the parts of the trip that went well where they exhibition at the portrait gallery I found that really interesting and feel that the works there where good and inspiring, and I will probably get the book with all the winners in for personal use. I also thin the time had to go around London a little bit was good and it gave use time to see some of the capital and go where we wanted to, witch happened to be M&M world.

Negatives
 The amount of time spent traveling was much to long considering last time we set of at about the same time and arrived for about half 12 to one, weather it took use that much longer because the fair was in a different place or the rout the drivers took or traffic I don't no. Other than that it wasn't to bad


Gallery trip

Positives
 I feel that this trip was very useful because and informative because we actually got to talk to the photographer that had taken the images and get a different point of view from our teachers, also from what he was saying showed that to get any where in photography you have to work had and have late nights and long hours to achieve, I also felt that his work was good. And I don't think there are any negatives because it was interesting and we didn't spend hours on a bus.

Tuesday, 18 September 2012

Final image/evaluation

For this assignment we had to produce one image that shows what I think of when I think about family.
  To begin with I was just going to do one item but then decided that it didn't really show what I needed it to, so I added an item for each family member and decided to try and show there main occupation, so for my Dad I have put a camera on because he's photographer, then for my Mum I have put money on because she works with money and in administration, then for my sister I used the paint brush and the colored cloth to represent art, then for my brother I used a graphics pen and a game to try and show that he's studying in games design.
  I think the style I have done this image in is good, and personally I really like David Hockney's images, but I do think it's a hard thing to get right and to make look really good, I think I have done alright at it but I don't think it's the best image I have ever done for an assignment, but it was Worth trying just for the experience in doing it, I have tried to do it ones or twice before but never taken much time over it but this time I feel that I have given it a good go.
  If I was to do this assignment again I wouldn't do it in the same style, even thought I like it I feel that it's not the right style for me.

Sunday, 16 September 2012

quick assignment

For this assignment we need to photograph family, not persificaly a family member we can express what family means to use in a abstract way, so for this I am going to photograph artist materials because all of my family members have done art at some time and it's something I think of when I think of family so I'm going to artist materials like paint brushes or cameras. I'm going to do this in the style of David Hokny but I'm also going to try and add a little bit of something different in there to make it more independent, so I'm going to try and make it look more reall than hkney dose it, to do this I am going to ether use my macro exstetion tubs if I can get enough depther of fild, or my 55mm and if that dosn't get in close enough I'll try my 18-55mm lens, I'll also have to use a tripod to do this because I'll proably get shake while using my macro.

Friday, 14 September 2012

Swansea, three-year BA (Hons) programme

I have looked at several different universities and have decided that Swansea Metropolitans is the one that sounds most interesting at this point in time, because I'm unsure about what I want to go into a hundred persent, from what I read it sounds like this course is designed to develop the students photographic skills and develop, and explore and develop creative skills, and also develop skills in the area you think you want to go into when you finish university.
They also have visiting lectures from other universities that do more that just photography, they have editors and curators to help you get contacts and under stand how photography interacts with the different areas of the industries.
the university also encourages the students to start working in on external projects, where you have to find a client to work with, the tutors will also help you with getting into this area and also help you with contracts and coasting as well as the creative side of the work, and they also help develop marketing and self promotion.

The entry requirements for this course is a National Diploma in a relevant subject, with minimum grades of Merit witch is 240 uCAS points.

Thursday, 13 September 2012

Jobs

Graphic Designer/photography

Posted 12 of september
job Type Permanent, Full Time
£25,000 £30,000 per annum
location London
Applications 28

Ideally have a background in interior design or luxury furniture


Must haves:
Digital photography editing
print and online marketing experience
product photography
Graphic design (photoshop, illustrator, fireworks, etc)
studio photography


Photography studio assistant

Farnborough, hampshire
Job type Permanent, full time
£16,000 - £18,000 Per annum
 
48 Applications




Skills - Photographic qualification
Adobe Photoshop skills
Archiving skills
Ability to handle a high workflow
Multi tasking

inspiration

  This is the film poster for The Good The Bad and The Ugly, and it also the cover for the DVD box set, I have chosen this image because it is one of my favorit films, and I have all ways liked western style of films or films set back around that time like Zulu witch isn't set quite back that far but is still around time frame.

  This image is a good poster for the film because it's got the three main roles on it with the good at the front then the bad and the ugly at the back, this lay out works well for the poster because you want the mane person at the front and the secondary caricatures at the back, if they had changed the lay out it could have made the poster confessing and not as obvious to who evers is looking at as to who was the main role and the good guy which is what film posters are designed to do.

   technically wise this image works well because of the composition of the image with the main role at the very front of the fram and filling it but a little to the right then you have the other two main roles just to the back left behind the main focus of the image, this lay out also works well for the lay out of the text on the image  with it being on his chest, if he was lower then the text would't have fitted in with out covering his face a bit witch would have ruined the image.

  I also think that the white back ground works best for this because if they had used perhaps a western style back drop say in the desert or in a town it would have distracted you from the main focus of the image and would have made it have less impacte on the viewer, and the white back drop keeps it clear and doesn't clutter the back ground up with visual distractions.

  The lighting of the image works well because these no strong shadows on the face and it's pretty evenly lit but then more dynamic lighting comes in further down the image and on the other two people in the image, also the contraste between the peson at the front and the two at the back adds to the hole The Good The Bad and The Ugly feel of the image because the lighting and out fit for the person at the front makes him look brighter where as the two at the bak are dressed in darker clothes and theres less lighting making them look more menacing. The angel of the image also works well being face one to the main subject, if it had been to one side i feel it would have made the image have less impact on the viewer.
 
 To do this image they used a studio for the white back drop, because of how old the fim is it was done on ether a 35mm film camera and maybe even a medium format camer for the quality for the posters, the camer would would have been placed in front of him on a tripod most probably, lens wise I'm not sure maybe a 50mm lens I'm not sure what lenses you can get for medium format cameras, lighting there was probably a soft box just to the right of him then they used the over spilling light to light the back two people, then to make sure the the front guy is evenly lit a reflector would have been used, he dose also have a well tanned and slightly gold look about him that could be natural or they used a gold cover for the reflector to give him a tanned look.

   If I were do do this image I mite consider using film to get and old look or and DSLR, I would use a film with a higher ISO or put it up on my digital camera to add a bit of grain in there, I woud use a white back drop because it works really well but I probably would experiment with different back drops, I would use a 50mm lens so I could get all the people in then if've I needed I could just crop it down, then I would try the lighting that I suggested they used for the original just to see how close I was then I would also try out some different lighting angels for different styles, I would also try some different angels with the camera to just to see if anything else works or if what they used is the best angels to use.
 

Sunday, 9 September 2012

final images




   For this assignment we were asked to take travel photography images from the place were we went, one of them place was Llandudno and I feel that I got my best images from there.
   I have chosen these three for my final images because I feel they were the best out of all of them, I took the first one inside the car when we had just parked, and where looking out over the sea and were eating the bacon and cheese sandwiches, I feel this works for travel photography because it shows the travelling aspect of travel instead of just where you're going to end up.
  The second image I took down on a little jetty type thing looking over at the pier, This image works for travel because Llandudno pier is quite well known and is recognisable, and I also think that the rocks in the fore ground helps add depth to the image.
   Then my last image I took whilst on the pier and is looking over at the Little Orme across the bay, I feel this one works for travel because it's a good image of the sea side, and also because it's the Little Orme could be used to advertise Llandudno
    

Thursday, 30 August 2012

contact sheets

 Theses images where taken at crick castle,, and are for my summer assignment, which is travel photography, not all of these images are will work for that area because they don't show where they where taken, but some of them look all right and with a little editing will be ok.















 These images are from Chester some of these could work well for the assignment, because they show the town more. but I'm not sure if they show the town well enough to make it recognisable.













 These images where taken in Lichfield, when there was a fair on, I don't think any of these images will work for the assignment because they aren't recognisable for the location and don't really show anything to do with travelling  

 These images are from Llandudno and some of these will work for the assignment because you can tell it's Llandudno because of the pier, and the grate orme, which I feel I have got some good images of and I also got some of the promenade.
 


 These images where taken at Lyme Park some of the images of the house  could work if I'm allowed to use them with it being a national trust propertie,  and I also got some around the park area which I think mite work as generic landscapy style images.



















 these images are from kedleston hall, all the images inside the house I wont be able to use because it's got nothing to to with travel, some of the image I took whilst in the gardens mite work but I don't think that there the best images  I could use out of all the image I've taken.


Monday, 2 July 2012

Summer assignment, Inro/research

For this assignment we will be taking images for a travel photography competition, The locations for our shots are up to use because it's the place we'll go over our summer, and we can take them in out own creative style to capture the essence of the place we are photographing, We have to produce 3 final images taken on digital and in colour for submitting to the competition, and we need 220 digital images in contact sheets as well. I don't know exactly what locations I'm going to be doing yet, I know one is of  the Lichfield, and I think I'll be doing some around the peek district.

For this assignment I have researched Ernst Haas because I think his style of photography is interesting, because it looks at the subject with different angels and perspectives of things, making them more eye catching and interesting to look at than if he'd just taken the image from a normal angel.

Tuesday, 26 June 2012

staffordshire university graduates, photographic stlyes I like


Ian Hilditch
He did a large body of work looking at objects close up like wood, or frozen puddles, which I found really interesting, and more eye catching then any of the other photographers I had seen because you had to look at it to figure out what it was and in some ways it's abstract because you can't tell what it is straight a way and you have to actually study the image to find out what it is. I would be interested to go into this style of photography, because I am really interested in trying to photograph things close up ether using macro or, just a 50mm lens, and I enjoy looking at things to try and find interesting parts to photograph,
Also Cerian Chandlers work has a style to it which I like, she did Lot's of images in and around parks, when it was foggy and there was dramatic lighting and had some interesting angles to this images, I feel that this is a good style of work because it's more interesting than say just an image taken in the wood with out interesting lighting and no fog, I also like trying to get images that have more of a decorative look and feel to them more than images that are usable for stock sites like Alamy. Also the style of work Cerian Chandler, and Ian Hilditch have is more of a simple style instead of trying to photograph every thing that's happening they concentrate on one little bit and focus on a detailed part of an object.


Monday, 25 June 2012

Student Exhibition

My first student is Sophie Green, she did a film poster called The Clearing and was a pictuer of a girl with her hand tied behind her back. I chose this one because I felt that the picture was dramatic and gave the feeling of being afraid, because of the way the image looked with grain and the composition.
I chose Isobel Lindsug-wiles next, her work was of a person’s face done with ink, i picked it because of how simple yet effective the work is, I also really like the way she's just used blue and purple inks, I also liked the use of righting in the work.
 I picked Adam Boyd next because I really liked his use of the reflections in the train windows to capture what's going on, on the plat form, I feel that it's a really good effective way to create a good image.
Next I picked Parince Korsuwan who’s peace was a dress which had really good portraits of people on, Which is why I chose it because of how good and effective the portraits were and how well they had been incorporated into the dress.
Next is Lucinda Elisabeth Pandor work she created kitchen items by knitting wool and fabric, I really like this work because of how real they look, and how they look really well done.
I picked Lisa Malton whose work was creating flowers out of colour paper. This is why I chose this work because it’s really colourful and eye catching and the flower are really well done and look grate.
I've chosen James Prendergast work next because of how he's used bold colours next to really detailed parts of the work, I feel that this is good and really effective way to do it, because you have the contrast in detail and then you have the simple colours next to the detail.
I chose Sophie Little’s work next  because it's really detailed paintings, and I really liked the way she had done them one because of the detailed and the subject matter was also good, which is why I fined the pictures interesting and effective.
Abbey Preston’s work is photographs of animals in the zoo, which I have seen loads of but these where really good because the animals look natural and didn't look like zoo animals, I also liked how they were in black and white because I felt that it gave the images more impact.
I've chose Rebecca Elle Roberts pictures of the dog and the kids next, which were done by pencil, and are really good because of how realistic they are and how much detail she managed to put into the image.
Next I chose Nikki lea Bridges work, i picked it because I really like the style of the work, because it's really well drawn and has a surreal side to it, whilst still looking real, also the use of just using black ink to draw it works really well and is really effective.
next is Thomas Wood, I chose his work because it's really simply done but it's still really effective, it's of a teddy bear standing next to a rabbit, and is just simple colours used to make it look 3D but still have the cartoony effect.
lastly is my favourite one, and it's Charlotte Lucy pointons work, I chose it because her work on the computers is a really good zombie peace which has an arrow though it's head and it wereing a suit, then the second images is done by hand using a pen, and is really amazing because of the detail she gets in the image and how realistic it looks.

Thursday, 21 June 2012

Me, My self & I, Fianl image and evaluation

For this project I photographed my computer, I used my computer as my personal object, because I use it every day, and I wouldn't be able to work with out, because I use it for my photograph and for keeping in touch with friends and playing games, and also technology is a big part of my life with my camera, phone, PS3, and other technological items that I use on a regular basis, so i was also thinking along the idea of technology being of personal importance to me. I photographed it in this way because I wanted to photograph the inner workings of the computer and get some detailed shots of it, I used my macro lens to photograph this image and mounted it on my tripod. because of the lack of light I had to use a long shutter speed of about 1/20th of a second, and because i wanted a better depth of filed I used an aperture of 5.6, even thought this let in less light. I feel that my final image is quite good as an image, but I don't know how well it describes my personality or sees anything about why i have it. but I still think it's a good image.

contacte sheet of images

Tuesday, 19 June 2012

infomation on, Falmouth, newport, nottingham, bedforshire, swansea, gloucestershire universitys

Universities
Falmouth
BA(Hons) photography course, I feel this would be a good course for me because go with the idea of learning by doing which I feel is a good way to learn, and I find that I learn more by doing it this way, they also teach you a range of photographic skills which I feel will be good because it’ll help develop you’re ability to create more creative images.
Undergraduate courses (excluding Foundation Diploma in Art & Design)
Wednesday 20 June 2012 - To book your place, please either call us on 01326 213721 or email opendays@falmouth.ac.uk.
Saturday 13 October 2012 (includes Foundation Diploma in Art & Design) - Bookings open in August
Saturday 27 October 2012 (includes Foundation Diploma in Art & Design) - Bookings open in August


Tom Dymond, works for a leading sports agency, a job he secured after an internship straight after graduation. Recent projects have included shooting the promotional photos for David William’s' Comic Relief Thames River swim, as well as a host of freelance fashion and sports shoots. He side most valuable aspect for him was the level of professional expertise the tutors brought to the course. he had the world-renowned music photographer Gered Mankowitz as my studio technician and mentor, and they had a huge amount of help with the professional side, teaching them the skills they needed to be successful in the industry. Within the first year they all had work from magazines and by the time they left, they had a portfolio of published, paid work.

Newport university
BA(Hons) photography
This sounds like it could be a good course because they teach chemical and digital photography, and I quite like working in the dark room so I feel I would enjoy this part of the course, the course is also designed to help develop you own visual language, and your ability to express your ideas, and become more independent. And then at the end of the course you have to come up with and produce your own large body of work.

The next Open Days will take place on:
Saturday 27th October 2012
Saturday 24th Nov 2012
Saturday 20th April 2013

Nottingham university

Portrait Photography short course programme.
For some reason I can only find short course other than a master’s degree, but I did fine this course on portrait photography which look interesting, because it teaches you every thing you would need to no to use a studio in a professional way and it also teaches  you how to work with models to get the best results.

General open days for 2013 entry now available for booking:
·    Wednesday 11 July 2012
·    Saturday 15 September
·    Saturday 13 October 2012

Bedfordshire University
Photography and video art BA(hons)
I think this course would be good because it encourages you to develop an independent way of working, and let you develop your own independent way of working in a creative way, but also gives you the skills you would need to work in different media areas. I also feel that it would be interesting to work in moving pictures as well as still images.
  • Saturday 7 July 2012 (all courses) - book your place now.
  • Saturday 8 September 2012 (sport and education courses) - booking not yet open
  • Saturday 13 October 2012 (all courses) - booking not yet open
  • Saturday 17 November 2012 (all courses) - booking not yet open

From what I have read of the opinions from the students on the website I sounds like the university is a nice place to study and work, and that all the tutors and friendly and easy to work with. I didn’t find any student opinions on the photography course but from the other ones, the university look all right.



De Montfort University
Photography and video BA(Hons)
I feel this course could be good because again it’s photography and video,  the course looks at experimentation in both traditional and digital photography, moving images and sound,  also there is independent projects and group work which will help prepare you for working in a demanding professional position, the course also works on developing your creative ability and become a skilled worker making you more employable.
Open days, need to book


Swansea Metropolitan university

BA(Hons) photography in the arts
To me this course sounds good because the course encourages you to follow your personal interests and individual ideas thought the course. Which will also help develop an independent way of photographing, also your encouraged to explore ideas and develop new skills. Also the university’s good contacts will help to provided jobs at the end of the 3 year course.







In addition to our open days we are holding course taster days on Tuesday the 20th and Thursday 22nd November 2012. The taster days will give potential students the opportunity to find out more about the course, meet key staff, experience workshops, lessons and/or project work and help potential students to identify future directions and careers.
The taster days will run from 10.00-4.00 
Booking is essential, to book a place please click here
The courses running taster days are:





Gloucestershire University
fine art photography BA(Hons)
This course looks at approaching photography in a creative fine art way, and it will also teach you how to develop your work to a higher standard, the course also looks at all photographic styles as a way to express yourself, they also teach you how to use transitional photographic methods and digital photography

 Undergraduate open day.Saturday 16th June 
 (All Campuses)

Saturday 13th October
(All Campuses)

Saturday 10th November
(All Campuses)

Saturday 8th December(All Campuses)  
Saturday 22nd September (FCH 10.30am Primary and Secondary Teaching ONLY)