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Following feedback from my tutor I have decided to submit just a single image which represents my original concept for this assignment. For my submission for assessment I will explore how best to present this as a print and consider whether to include any text. Continue reading Assignment 3 – Putting yourself in the picture – re-worked
Feedback for assignment four can be read here. I found the feedback session very useful as it high-lighted a some areas that I have overlooked when submitting my assignments and I think there are two key learnings to take from it. The first learning is to know when to stop and the second to think more about how I present my assignments. Although I started the assignment in a negative frame of mind and did not enjoy the diary keeping element of it, when it came to producing and image I had a very clear idea of what I wanted … Continue reading Assignment 3 – Putting yourself in the picture – tutor feedback
I started this assignment feeling very disenchanted after receivng feedback for assignment two and so I did not really engage with the diary keeping element at the start of the exercise. After an initial attempt which lasted a week and a half I stopped mainly because I realised that I was not keeping a diary, more just writing a list of things that happened during the day. For my second attempt I tried being more forthcoming but I was still not comfortable about putting down in writing how I felt and over the course of the two weeks the entries … Continue reading Assignment 3 – Putting yourself in the picture – reflection
Like many photographers I feel more comfortable behind the camera than in front of it so this assignment presented something of a challenge. I found the diary-keeping tedious and after a false start just about managed to maintain interest for two weeks. When re-reading the enteries, the main point that came across from them was an unwillingness to reveal too much about myself. I’m not sure the best way of describing it, reticence, ambiguousness, self-restraint, holding back? Whatever the best term is, I wanted to take this feeling and translate into into an image or series of images and initially … Continue reading Assignment 3 – Putting yourself in the picture – images
The idea behind my images for assignment 3 was that when I read through my diary entries it was clear to me that I was witholding information, I did not want to reveal much about myself. However, rather than go down the route of absented self-portraiture, I wanted to be present on the images but in a way that did not give the viewer the total picture. My plan is to crate a series of five images based around the themes of light and shade, silhouettes, screens, shade and reflections. Below are three images in both colour and black and … Continue reading Assignment 3 – Putting yourself in the picture – work in progress
I have been thinking about how to approach this assignment especially after re-reading my diary entries. The main point that came across from them was an unwillingness to reveal too much about myself. I have thought about how I would translate this into an image or series of images and initially thought of going down the route of self-absented portraiture but have decided not to pursue this approach. There are serveral reason for this but the main one is that it feels a bit cliched; the majority of the photographers we have examined in the course material have chosen to … Continue reading Assignment 3 – Putting yourself in the picture
Thursday 30th May 2019 For this exercise I have to keep a diary for a minimum of two weeks and this is something that I am hesitant or maybe resistant to do. I have tried keeping a diary for this assignment previously and found it boring to write and boring to read. I know I was reluctant to reveal what I was thinking and so it just became a list of things I did during the day. For this attempt I am going to try and be more forthcoming but I feel uncomfortable about this. Why is this and what … Continue reading Assignment 3 – Putting yourself in the picture – diary
Drawing upon the examples in Part Three and your own research, you can approach your self-portraits however you see fit. You may choose to explore your identity or masquerade as someone else, or use empty locations or objects to speak of your experiences. However you choose to approach it, use yourself – directly or indirectly – as subject matter. Keep a diary for a set period of time (at least two weeks). Each day write two or three pages about yourself – what you’ve been doing/thinking. This can be as specific or poetic as you wish. You may wish to … Continue reading Assignment 3 – Putting yourself in the picture
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