Monthly Archives: August 2013
Assignment Two Feedback
I received my feedback from my tutor a couple of days ago, and have spent the time since then reading and rereading her comments, making sure I understand where she’s coming from. I think I do, but I’m still rather disappointed that she wasn’t too thrilled with the assignment. Having said that, I understand where […]
Steve McCurry
In the feedback for my last assignment, Sharon recommended that I spend more time looking at photographers I’m interested as this would help to open up greater creative responses within my own practice. I feel I haven’t spent enough time doing this as there’s so much involved with this course that it’s difficult to get […]
Assignment Two: People and Activity
The object of this assignment is to plan and execute a set of images of people in some form of meaningful activity. This could be work, sport, a stage performance (music, drama), or at a social event. You should produce a set of approximately 10 final, selected images, and you can choose between depicting the […]
`The Ongoing Moment’, by Geoff Dyer
The Ongoing Moment by Geoff Dyer is one of the books on the recommended reading list for this course, so I’d been looking forward to reading it having gained a bit more experience now after completing TAOP. When I first started TAOP, I felt overwhelmed having to read a lot of books which kept rattling off […]
Something different…. Is this what I’m after?
As I’ve already pointed out, I have a great deal of interest in child portraiture, (both posed, formal portraiture, and images which have narrative), and I’m always on the lookout for inspiration and ideas, especially things that get my own kids involved and enjoying themselves without the constant battle it seems to be with children […]
Sally Mann
Sally Mann is one of the photographers that my tutor recommended I look at in her feedback from Assignment One as I try to develop child portraiture and where to go with it. Sharon recommended Mann’s series ‘At Twelve’ which consists of portraits of young girls on the cusp of their teenage years, but I […]
Assignment One Tutor Feedback
On Monday, I received my tutor’s comments on Assignment One and I think that the feedback was positive overall. It was good to receive the feedback from someone who works in the area that I’d chosen to use for the assignment. She knows the common pitfalls to avoid and pointed out a couple of areas […]
Looking Ahead to The Assignment
So I’ve really made some inroads into this section of the course in the past week. After months of stagnation and frustration, I seem to have worked my way back into enjoying what I’m doing in regards to OCA studies. I mentioned in a previous post about my idea to use daily life at a […]
Exercise 15: A public space
I got my exercises mixed up here and did this one before he organised event exercise which I’ll hopefully be able to do this weekend. It probably wasn’t the best time or day to do this exercise, as it was a Thursday morning and there weren’t many people around or much going on. […]
My People and Place Learning Log 