Category LEARNING LOG
The Cruel Radiance – Photography and Political Violence by Susie Linfield
From the beginning of my studies with the OCA, I’ve felt that I just haven’t had enough time to do everything I have to do. Where does one fit taking the photographs, writing the exercises up on the blog, reading about other aspects of photography, blogging that, and having time to assimilate what one has […]
Robert Capa
‘If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.’ It would eventually be his belief in this that lead Robert Capa to his death in Vietnam in May 1954 when he stepped on a landmine whilst trying to take a photograph of French soldiers retreating. The life of the man whom most people believe […]
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 […]
`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 […]
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. […]
Exercise 13: Standard Focal Length
Following on from the last few exercises regarding focal length, this one required me to use a standard focal length for shooting. According to the course handbook, on my camera this can be found in the region of 27mm to 32 mm, although personally I think it’s a little longer. On a full […]
Exercise 12: Close and Involved
Most of my street photography to date has been done with my 50mm f/2.8 or 55-250mm. Using the 50mm gives me the equivalent of 85mm, which for me more often than not works out fine. It also allows me the creativity of the wide aperture which I really enjoy. I often use […]
My People and Place Learning Log 