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DAVID GARDNER PHOTOGRAPHY

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I am an amateur photographer who is exploring and developing my skills and creativity through taking a BA degree in Photography through the Open College of the Arts. This Blog follows my progress on the course.

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Update to Learning Log – June 19th 2014

I never thought it would be this challenging!  Not the photography, but the technology of setting up a blog and recording the exercises!  I have had enormous difficulty uploading photographs into My Collections on the OCA site and I don’t know if I am doing something wrong, if my software, hardware or server are the problem, or if it is […]Read Post ›

THE FRAME – FITTING THE FRAME TO THE SUBJECT

EXERCISE  –  FITTING THE FRAME TO THE SUBJECT The purpose of this exercise is to demonstrate the difference in the image and its impact on the viewer that can result from the way that the image is framed.  It is also to enable me to check how accurately I can frame a subject by looking through […]Read Post ›

INITIAL THOUGHTS – MAY 2014

David Gardner   OCA 513007 THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY  INITIAL THOUGHTS ON THE COURSE It has been a busy couple of weeks getting to grips with the course and what it will entail. What is immediately clear is that it will be a welcome challenge in terms of understanding, organisation and time management and also that […]Read Post ›

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