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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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In an Alien World

I have been following and contributing to an interesting and developing forum on the OCA website which has thrown up many issues and ideas for me to consider.   The link to the thread is : –   http://www.oca-student.com/content/personal-voice It started off as a discussion on the question of a ‘personal voice’ and the merits of finding […]Read Post ›

THE CAMERA NEVER LIES!

The camera never lies!  I was brought up with this saying and it was always stated as being an absolute fact.  From an early age I wondered about whether a belief in the truth of the saying depended on whether one was on the side of the ‘defence’ or the ‘prosecution’ as this would seriously influence one’s […]Read Post ›

EYEWITNESSES?

This first Exercise asks me to find some examples of news stories where ‘citizen journalism’ has exposed or highlighted abuses of power.  It then asks the questions : –  How do these pictures affect the story, if at all? Are these pictures objective? Can pictures ever be objective? ‘Citizen journalism’ is a recent concept which […]Read Post ›

My thoughts on setting out on the Context and Narrative Course

GETTING OFF THE GROUND AGAIN!     As I set out on my next phase of the Photography BA course, Level 1 – Context and Narrative, I do so with the usual mix of excitement and trepidation.  I believe that as a result of my experience of working on the previous Level 1 course – The […]Read Post ›

A REVIEW OF THE COURSE

I have now completed the course ‘The Art of Photography‘ and I am about to submit the results of my work for Formal Assessment. It seems an appropriate time to briefly look back at my experience of the course and to look forward to what might follow. My overall impression on reflection is of a […]Read Post ›

PART 4 LIGHT – CONTRAST AND SHADOW FILL

PART 4  ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING EXERCISE  – CONTRAST AND SHADOW FILL The purpose of this exercise is to see how the use of different reflectors of light in different positions can affect the appearance of a subject by increasing or decreasing contrast and the level of shadow fill.  For this exercise I used white card and […]Read Post ›

PART 5. EXERCISE – JUXTAPOSITION

EXERCISE   –   JUXTAPOSITION I found this exercise to be an interesting one.  The challenge was to find one image that demonstrated the phenomenon of juxtaposition within it.  Whilst I preferred to find a subject ‘in the field’ rather than create one in a studio, I did not easily stumble upon a subject that […]Read Post ›

ASSIGNMENT 5

ASSIGNMENT 5. APPLYING THE TECHNIQUES OF ILLUSTRATION AND NARRATIVE For this Assignment I was tasked to imagine that I was asked to illustrate a story for a magazine with a front cover and several pages inside. The subject that I chose was the construction of a unique 3 compartment yurt structure designed and built by […]Read Post ›

ILLUSTRATION EXERCISE – EVIDENCE OF ACTION

EXERCISE   – Evidence of Action The purpose of this exercise is to produce an image from which it can be seen that something has happened.  The suggestion is made that it might include something that has been either broken or emptied, but I have found another subject to illustrate this concept.   RACING ACCIDENT […]Read Post ›

PART 5. ILLUSTRATION EXERCISE – RAIN

ILLUSTRATION  EXERCISE  –  RAIN Imagine that you are creating a magazine cover on the subject of ‘Rain’.  Utilising the entire cover space, produce a single, strong photograph that leaves no one in doubt about the subject.  This was the challenge set me by this Exercise and it raised a number of questions for me to […]Read Post ›

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