David Gardner Photography PART 4 LIGHT – EXERCISE Judging Colour Temperature 1 The ability of the human eye and brain to see and record the quality and hue of light is different from that of a camera sensor and this needs to be borne in mind when photographing at different times of the day as the natural […]Read Post ›
EXERCISE – MEASURING EXPOSURE For this exercise I visited the National Botanical Gardens of Wales as I was in the area as I knew that there were subjects there that would be useful for the purpose, in particular the large glass house. The day was a mix of sunshine and cloud which meant that I […]Read Post ›
PHOTOGRAPHING THE ECLIPSE It was an event I didn’t want to miss. Photographing an eclipse of the sun in one’s own locality is not an opportunity that comes around very often so I wanted to see if I could make the most of it. I knew that I wanted to try to capture the atmosphere of […]Read Post ›
EXERCISE – COLOUR RELATIONSHIPS This exercise is in two parts, both being explorations of the relationships between colours within images and how those relationships relate to the positions of the colours on the colour circle. The first part of this exercise required me to produce 3 or 4 photographs containing the three pairs of colours […]Read Post ›
ASSIGNMENT 3 – COLOUR The purpose of the elements of this Assignment is to demonstrate my use of colour in photography and my ability to use different colours in different relationships. To do this, I was required to take photographs which demonstrated 4 different colour relationships, namely : – 1). Complementary colours – colours […]Read Post ›
EXERCISE – COLOURS INTO TONES IN BLACK & WHITE When colour filters are used in black and white photography, the properties of the filters and their effect on the light rays passing through will result in the image being changed. If, for instance, a blue filter is used, any blue light will pass through readily […]Read Post ›
EVERYTHING UNDER THE PEMBROKESHIRE SKIES – A PHOTOGRAPHER’S LIFE On 18th November, I attended a talk at Oriel y Parc in St Davids by Pembrokeshire photographer, Philip Clarke. I had not been aware of Philip’s work before but it was clear that he had quite a reputation in some circles. The reason for my lack […]Read Post ›
This was my first study course with the OCA as it was the first one that was reasonably close, but I had some reservations about how relevant it would be for me. I had been to two previous Artes Mundi exhibitions some while ago and although I had got something from it I had been […]Read Post ›
EXERCISE – PRIMARY AND SECONDARY COLOURS Thank goodness! After a long and frustrating period of grey, windy and wet weather the sun came out yesterday and so I was able to get out and about in St Davids to find some primary colours. I chose to go to St Davids as, being a holiday destination […]Read Post ›
BEHIND THE IMAGE – RESEARCH IN PHOTOGRAPHY ‘Behind The Image – Research in Photography’ by Anna Fox and Natasha Caruana is No. 3 in the Basics – Creative Photography series published by AVA Publishing (ISBN 978-2-940411-66-500. It is one of the ‘Essential Reading’ books on my course and was recommended as being my next read […]Read Post ›
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