Two interesting points have emerged from articles I have read this morning that I will quickly make a note of here for future reference and contemplation. The first entitled ‘Why is narrative such a difficult concept for young photographers to master?’ was written by Grant Scott and published on the United Nations of Photography website. In […]Read Post ›
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 ›
WHAT MAKES A GOOD PHOTOGRAPH? OR A BAD ONE? For some time, but particularly since starting this course, I have worried about the fact that a lot of what the cognoscenti consider to be exemplary and innovative photographs I find uninteresting, lifeless and/or unattractive no matter how long I look at them or how much […]Read Post ›
PERSISTENCE AS A KEY TO TAKING INCREDIBLE PHOTOGRAPHS My attention was grabbed by a number of aspects of the short article (copied below) by Jake Rutherford in a recent internet posting by National Geographic. Firstly, his use of post-it notes to highlight images in books is one that I will be adopting more frequently as a reminder and […]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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
THE PHOTOGRAPHER’S EYE – MICHAEL FREEMAN I have just completed reading ‘The Photographer’s Eye’ by Michael Freeman published by ILEX Press (ISBN -10 1905814-04-6 ISBN – 13 978-1905814-04–6, a book that I have enjoyed reading and can recommend to anyone, photographer or not. It is easily accessible, logically and clearly set out […]Read Post ›
TERROR, PHOTOGRAPHY AND PHOTOGRAPHER’ BLOCK Three things have happened recently that have helped to focus my mind on where I am with the course. Firstly, I have received feedback on my 2nd Assignment from my tutor and, whilst it was ‘passable’ it was disappointing although probably a fair reflection of where I am. Secondly, this […]Read Post ›
‘THE PHOTOGRAPH’ Graham Clarke, Oxford University Press I have recently finished reading Graham Clarke’s book ‘The Photograph’ published by Oxford University Press as part of their Oxford History of Art series (ISBN 978-0-19-284200-8 ). Graham Clarke is Reader in Literary and Image Studies at the University of Kent and hence has a broad and deep interest and […]Read Post ›
DAVID GARDNER PHOTOGRAPHY 