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      • C & N PART 1 EXERCISES
        • EYEWITNESSES?
        • EXERCISE – STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
        • SECTARIAN MURDER
        • Sarah Pickering – Public Order
        • EXERCISE – THE MANIPULATED IMAGE
        • “THE REAL AND THE DIGITAL”
      • C & N PART 2 EXERCISES
        • THE DAD PROJECT / COUNTRY DOCTOR
        • THE VISUAL DEPICTION OF A POEM
        • PHOTOGRAPHING THE UNSEEN – EXERCISE
      • C & N PART 3 EXERCISES
        • PART 3 PUTTING YOURSELF IN THE PICTURE – MY DIARY
        • AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL SELF-PORTRAITURE
        • MASQUERADES
        • EXERCISE – MASQUERADES
      • C & N PART 4 EXERCISES
      • C & N PART 5 EXERCISES
    • C & N ASSIGNMENTS
      • ASSIGNMENT 1
        • THOUGHTS ON ASSIGNMENT 1
        • C&N ASSIGNMENT 1
        • SELF ASSESSMENT OF ASSIGNMENT 1
        • FEEDBACK RECEIVED – ASSIGNMENT 1
        • ASSIGNMENT 1 – RESPONSE TO FORMATIVE FEEDBACK
      • ASSIGNMENT 2
        • PHOTOGRAPHING THE UNSEEN Preparatory work for Assignment 2
        • ASSIGNMENT 2 – PHOTOGRAPHING THE UNSEEN
        • REFLECTION ON C&N ASSIGNMENT 2
        • ASSIGNMENT 2 – RESPONSE TO FORMATIVE FEEDBACK
    • C & N LEARNING LOG
      • My thoughts on setting out on the Context and Narrative Course
      • THE CAMERA NEVER LIES!
      • In an Alien World
      • STREET PHOTOGRAPHY – SOME THOUGHTS
      • WAYS OF SEEING – JOHN BERGER
      • TO LEAVE OR NOT TO LEAVE – THAT IS THE QUESTION
      • TO LEAVE OR NOT – FURTHER THOUGHTS
      • MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY
      • RELAY IN CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PRACTICE
      • POSTMODERN NARRATIVE
      • THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS MY PROOF
      • MY LAST POST
      • MY LAST POST REVISITED
      • CHANGING PERCEPTIONS
      • THE IMPORTANCE OF NARRATIVE AND PERSONAL CONNECTION IN PHOTOGRAPHY
      • MOVING ON AND OUT
    • C & N STUDY COURSES
  • MY IMAGES
  • WILDLIFE IMAGES
  • ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY
  • PHOTOGRAPHERS THAT INSPIRE ME
  • WILD PEMBROKESHIRE – JANUARY 2018
  • ITEMS FOR SALE
  • TAoP EXERCISES
  • TAoP ASSIGNMENTS
  • TAOP LEARNING LOG
  • TAoP STUDY COURSES
  • THINGS TO REMEMBER
  • PHOTOGRAPHERS
  • INTRODUCTION – FOCUS
  • TAoP PART 1 EXERCISES
  • TAoP PART 2 EXERCISES
  • TAoP PART 3 EXERCISES
  • TAoP PART 4 EXERCISES
  • TAoP PART 5 EXERCISES
  • THE FRAME – FITTING THE FRAME TO THE SUBJECT
  • OBJECT IN DIFFERENT POSITIONS IN THE FRAME
  • THE FRAME – A SEQUENCE OF COMPOSITION
  • FOCAL LENGTHS
  • DIVIDING THE FRAME
  • FRAME SHAPES AND SIZES
  • THE FRAME – CROPPING
  • PART 2 – ELEMENTS OF DESIGN PROJECT – POINTS
  • PART 2 ELEMENTS OF DESIGN PROJECT – LINES
  • PART TWO. PROJECT – USING LINES IN COMPOSITION
  • PART 2 PROJECT – SHAPES
  • PART 2 PROJECT – RHYTHM AND PATTERN
  • PART 3 CONTROL THE STRENGTH OF A COLOUR
  • PART 4 LIGHT – JUDGING COLOUR TEMPERATURE PART 1
  • PART 4 LIGHT – JUDGING COLOUR TEMPERATURE PART 2
  • PART 3 – EXERCISE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY COLOURS
  • PART 3 EXERCISE – COLOUR RELATIONSHIPS
  • PART 3. EXERCISE – COLOURS INTO TONES IN BLACK & WHITE
  • PART 4 – LIGHT Measuring Exposure
  • PART 4 LIGHT – VARIETY WITH A LOW SUN
  • PART 4 LIGHT – EXERCISE CLOUDY WEATHER AND RAIN
  • PART 4 LIGHT – OUTDOORS AT NIGHT
  • PART 4 – LIGHT. EXERCISE – SOFTENING THE LIGHT
  • PART 4 – LIGHT. EXERCISE – THE LIGHTING ANGLE
  • PART 4 LIGHT – CONTRAST AND SHADOW FILL
  • NARRATIVE – A NARRATIVE PICTURE ESSAY
  • ILLUSTRATION EXERCISE – EVIDENCE OF ACTION
  • PART FIVE. EXERCISE – SYMBOLS
  • PART 5. EXERCISE – JUXTAPOSITION
  • PART 5. ILLUSTRATION EXERCISE – RAIN
  • ASSIGNMENT 1
  • ASSIGNMENT 2
  • ASSIGNMENT 3
  • ASSIGNMENT 4
  • ASSIGNMENT 5
  • INITIAL THOUGHTS – MAY 2014
  • STRUGGLING TO TAKE OFF!
  • 20th June 2014
  • Update to Learning Log – June 19th 2014
  • WHAT MAKES A GOOD PHOTOGRAPH? OR A BAD ONE?
  • 5 QUESTIONS TO ASK TO BECOME A BETTER PHOTOGRAPHER
  • THE PHOTOGRAPH BY GRAHAM CLARKE
  • THE PHOTOGRAPHER’S EYE – MICHAEL FREEMAN
  • TERROR, PHOTOGRAPHY AND PHOTOGRAPHERS’ BLOCK
  • PHOTOGRAPHY – A MYSTICAL MIX OF CURIOSITY AND PERSISTENCE.
  • Photography with Love and Dignity
  • BEHIND THE IMAGE – ANNA FOX AND NATASHA CARUANA
  • RECENT RESOURCE ACQUISITIONS
  • PHOTOGRAPHING MOVEMENT
  • SOME THOUGHTS ON LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHS
  • Photography and the Law
  • PHOTOGRAPHING THE ECLIPSE
  • A REVIEW OF THE COURSE
  • STUDY COURSE – ARTES MUNDI, CARDIFF, 14.11.14
  • James Ravilious exhibition, Barnstaple
  • PHILIP CLARKE – PEMBROKESHIRE PHOTOGRAPHER
  • RICK SMOLLEN – A DAY IN THE LIFE SERIES / TRACKS, ETC.
  • STEVEN REED – LANDSCAPE AND WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER

DAVID GARDNER PHOTOGRAPHY

C & N PART 2 EXERCISES

PHOTOGRAPHING THE UNSEEN – EXERCISE

THREE CASE STUDIES I am asked to look at individual bodies of work created by three Level 3 OCA students each of whom were exploring themes in their work that are not necessarily visible.  All use metaphor to portray their ideas rather than a more straight forward method of representation. The three pieces of work are […]Read Post ›

THE VISUAL DEPICTION OF A POEM

I was looking forward to this exercise!   It asked me to choose a poem that resonated with me and then to interpret it through photographs.  This spoke to me as a wonderful way to awaken my dormant creativity and have some fun. It was getting away from the theory side with its head scratching complexities […]Read Post ›

THE DAD PROJECT / COUNTRY DOCTOR

PART 2 – NARRATIVE    EXERCISE 1 Part 2 of the Context and Narrative course introduces me to two photo essays.  The first  entitled ‘Country Doctor’ was produced in 1948 by W. Eugene Smith, an American photographer from Colorado, who followed a country doctor, Dr Ceriani, and recorded his life at work and relaxation.  The […]Read Post ›

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