HND2 will commence at 10.00am on Monday 1st September.
Class groups for HND2 haven't been decided yet - but in the meantime I can direct you to the new HND2 A & B blogs:
hnd2Ablog
hnd2Bblog
Friday, August 22, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008
Graded Unit Results
I have everyone's Graded Unit Results.
Data protection law prohibits me from posting them here, so email me and I'll let you know in a reply.
A reminder - progression to HND2 is not automatic - you must have completed all first year units. If you're in doubt, speak to the relevant tutor.
Creative Industries assignments are fine
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Class Reps meeting Monday 9th June
HND Class Reps and anyone else who wishes to attend a departmental annual course review meeting on Monday 9th at 9.15am in Room 187 are welcome to come along. There will be a free biscuit.
Areas that will be discussed:
Accommodation
Curriculum design
Assessment
Achievement
Retention
Recruitment
Areas that will be discussed:
Accommodation
Curriculum design
Assessment
Achievement
Retention
Recruitment
Friday, May 23, 2008
Social Photography Presentations
Presentations must be submitted to Pauline by Tuesday 27th May on CD.
These will be shown and peer assessed on Tuesday 3rd June at 3.30 pm in room 187.
These will be shown and peer assessed on Tuesday 3rd June at 3.30 pm in room 187.
Monday 26th May
There is no lecture on Monday
(But unlike some other places, Monday is not a holiday)
The final (Creative Industries) written assignment deadline is Monday 2nd June - lecture theatre 2 @ 12noon.
(But unlike some other places, Monday is not a holiday)
The final (Creative Industries) written assignment deadline is Monday 2nd June - lecture theatre 2 @ 12noon.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Graded Unit - Written Evaluation
Minimum 500 words - for Monday 19th @ 12noon - lecture theatre 2
An outline of the project
An overview of the planning and development stages - including any significant changes from the proposal
Positive aspects
Areas for improvement
Identification of knowledge and skills which have been gained or developed
Conclusions
There are fifteen marks available. Try to claim as many as you can.
An outline of the project
An overview of the planning and development stages - including any significant changes from the proposal
Positive aspects
Areas for improvement
Identification of knowledge and skills which have been gained or developed
Conclusions
There are fifteen marks available. Try to claim as many as you can.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Graded Unit - Monday 12th
Lecture theatre 2 @ 10.00am - final submissions and workbooks. Please clearly label your work with: NAME, STUDENT NUMBER, COURSE and COLLEGE.
SQA guidelines require me to tell them who did not submit their work on time. You lose marks for unathorised absence and significant lateness.
DO NOT try to give me your work before Monday. There's too much of it for me to keep track of - whereas you all only have your own project to look after.
You will present your work to the group, describing what you've done - how well it's gone and if there's anything you'd do differently. These discussions will be useful for compiling your written evaluation.
Details of the written evaluation criteria will be given out on Monday 12th. This is due on Monday 19th at noon. SQA will collect the work soon thereafter.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Creative Industries assignment
What areas of work are you considering when college finishes? Do you know what you will have to do to get there?
Apply for a 'staff' job? Launch yourself as a freelance? Take an assistant’s role? Buy a franchise? Move to another city or even another country?
Write 1000 words outlining your photographic career plans and the options you think are open to you.
Nothing is fixed, everything might change - and no-one will make any form of judgement about what you choose, but writing this will help you focus your thoughts.
Explain what you know and/or think you will have to do to get where you want to be. Can you identify the steps you will have to take?
Will you need funding or start-up capital? Further training? Will you seek advice, and if so who from? Is there are an area of business that particularly interests you? Have you seen a gap in the market? Do you have a USP (Unique Selling Point)?
Deadline Monday 2nd June - Lecture theatre 2: 12 noon
Apply for a 'staff' job? Launch yourself as a freelance? Take an assistant’s role? Buy a franchise? Move to another city or even another country?
Write 1000 words outlining your photographic career plans and the options you think are open to you.
Nothing is fixed, everything might change - and no-one will make any form of judgement about what you choose, but writing this will help you focus your thoughts.
Explain what you know and/or think you will have to do to get where you want to be. Can you identify the steps you will have to take?
Will you need funding or start-up capital? Further training? Will you seek advice, and if so who from? Is there are an area of business that particularly interests you? Have you seen a gap in the market? Do you have a USP (Unique Selling Point)?
Deadline Monday 2nd June - Lecture theatre 2: 12 noon
Graded Unit
Submission of final projects: Monday 12th May Lecture theatre 2 @ 10.00am
We will review all the work
Submission of written evaluation: Monday 19th May Lecture theatre 2 @ 12noon
All projects (proposal, research, pictures and evaluation) need to be package ready for collection. Please do not be late.
We will review all the work
Submission of written evaluation: Monday 19th May Lecture theatre 2 @ 12noon
All projects (proposal, research, pictures and evaluation) need to be package ready for collection. Please do not be late.
Monday, April 28, 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Tutorials Monday 28th
1.15pm Jen
1.45pm Tertia
2.15pm Louise
3.00pm Sam
3.30pm Nick
4.00pm Ben
Leave a comment to sign up
1.45pm Tertia
2.15pm Louise
3.00pm Sam
3.30pm Nick
4.00pm Ben
Leave a comment to sign up
Professional matters
When you arrive at the point where you can't face being a criminal any longer, try googling Scottish Enterprise or Business Gateway
They will give you advice on what to do.
You must keep a record of all your purchases - receipts and ideally a separate bank account. (Purchases made prior to you going 'legal' can be used to lower your first year's tax bill.)
Information on Income Tax and National Insurance contributions is here
Tax is calculated on PROFIT not turnover, so get an accountant to look at your books. He or she will save you whatever fee they charge - and more.
Insurances are up to you - equipment, public liability, illness, pension, etc
A good resource for news, jobs, insurers, lawyers (and an annual review of the professional photo vest market) is the printed version of the British Journal of Photography, available in the college library - and also online
Friday, April 11, 2008
Monday 14th April
Lecture theatre 2 at 10.00am
Professional issues: Income Tax, VAT, Banks, Accountants and Pensions
Please think about a tutorial time in the next couple of weeks - I need to see you all individually at some point.
Professional issues: Income Tax, VAT, Banks, Accountants and Pensions
Please think about a tutorial time in the next couple of weeks - I need to see you all individually at some point.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Tutorials Monday 14th: Room 187
Please bring along your graded unit work-in-progress and workbooks
1.15pm Howard
1.45pm Theo
2.15pm Jaime
3.00pm
3.30pm
Use the comment function to book a time. I need to see all of you over the coming weeks and will have to dictate times if we can't negotiate.
1.15pm Howard
1.45pm Theo
2.15pm Jaime
3.00pm
3.30pm
Use the comment function to book a time. I need to see all of you over the coming weeks and will have to dictate times if we can't negotiate.
Friday, April 4, 2008
Monday 7th April
Lecture theatre 2 @ 10.00am - we will look at 'The Bus' by Daniel Meadows
Don't laugh - people still look like this in Australia
Here's Daniel Meadows' official 'Bus project' website. Please take a look - there's a huge amount of information and some great ideas. The project is still very much alive.
French Philosopher Roland Barthes uses two terms to describe photographs:
Studium - is the surface impression of an image - it's technical quality or 'competence'
(Whether the image is ok - not bad - alright)
Punctum - is the wounding, personally touching detail which establishes a direct relationship with the image
(The bit that grabs us)
These concepts first appeared in Barthes's Camera Lucida (published in 1980)
Barthes's influence is greater than you might think, even in commercial design and photography circles
There's even a Punctum group on flickr
So anyway, back to these two muppets... it's the 1970s - they're wearing tartan - they must be Bay City Roller fans...
WRONG!
See the records he's carrying
Well, the top one is Deep Purple (manly Heavy Metal to you) - not cissy pop music for girls.
Before iPods and walkmans, young men used to take records round to their friends' houses to listen to - protected from the weather in a polythene bag.
And the scarf:
...is a Manchester United scarf. One of the few bits of merchandising fans could buy in an age before the commercialism of football started to fleece fans for replica shirts and official socks, underpants, bed linen and matching curtains...
These two young men are wearing tartan jackets to associate themselves with Manchester United and their Scottish manager (at the time...) - Tommy "The Doc" Docherty.
"The 'punctum' for me in this picture (and many of Daniel Meadows 1970s Bus portraits) is how I feel when I see the jackets, and haircuts, and imagine the smell of two young men who only bathed once a fortnight (if that).
I never had a jacket like that - my Mum wouldn't let me - and I would have been frightened if I walked down the street towards 'big kids' like them. They were the sort of lawless hooligans who would "kick yer 'ed in".
Now I see them and smile at how harmless, innocent, naive and comical they really were.
I also feel touched at the sight of the records - and remember that I often used to listen to music intently with friends. We would sit in each others' bedrooms and pore over every inch of the gatefold sleeves, devouring the lyrics and looking for mysterious messages scratched into the run-out groove.
People don't do that anymore.
I don't do that anymore.
But this picture transports me - like falling through a hole in the fabric of time and space, back to an age when things were simple - people ate meat and two veg everyday and knew their neighbours.
The punctum isn't necessarily a flaw, or a hole or a specific item - it best describes our emotional response to images (and perhaps people, music, places, tastes) - not something that everyone shares or understands - but matters indvidually to us.
Don't laugh - people still look like this in Australia
Here's Daniel Meadows' official 'Bus project' website. Please take a look - there's a huge amount of information and some great ideas. The project is still very much alive.
French Philosopher Roland Barthes uses two terms to describe photographs:
Studium - is the surface impression of an image - it's technical quality or 'competence'
(Whether the image is ok - not bad - alright)
Punctum - is the wounding, personally touching detail which establishes a direct relationship with the image
(The bit that grabs us)
These concepts first appeared in Barthes's Camera Lucida (published in 1980)
Barthes's influence is greater than you might think, even in commercial design and photography circles
There's even a Punctum group on flickr
So anyway, back to these two muppets... it's the 1970s - they're wearing tartan - they must be Bay City Roller fans...
WRONG!
See the records he's carrying
Well, the top one is Deep Purple (manly Heavy Metal to you) - not cissy pop music for girls.
Before iPods and walkmans, young men used to take records round to their friends' houses to listen to - protected from the weather in a polythene bag.
And the scarf:
...is a Manchester United scarf. One of the few bits of merchandising fans could buy in an age before the commercialism of football started to fleece fans for replica shirts and official socks, underpants, bed linen and matching curtains...
These two young men are wearing tartan jackets to associate themselves with Manchester United and their Scottish manager (at the time...) - Tommy "The Doc" Docherty.
"The 'punctum' for me in this picture (and many of Daniel Meadows 1970s Bus portraits) is how I feel when I see the jackets, and haircuts, and imagine the smell of two young men who only bathed once a fortnight (if that).
I never had a jacket like that - my Mum wouldn't let me - and I would have been frightened if I walked down the street towards 'big kids' like them. They were the sort of lawless hooligans who would "kick yer 'ed in".
Now I see them and smile at how harmless, innocent, naive and comical they really were.
I also feel touched at the sight of the records - and remember that I often used to listen to music intently with friends. We would sit in each others' bedrooms and pore over every inch of the gatefold sleeves, devouring the lyrics and looking for mysterious messages scratched into the run-out groove.
People don't do that anymore.
I don't do that anymore.
But this picture transports me - like falling through a hole in the fabric of time and space, back to an age when things were simple - people ate meat and two veg everyday and knew their neighbours.
The punctum isn't necessarily a flaw, or a hole or a specific item - it best describes our emotional response to images (and perhaps people, music, places, tastes) - not something that everyone shares or understands - but matters indvidually to us.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Darkroom
Apologies for the cut & paste blog error about the Darkroom dealdine.
All are welcome to join Group B tomorrow morning (Tuesday 18th) in lecture theatre 2 at 9.45am - looking at other's work and sharing knowledge is an important part of the learning for this project.
All are welcome to join Group B tomorrow morning (Tuesday 18th) in lecture theatre 2 at 9.45am - looking at other's work and sharing knowledge is an important part of the learning for this project.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Monday 17th CTS
We will look at what is known as the 'Directorial Mode'.
Photographers construct what they want to show - not record what is there. This is a fundamental concept that we looked at right back at the beginning of the course in 'Proof or Fiction' and we have returned to time and again, through the painterly aspirations of 19th century amateurs:
the fakery of Robert Capa's falling soldier:
the utopia of The Family of Man:
the incisiveness of Robert Frank's Leica:
the hyper-reality of Martin Parr's fill-in flash:
- and Chris Killip's imaginative painter on the beach:
Monday's presentation will include Gregory Crewdson, Phillip Lorca di Corcia, David Hilliard, NIcholas Nixon and Sally Mann.
There will be some discussion, so you might want to check them out in advance.
Monday, March 10, 2008
Picture Library Web Sites and Distribution
You all know that having your own web site is a vital marketing tool.
It's a great thing to have basic knowledge of how to make your own and really good fun to do. But there is another way.
Two companies now offer state-of-the-art ways to both give you your own site and at the same time give you a really powerful way of managing and distributing your images.
These companies will let you store all your images in public and private groups. Once you have your images uploaded you will be able to manage your pictures from any web connected PC. And you'll never have to worry about backing up to CD, DVD etc again, (although, really, you still should!)
digitalrailroad and photoshelter are new providers who will let you easily design your own site for a very reasonable fee.
We are in the process of moving the Scottish Viewpoint library of 600 000 images to digitalrailroad.
A basic single photographer account only costs about £300 a year with digitalrailroad. I can't recommend this enough.
There are hundreds of photographers now using these two companies.
Check them out. Photoshelter is cheaper but not as good as digitalrailroad but will still work well for you.
PS... I don't have any financial interest in either of these companies. But I wish I did!
Cheers,
Adam
It's a great thing to have basic knowledge of how to make your own and really good fun to do. But there is another way.
Two companies now offer state-of-the-art ways to both give you your own site and at the same time give you a really powerful way of managing and distributing your images.
These companies will let you store all your images in public and private groups. Once you have your images uploaded you will be able to manage your pictures from any web connected PC. And you'll never have to worry about backing up to CD, DVD etc again, (although, really, you still should!)
digitalrailroad and photoshelter are new providers who will let you easily design your own site for a very reasonable fee.
We are in the process of moving the Scottish Viewpoint library of 600 000 images to digitalrailroad.
A basic single photographer account only costs about £300 a year with digitalrailroad. I can't recommend this enough.
There are hundreds of photographers now using these two companies.
Check them out. Photoshelter is cheaper but not as good as digitalrailroad but will still work well for you.
PS... I don't have any financial interest in either of these companies. But I wish I did!
Cheers,
Adam
Darkroom deadline
Tuesday 18th at 10.00am Lecture theatre 2 at 10.00am
Please bring your mounted BW prints - we will look at all the work and share knowledge.
If you have booked Studio 22 to shoot, please come along for ten minutes or so.
Please bring your mounted BW prints - we will look at all the work and share knowledge.
If you have booked Studio 22 to shoot, please come along for ten minutes or so.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Monday 10th
Mount cutting demonstration in Room 187 at 1.15pm
We will also discuss the allocation of individual tutorials times - half hour slots on Monday afternoons.
FINAL deadline for the Walter Benjamin essay.
We will also discuss the allocation of individual tutorials times - half hour slots on Monday afternoons.
FINAL deadline for the Walter Benjamin essay.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Book making
Your first attempt will be messy, sticky and probably a bit of a disappointment - like everyones' first time - except this won't be over as quickly. So have a practice. Make a small book to familiarise yourself with the cutting, scoring, folding and glueing issues that you'll encounter.
Cut your paper to size, and factor-in an extra centimeter to score and fold over (we'll call this bit the 'tang')
Japanese folding book:
The idea is that the tangs allow the pages to be joined, and provide a 'spacer' to help the book sit flat when the photographs are added. The book can be anchored together at one side with ribbon or tape to form a spine, allowing the book to open conventionally. The tapes or ribbons can be released to allow the book to extend as a long 'concertina', showing all the images at once.
PVA 'School' glue is ideal for sticking the book together, but use sparingly.
Conventional book:
This method fixes the spine of the book on one side, but (again) the 'tangs' provide spacers to let the book lie flat when the photographs are added.
For those who didn't grow up with Blue Peter or don't have an adult to help you, Photobox.co.uk will make a book for you from your uploaded images - similar to how flickr works
As with anything cheap, easy and quick, everyone and his dog is likely to start doing it, so remember that hand-made means unique.
Silverprint portfolio boxes and actetate sleeves are easily found through the link on the right.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
The work of Art in the age of mechanical reproduction
Please download "The work of Art in the age of mechanical reproduction" by Walter Benjamin
In 1936, Benjamin wrote with alarming foresight of an age where reproductions are more common - and sometimes, more acceptable to us - than the original.
The essay has become a hugely significant piece of writing, for everyone connected with image making. It has taken on even greater importance with the advent of digital imaging and the age of the internet, where the concept of 'the original' becomes clouded.
For instance, I'm writing this blog post on my computer, but it looks exactly the same on yours - and on the computers of anyone else who chooses to look. Is there an original?
Take the time to read through Benjamin's essay - twice
Assignment
Choose an iconic image* that you are familiar with - through a reproduction (*Photograph, drawing, painting, sculpture, maybe even a building, but if you choose a person, please refer to a specific image of them.)
Research contextual biographical details of the work and author. With a minimum of 1000 words in mind, explain through which form of reproduction and in what context you can first recall seeing that image*.
Have you ever seen the original? If you have - did it surprise you, reassure you, or disappoint you? If you haven’t seen it - do you want to?
Do you think that reproduction of your chosen image diminishes the original? (Bad?)
Do you think that the reproduction of your chosen image democratises it and enables more people to see it? (Good?)
Make reference and use quotes from Benjamin's essay (and other texts you may already be aware of) where appropriate.
Conclude with an overview of the different forms the image now takes - through mechanical reproduction. And where is the ‘original’?
Submission: Monday 3rd March - Lecture theatre at 10.00am.
Walter Benjamin leads into ideas about simulation (simulacra) and Hyper-reality - best described by Umberto Eco
Here's a link to a Guardian article about tourists' disappointment with famous landmarks and tourist attractions.
This link will take you to Martin Parr's pictures of modern tourism
In 1936, Benjamin wrote with alarming foresight of an age where reproductions are more common - and sometimes, more acceptable to us - than the original.
The essay has become a hugely significant piece of writing, for everyone connected with image making. It has taken on even greater importance with the advent of digital imaging and the age of the internet, where the concept of 'the original' becomes clouded.
For instance, I'm writing this blog post on my computer, but it looks exactly the same on yours - and on the computers of anyone else who chooses to look. Is there an original?
Take the time to read through Benjamin's essay - twice
Assignment
Choose an iconic image* that you are familiar with - through a reproduction (*Photograph, drawing, painting, sculpture, maybe even a building, but if you choose a person, please refer to a specific image of them.)
Research contextual biographical details of the work and author. With a minimum of 1000 words in mind, explain through which form of reproduction and in what context you can first recall seeing that image*.
Have you ever seen the original? If you have - did it surprise you, reassure you, or disappoint you? If you haven’t seen it - do you want to?
Do you think that reproduction of your chosen image diminishes the original? (Bad?)
Do you think that the reproduction of your chosen image democratises it and enables more people to see it? (Good?)
Make reference and use quotes from Benjamin's essay (and other texts you may already be aware of) where appropriate.
Conclude with an overview of the different forms the image now takes - through mechanical reproduction. And where is the ‘original’?
Submission: Monday 3rd March - Lecture theatre at 10.00am.
Walter Benjamin leads into ideas about simulation (simulacra) and Hyper-reality - best described by Umberto Eco
Here's a link to a Guardian article about tourists' disappointment with famous landmarks and tourist attractions.
This link will take you to Martin Parr's pictures of modern tourism
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
A Wee Reminder
Great to see you all in the studios tonight getting to grip with the digi back!
This is just to remind you that the asssignment for Jon and Pauline is to be submitted next Tuesday 12th Feb at 1.15. This is an extra 1hour slot to allow us to crit the shots you have done and ensure that everyone has had a shot of the equipment and can produce a print to the correct spec.
Any one who is not sure should contact Jon or Pauline soon!
This is just to remind you that the asssignment for Jon and Pauline is to be submitted next Tuesday 12th Feb at 1.15. This is an extra 1hour slot to allow us to crit the shots you have done and ensure that everyone has had a shot of the equipment and can produce a print to the correct spec.
Any one who is not sure should contact Jon or Pauline soon!
Monday, February 4, 2008
Graded unit tutorials Mon 11th Feb Studio 22
1.15pm
Currie Theo
Footit Claire
Macaulay Tertia
Osborne David
1.45pm
King Howard
Irvine Andrew
Connelly Amanda
Jamieson Jennifer
2.15pm
Mason Nicholas
McMaster Jennifer
Miller Ryan
Sangster Natalie
3.00pm
Melrose Ben
Mroczkowska Ania
Munro Louise
Galloway Stuart
3.30pm
Stelzer Kyle
Milligan Barry
Mooney Samantha
Currie Theo
Footit Claire
Macaulay Tertia
Osborne David
1.45pm
King Howard
Irvine Andrew
Connelly Amanda
Jamieson Jennifer
2.15pm
Mason Nicholas
McMaster Jennifer
Miller Ryan
Sangster Natalie
3.00pm
Melrose Ben
Mroczkowska Ania
Munro Louise
Galloway Stuart
3.30pm
Stelzer Kyle
Milligan Barry
Mooney Samantha
Darkroom project
Select a B/W negative to use for all the prints.
Make a 'guide' print to the best of your ability using resin coated paper, processed through the machine in the college darkroom.
Select two different types of silver halide-based photographic paper.
Make a ‘fine print’ using each of the papers, processed by hand through dishes. The college provides Dektol developer. Others are available. You may wish to try an alternative.
Follow the permanent links on the right to Silverprint, Fotospeed, Kentmere, Kodak, Calumet and 7 day shop. Do a deal with your classmates and split the costs.
Keep all your test strips and work prints. Make notes on your observations about the quality and tonality of the print on resin-coated paper compared to the prints on fibre-based paper.
You should see differences in the depth of blacks and the brightness of whites. Tonal separation may be more pronounced. Images may be warm-tone, verging on sepia, or cool tone – appearing almost blue. The possibilities of paper and developer combinations are almost endless. Photographers search for something that they think works best for them.
Present your two ‘fine prints’ window mounted for wall display.
Deadline: Monday 17th March
Make a 'guide' print to the best of your ability using resin coated paper, processed through the machine in the college darkroom.
Select two different types of silver halide-based photographic paper.
Make a ‘fine print’ using each of the papers, processed by hand through dishes. The college provides Dektol developer. Others are available. You may wish to try an alternative.
Follow the permanent links on the right to Silverprint, Fotospeed, Kentmere, Kodak, Calumet and 7 day shop. Do a deal with your classmates and split the costs.
Keep all your test strips and work prints. Make notes on your observations about the quality and tonality of the print on resin-coated paper compared to the prints on fibre-based paper.
You should see differences in the depth of blacks and the brightness of whites. Tonal separation may be more pronounced. Images may be warm-tone, verging on sepia, or cool tone – appearing almost blue. The possibilities of paper and developer combinations are almost endless. Photographers search for something that they think works best for them.
Present your two ‘fine prints’ window mounted for wall display.
Deadline: Monday 17th March
Graded Unit
Proposal:
Between 500 and 1000 words
Deadline: Mon 25th Feb @ 1.15pm in Room 187
Counts for 15% of marks (late submissions marked out of 8%)
Identification of aims and objectives:
Introduction (2 marks)
Aims and objectives (3 marks)
Selection and justification of techniques/equipment/format
(4 marks)
Strategic planning:
Presentation format (1 mark)
Timescale (2 marks)
Identification of research required (3 marks)
Total = 15
Research, development and production
70% of marks
Evaluative report
15% of marks
FINAL DEADLINE: Monday 12th MAY
Between 500 and 1000 words
Deadline: Mon 25th Feb @ 1.15pm in Room 187
Counts for 15% of marks (late submissions marked out of 8%)
Identification of aims and objectives:
Introduction (2 marks)
Aims and objectives (3 marks)
Selection and justification of techniques/equipment/format
(4 marks)
Strategic planning:
Presentation format (1 mark)
Timescale (2 marks)
Identification of research required (3 marks)
Total = 15
Research, development and production
70% of marks
Evaluative report
15% of marks
FINAL DEADLINE: Monday 12th MAY
Friday, February 1, 2008
CTS - Monday lecture programme
Lecture Theatre 10.00am
4th Feb: The Medium is the Message
11th Feb: The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
18th Feb: Group activity
25th Feb: Faking it - Fashion photography
3rd Mar: Group activity
10th Mar: Mass Communications and Consumerism
4th Feb: The Medium is the Message
11th Feb: The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
18th Feb: Group activity
25th Feb: Faking it - Fashion photography
3rd Mar: Group activity
10th Mar: Mass Communications and Consumerism
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Tutorials
Monday 4th February
3.30pm - Amanda Connelly
Tuesday 5th February
1.15pm - Nick Mason
1.30pm - Louise Munro
1.45pm - Sam Mooney
3.30pm - Amanda Connelly
Tuesday 5th February
1.15pm - Nick Mason
1.30pm - Louise Munro
1.45pm - Sam Mooney
Theory Resit paper
Monday 4th February in Room 187 at 3.15pm
Last chance to pass. Non-attendance is a straight fail.
Four candidates should attend and by now you should know who you are.
Last chance to pass. Non-attendance is a straight fail.
Four candidates should attend and by now you should know who you are.
Monday, January 28, 2008
SOCO and Medical Research
This is required before the results for the Constructed Image workshop can be entered into the college admin system.
Please bring your report on Wednesday 30th- Jon will have a box with him in studio 19 where you can leave them.
Please bring your report on Wednesday 30th- Jon will have a box with him in studio 19 where you can leave them.
In flagrante
You will struggle to find a copy, but here are some links that might help anyone curious:
Chris Killip where are you?
Thatcher 'no society' quote
Wikipedia on the 1984 Miners' strike
Get Carter: North East location tour
The image below (the first in the book) of the painter's blatant artistic licence clearly states Killip's intention - to create a fiction - one that serves his own truth. Objectivity gives way to subjectivity.
Your comments would be appreciated.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Monday 28th January: Semester 2
Semester 2 finally begins...
10.00am in the Lecture Theatre - it'll be an important session with lots of information. Please don't miss it.
We will also look at Chris Killip's documentary work, collected in a book called 'In flagrante'.
10.00am in the Lecture Theatre - it'll be an important session with lots of information. Please don't miss it.
We will also look at Chris Killip's documentary work, collected in a book called 'In flagrante'.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Monday, January 14, 2008
Research
1. Research the role of a scenes of crime officer
“SOCO”s are usually civilian employees within the Police Service and provide a range of photographic services. Outline their role in 500 words.
2. Research the role of a medical photographer
Medical photographers work within Medical Illustration departments in hospitals. They provide a range of photographic services not limited to taking gory pictures of operations. Outline their role in 500 words.
Please include details of any references and sources you use.
Deadline: 12 noon Monday 28th January – lecture theatre 1
“SOCO”s are usually civilian employees within the Police Service and provide a range of photographic services. Outline their role in 500 words.
2. Research the role of a medical photographer
Medical photographers work within Medical Illustration departments in hospitals. They provide a range of photographic services not limited to taking gory pictures of operations. Outline their role in 500 words.
Please include details of any references and sources you use.
Deadline: 12 noon Monday 28th January – lecture theatre 1
Landscape
Some key Landscape photographers:
Arthur Tress
Ansel Adams (you all know his work)
John Davies
Ray Moore - a quiet genius
Fay Godwin
The New Topographics Photographers: "Anti-picturesque"
Robert Adams
Lewis Baltz
Andy Goldsworthy
Jerry Uelsmann (...I'd like to break his fingers)
John Blakemore (Yoda-like guru)
Blakemore audio interview
Michael Kenna
Any comments?
Friday, January 11, 2008
Colin Prior
On Friday 18th January Internationally-acclaimed landscape photographer, Colin Prior will be presenting his work in Studio 19 at 10.30am - all are welcome.
Details of Colin's workflow are here
Details of Colin's workflow are here
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Happy New Year
There will be no lecture on the morning of Monday 7th January.
Matthew will be outside Room 187 from 10.30am onwards on Monday if anyone has questions about the assessments later in the week.
There will not be a Theory class on the afternoon of Monday 7th - please use the time to prepare for next week's Theory test paper.
As most of you will know, Simone is away until later in the month and Adam is ill, so Tuesday is free too. Adam will assess Stock on Tuesday 15th.
We WILL meet at 9.00am on Wednesday 9th to begin the Constructed Image assessment.
Required:
Timelapse image
Infra-red images
Soup
Hotel food x2
Weston
Autumn
City (an A3 print - which will go on the corridor wall after the assessment - window mounts are optional)
Workbook
Matthew will be outside Room 187 from 10.30am onwards on Monday if anyone has questions about the assessments later in the week.
There will not be a Theory class on the afternoon of Monday 7th - please use the time to prepare for next week's Theory test paper.
As most of you will know, Simone is away until later in the month and Adam is ill, so Tuesday is free too. Adam will assess Stock on Tuesday 15th.
We WILL meet at 9.00am on Wednesday 9th to begin the Constructed Image assessment.
Required:
Timelapse image
Infra-red images
Soup
Hotel food x2
Weston
Autumn
City (an A3 print - which will go on the corridor wall after the assessment - window mounts are optional)
Workbook
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