Thursday 29 July 2010
Thursday 22 July 2010
Photog trip this Sunday and my new Macro Lens
Hi blogtogs
Eric and myself are going along and I have a couple of spaces left in my car. Eric and I may be stopping later than 4pm and will hope to do some evening photography when the light will be better. If anybody wants to come back at 4pm I suggest taking their own car
The weather forecast for Sunday is quite warm with a good amount of cloud, I will be monitoring this situation. If the cloud cover is forecast for the whole day we may pull out
Text me if you are interested
Above a photo of my new macro lens, wicked, great for photographing ants and stuff !!
BPS are running a photog dayout this sunday to the the "Roaches" an area north of Leek in peak district. It's about 40 miles, and they say some good photographic opportunities. Packed lunch and walking boots advised. Meet at the Priory Centre,Stretton at 9 am and returning about 4pm
Eric and myself are going along and I have a couple of spaces left in my car. Eric and I may be stopping later than 4pm and will hope to do some evening photography when the light will be better. If anybody wants to come back at 4pm I suggest taking their own car
The weather forecast for Sunday is quite warm with a good amount of cloud, I will be monitoring this situation. If the cloud cover is forecast for the whole day we may pull out
Text me if you are interested
Thursday 15 July 2010
Photog Quals
C and G Quals and Diplomas
Mr Steve is enquiring to see what courses photog students would like to study in September.
Jim and myself have been chatting and have found these courses on the C and G site(see link at bottom of blog)
There are two Diplomas amongst these courses,one at level 3 and one at level 4. The level 3 diploma is shown below. Jim and I would like to study for this qual as you only need to complete 6 modules. All of our old level 3 class have already completed 3 of these 6 modules (306,307 and 211) so we would only need to complete 3 more additional modules to achieve this diploma
You can also view the more advanced diploma at level 4,but this qual needs 12 completed modules
If anybody is interested in this qual or others from the site we can ask Mr Steve or Chris Beech if they can put them on,please let me know your thoughts?
7512-03 Level 3 Diploma in Photography and Photo Imaging 290 GLH 42 credits
Mandatory units
Unit 205 Photo imaging equipment and materials 30 5
Unit 310 Photo image output 60 8
Unit 211 Photo image presentation 30 5
Unit 212 Working to a photo imaging project brief 30 4
Optional units: two from 305-307
Unit 305 Photo image capture 70 10
Unit 306 Studio photography 70 10
Unit 307 Location photography 70 10
Copy this link into your browsers to view the quals
http://www.cityandguilds.com/documents/VRQ_level_3_VRQ_in_Photo_Imaging_7512.handbook_V11(1).pdf
Mr Steve is enquiring to see what courses photog students would like to study in September.
Jim and myself have been chatting and have found these courses on the C and G site(see link at bottom of blog)
There are two Diplomas amongst these courses,one at level 3 and one at level 4. The level 3 diploma is shown below. Jim and I would like to study for this qual as you only need to complete 6 modules. All of our old level 3 class have already completed 3 of these 6 modules (306,307 and 211) so we would only need to complete 3 more additional modules to achieve this diploma
You can also view the more advanced diploma at level 4,but this qual needs 12 completed modules
If anybody is interested in this qual or others from the site we can ask Mr Steve or Chris Beech if they can put them on,please let me know your thoughts?
7512-03 Level 3 Diploma in Photography and Photo Imaging 290 GLH 42 credits
Mandatory units
Unit 205 Photo imaging equipment and materials 30 5
Unit 310 Photo image output 60 8
Unit 211 Photo image presentation 30 5
Unit 212 Working to a photo imaging project brief 30 4
Optional units: two from 305-307
Unit 305 Photo image capture 70 10
Unit 306 Studio photography 70 10
Unit 307 Location photography 70 10
Copy this link into your browsers to view the quals
http://www.cityandguilds.com/documents/VRQ_level_3_VRQ_in_Photo_Imaging_7512.handbook_V11(1).pdf
Tuesday 6 July 2010
Blog 35 Sources of Inspiration
Not finished under construction
I am having difficulty finding specific photographers who have produced low key photography/portraits that relate to my subject.
Shown below are some images that have inspired me to produce some low key images. I have researched these from the Internet,they're produced by various various photgraphers famous and ameatures alike
Shown here are some photographs that have inspired me to produce low key images
I am having difficulty finding specific photographers who have produced low key photography/portraits that relate to my subject.
Shown below are some images that have inspired me to produce some low key images. I have researched these from the Internet,they're produced by various various photgraphers famous and ameatures alike
This first image was taken by photographer Usef Karsh
Monday 5 July 2010
Photog day out Sat 10th July
Saturday Tog Trip
We have been planning a day out this Saturday 10th of July and the general consensus was to meet about 1pm to spend the afternoon and evening at a location to be decided. We have included the evening in the trip as this allows for better photography with better lighting conditions as opposed to a morning start when the light is to intense with the sun over head.
We could have pub grub early in the evening and possibly move to 1 or 2 locations.
Eric Jim and myself are all ready to go with batteries fully charged,we need to know definites straight away to organise travel arrangements
Pip has suggested some local sites (Shackerstone canal, boats, railway, bridges) sounds good!!or there is stratford upon Avon or Birmingham city centre and the canals,all not to far away. or anywhere else not to faraway if anybody else has got any ideas
The weather forecast is getting warmer,so beer money essential,ya best shorts and some film in them old Nikons!! A sense of humour is imperative!!
Post tonight on this blog or asap or ring Eric or Steve to let us know if you are coming?
Wed evening at Alrewas
The Alrewas Memorial arboretum is open this Wed late until 10pm,it normally closes at 5pm. A great opportunity to get some nice late night photography around this large site. A lot of interesting sculptor's, monuments, silhouettes and sunsets,beautiful flower meadows etc. Eric is definitely going,ring Eric for meeting time
Sunday 4 July 2010
Final 10 images (Motion Blur)
Final 10 (Motion Blur)
(Under construction)
Shown below are my final 10 images that I have chosen for my second subject "Motion Blur". I have tried to vary the subjects and show the different effects of using different shutter speeds.
A challenging topic but well worth it. I have learnt a considerable amount of photogrphic skills while studying this topic. It has definightly broadened my horizons of this subject and the amount of knowledge that I have acquired is priceless
A challenging topic but well worth it. I have learnt a considerable amount of photogrphic skills while studying this topic. It has definightly broadened my horizons of this subject and the amount of knowledge that I have acquired is priceless
Flick of the wrist
Swirl
Latino
Apparition
Me myself and I
Silver Flash
In Spirit
Head in a spin
Night moves
The Museums (Research and inspiration)
London Museums (Under construction)
While visiting London on a photography trip day out, I wanted to visit some of the famous museums in and around the capital.l have visited these museums many times and know that they are a great source for ideas and inspiration for artists and photographers alike.London is so vast with so many museums, shown on these pages are just some of the mueums that I visited on the day.
I headed for the Natural History Museum where I intended taking some motion blur shots because I knew there would be lots of people milling around with creates lots of movement.
I have included some of my images taken on the day to suppliment my course work
The Natural History Museum
These images were taken inside the National history museum a great place for inspiration and ideas. I found this the ideal location to try out some motion blur shots for experimetation for my course work.
My second subject on this course is motion blur so I tried some different shots with long exposures
Using my camera fixed on a tripod I wanted to use the natural light of the museum whch would reflect some of the natural charm and ambience of the building. I din't need an high ISO as my camera was mounted on a tripod and I wanted to keep the ISO as low as possible for clarity purposes.I didnt want to use a flash as this would have frozen my subjects and not created any motion blur,this would also have killed the lighting abience of the building. These were only experimental shots but have contributed to developing my skills and knowledge to produce this type of photography for my subjects
Link to the museum site
The British Museum
I was inspired by this museum where I found a lot of inspiration which influened me to think about the different elements of photography these included: Lines,shapes,form,patterns,shadows,light and coposition. Shown below are some of my images from the day. I changed the first image to mono to vary my end results which I think has quite a pleasing effect
Link to the museum site
Royal Victoria and Albert Museum
This is a wonderful museum to visit and I would definitely recommend it to any photographer or artist visiting the capital. You could spend a whole day in this museum,it is crammed full ofdifferent art,treasures photography and fashion
There were numerous artists on the day sketching away,copying different sculptures and statues. There is a whole floor dedicated to photography.......................................................... not finished
There were numerous artists on the day sketching away,copying different sculptures and statues. There is a whole floor dedicated to photography.......................................................... not finished
Shown below is a page from the V and A museum website which shows part of the museums photography gallery. This is a part of the museum that I visited for reserch and inspiration. It lists some of the famous photographers whose work is on display in the museum
Link to the Museum site
This link below shows the photography gallery part of the mueum dedicated to this art
Underground Stations
Other places I found of interest for motion blur shots were underground stations.Shown here are some of my colleagues Suzy and Pip as we waited for trains on the London underground
They hadn't a clue they were being used as models. Using a slow shutter speed of 1/30 of a sec allowed me to blur the backgroud because people were actually in motion as they walked by. My two colleagues were practically stationary allowing the forground to stay in focus because there was little movement.
London Streets
Shown below are some more images from our day out in London. I was particularly interested with creating some long timed exposures especially at night time. I wanted to create images which would show motion blur. Shown again in my images are some of the elements that make up photography,these included: colour,reflections,motion,lines form and texture.
Saturday 3 July 2010
My Equipment
Equipment
The equipment that I will be using for this course and my projects will consist of the following:
The equipment that I will be using for this course and my projects will consist of the following:
Cameras:
Canon 400D DSLR
Canon 7D DSLR
Fuji F11 Compact Digital
Lg Viewty camera phone for Macro shots
Lenses
Canon 400D DSLR
Canon 7D DSLR
Fuji F11 Compact Digital
Lg Viewty camera phone for Macro shots
Lenses
Lenses : Canon 70-210 F4 zoom lens
Other Equipment
Velbon tripod
Compact Flash memory cards
Phototoshop CS3 software for image manipulation
Desktop pc and Sony laptop for image manipulation and downloading images
I have also listed my equipment in other blogs. (Please see statements of intent blogs)
Famous Photographers (portrait)
(Under Construction
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Annie Leibovitz
Photographer. Born Anna-Lou Leibovitz, on October 2, 1949, in Westbury, Connecticut. She was one of the six children born to Sam, an Air Force lieutenant, and Marilyn Leibovitz, a modern dance instructor. In 1967, Leibovitz enrolled at the San Francisco Art Institute, where (although initially studying painting) she developed a love for photography.
After living briefly on an Israeli kibbutz, Leibovitz returned to the U.S., in 1970, and applied for a job with the start-up rock music magazine Rolling Stone. Impressed with Leibovitz’s portfolio, editor Jann Wenner offered her a job as a staff photographer. Within two years, the 23-year-old Leibovitz was promoted to chief photographer—a title she would hold for the next 10 years. Her position with the magazine afforded her the opportunity to accompany the Rolling Stones band on their 1975 international tour.
While with Rolling Stone, Leibovitz developed her trademark technique, which involved the use of bold primary colors and surprising poses. Wenner has credited her with making many Rolling Stone covers collector's items, most notably an issue that featured a nude John Lennon curled around his fully clothed wife, Yoko Ono. Taken on December 8, 1980, Leibovitz’s photo of the former Beatle was shot just hours before his death.
In 1983, Leibovitz left Rolling Stone and began working for the entertainment magazine Vanity Fair. With a wider array of subjects, Leibovitz’s photographs for Vanity Fair ranged from presidents to literary icons to teen heartthrobs. To date, a number of Vanity Fair covers have featured Leibovitz’s stunning—and often controversial—portraits of celebrities. Demi Moore (very pregnant and very nude) and Whoopi Goldberg (half-submerged in a bathtub of milk) are among the most remembered actresses to grace the cover in recent years. Known for her ability to make her sitters become physically involved in her work, one of Leibovitz’s most
famous portraits is of the late artist Keith Haring, who painted himself like one of his canvases for the photo.
During the late 1980s, Leibovitz started to work on a number of high-profile advertising campaigns. The most notable was the American Express “Membership” campaign, for which her portraits of celebrity cardholders, like Elmore Leonard, Tom Selleck, and Luciano Pavarotti, earned her a 1987 Clio Award.
In 1991, Leibovitz’s collection of over 200 color and black-and-white photographs were exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Later that year, a book was published to accompany the show titled Photographs: Annie Leibovitz 1970-1990. In 1996, Leibovitz was chosen as the official photographer of the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. A compilation of her black-and-white portraits of American athletes, including Carl Lewis and Michael Johnson, were published in the book Olympic Portraits (1991). Widely considered one of America’s best portrait photographers, Annie Leibovitz published the book Women (1999), which was accompanied by an essay by friend and novelist Susan Sontag. With its title subject matter, Leibovitz presented an array of female images from Supreme Court Justices to Vegas showgirls to coal miners and farmers. Currently, many of her original prints are housed in various galleries throughout the United States.
In 2005, the Brooklyn Museum of Art did a retrospective on her work entitled "Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer’s Life, 1990–2005." As busy as ever, Annie Leibovitz continues to be in demand as portrait photographer, often capturing arresting images of today’s celebrities.
Annie Leibovitz is the mother of three children. At the age of 51, she had her daughter, Sarah. In 2005, her twin daughters, Susan and Samuelle, were born with the help of a surrogate mother.
(Under Construction
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Annie Leibovitz
Photographer. Born Anna-Lou Leibovitz, on October 2, 1949, in Westbury, Connecticut. She was one of the six children born to Sam, an Air Force lieutenant, and Marilyn Leibovitz, a modern dance instructor. In 1967, Leibovitz enrolled at the San Francisco Art Institute, where (although initially studying painting) she developed a love for photography.
After living briefly on an Israeli kibbutz, Leibovitz returned to the U.S., in 1970, and applied for a job with the start-up rock music magazine Rolling Stone. Impressed with Leibovitz’s portfolio, editor Jann Wenner offered her a job as a staff photographer. Within two years, the 23-year-old Leibovitz was promoted to chief photographer—a title she would hold for the next 10 years. Her position with the magazine afforded her the opportunity to accompany the Rolling Stones band on their 1975 international tour.
While with Rolling Stone, Leibovitz developed her trademark technique, which involved the use of bold primary colors and surprising poses. Wenner has credited her with making many Rolling Stone covers collector's items, most notably an issue that featured a nude John Lennon curled around his fully clothed wife, Yoko Ono. Taken on December 8, 1980, Leibovitz’s photo of the former Beatle was shot just hours before his death.
In 1983, Leibovitz left Rolling Stone and began working for the entertainment magazine Vanity Fair. With a wider array of subjects, Leibovitz’s photographs for Vanity Fair ranged from presidents to literary icons to teen heartthrobs. To date, a number of Vanity Fair covers have featured Leibovitz’s stunning—and often controversial—portraits of celebrities. Demi Moore (very pregnant and very nude) and Whoopi Goldberg (half-submerged in a bathtub of milk) are among the most remembered actresses to grace the cover in recent years. Known for her ability to make her sitters become physically involved in her work, one of Leibovitz’s most
famous portraits is of the late artist Keith Haring, who painted himself like one of his canvases for the photo.
During the late 1980s, Leibovitz started to work on a number of high-profile advertising campaigns. The most notable was the American Express “Membership” campaign, for which her portraits of celebrity cardholders, like Elmore Leonard, Tom Selleck, and Luciano Pavarotti, earned her a 1987 Clio Award.
In 1991, Leibovitz’s collection of over 200 color and black-and-white photographs were exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Later that year, a book was published to accompany the show titled Photographs: Annie Leibovitz 1970-1990. In 1996, Leibovitz was chosen as the official photographer of the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. A compilation of her black-and-white portraits of American athletes, including Carl Lewis and Michael Johnson, were published in the book Olympic Portraits (1991). Widely considered one of America’s best portrait photographers, Annie Leibovitz published the book Women (1999), which was accompanied by an essay by friend and novelist Susan Sontag. With its title subject matter, Leibovitz presented an array of female images from Supreme Court Justices to Vegas showgirls to coal miners and farmers. Currently, many of her original prints are housed in various galleries throughout the United States.
In 2005, the Brooklyn Museum of Art did a retrospective on her work entitled "Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer’s Life, 1990–2005." As busy as ever, Annie Leibovitz continues to be in demand as portrait photographer, often capturing arresting images of today’s celebrities.
Annie Leibovitz is the mother of three children. At the age of 51, she had her daughter, Sarah. In 2005, her twin daughters, Susan and Samuelle, were born with the help of a surrogate mother.
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