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The Art of Photography: May 2012

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The Art of Photography. Open College Of the Arts Learning Log. The Art Of Photography Learning Log. Monday, 21 May 2012. Higher and Lower Sensitivity. Exercise - 12 images. The purpose of this exercise is to study the effect changing ISO sensitivity has on an image comparing the overall effect on appearance and any change in ease of shooting. It is suggested to photograph a street where there is a mixture of light levels and subject movement in order to access these changes. ISO 100 - ISO 640. With the s...

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The Art of Photography: March 2012

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The Art of Photography. Open College Of the Arts Learning Log. The Art Of Photography Learning Log. Monday, 19 March 2012. Cloudy Weather and Rain. Exercise Part 1 - 4-6 images. The first part of this exercise is to compare images taken of the same scene in both sunlight and cloud. The white balance in camera should be sunlight/daylight in all the images and any differences in camera setting noted. Allow more detail to be visible in the shadows. Image 1 - cloudy/Image 2 - Sunlit. In this second image the...

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The Art of Photography: Mark RothKo

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The Art of Photography. Open College Of the Arts Learning Log. The Art Of Photography Learning Log. Wednesday, 28 August 2013. Mark Rothko 1903 - 1970. 65279;. Whilst I was concentrating on the colour assignments of this course the obvious artist to spring to mind was Mark Rothko. The American abstract artist who cites his early influences as Milton Avery and Matisse favoured simple compositions with a bold use of colour. Represent the fundamental nature of human drama". He is also quoted as saying.

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The Art of Photography: March 2013

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The Art of Photography. Open College Of the Arts Learning Log. The Art Of Photography Learning Log. Tuesday, 12 March 2013. The object of this exercise is to produce one image that would illustrate a magazine cover with the subject: Rain. No rain here at the moment only snow and more snow. So here's my image for snow instead. Not a great image to use as a magazine cover as there is little clear space to use for text however it definitely communicates 3 things to me: Cold, winter and snow. Part 3 - Colour.

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The Art of Photography: February 2012

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The Art of Photography. Open College Of the Arts Learning Log. The Art Of Photography Learning Log. Friday, 24 February 2012. A set by Ben Heine. If you have a minute to spare check this out! Visual artist - Ben Heine. His work can be seen on flickr and is a mix of photography and art. His pictures are amazing - I don't think you will have seen anything like it before. He also has a web site at www.benheine.com. You'll be amazed at the technical accuracy and imagination in his work. The statue is totally...

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The Art of Photography: January 2012

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The Art of Photography. Open College Of the Arts Learning Log. The Art Of Photography Learning Log. Tuesday, 31 January 2012. As this part of the coursework is related to light in photography some of the exercises need to be completed indoors as still life shots and others are taken outdoors or require specific weather conditions. For that reason the exercises in this section up to Assignment 4 may appear in random order. Exercise - 2 photographs. Image 1 - Hard Light. Naked Light source - Hard Light.

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The Art of Photography: Putting The Subject First

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The Art of Photography. Open College Of the Arts Learning Log. The Art Of Photography Learning Log. Wednesday, 23 January 2013. Putting The Subject First. As this course progresses the exercises move from being based on the technical aspects of composition, colour, lighting etc to examining and trying to understand the more challenging aspect of meaning. Image 1 - All about the subject. If you knew nothing about this image it would make you ask questions. Where was it taken? What does it show? Technicall...

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The Art of Photography: July 2012

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The Art of Photography. Open College Of the Arts Learning Log. The Art Of Photography Learning Log. Thursday, 19 July 2012. It never rains but it pours does it? And I'm not talking about the weather. As some of you that follow along with my crazy up and down input to this blog will know.I'm either full steam ahead or full stop! I have been given an extension for completion of the course until January which I am pleased about as I didn't want to rush! The final exercises or assignments. So far so good.

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The Art of Photography: January 2013

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The Art of Photography. Open College Of the Arts Learning Log. The Art Of Photography Learning Log. Wednesday, 23 January 2013. Putting The Subject First. As this course progresses the exercises move from being based on the technical aspects of composition, colour, lighting etc to examining and trying to understand the more challenging aspect of meaning. Image 1 - All about the subject. If you knew nothing about this image it would make you ask questions. Where was it taken? What does it show? Technicall...