Month: September 2020

research skills – 30/09/2020

Research skills I learnt about today are primary research, secondary research, theory based research and practice based research.  Primary based research is first hand information that you have sourced yourself and that you have made yourself. Primary research can be done in various ways like Interviews, Gallery Visits, Surveys, Diaries, Shoot recces (Stills and Video).

Photographer’s Rights And Responsibilities – 28/09/2020

Today I learnt about photographers rights and responsibilities, due to it being linked to my next fortnightly project. I have a list of street photographers which I researched. I chose my favourite photo from each of them. I learnt about the morals and ethics of street photography. also what rights photographers have and what they

the colourful doors – 24/09/2020

This is on a road near my house which has very bright and colourful houses and doors. its always nice to go down it because its so bright and full of life. It is like a happy road alongside sad roads. I have taken many photos every time I’ve walked down this road. I decided

plymbridge woods – 23/09/2020

Today I walked through Plymbridge Woods with the dogs. I wanted to take photos of the woods because it was a cloudy day. Before the trees change colour, I wanted to take photos of the really green trees. I was also in Plymbridge Woods to see if I could take more photos for the Abandoned

portraits – 22/09/2020

Today I took some portraits in high key lighting and low key lighting. I also learnt the meaning behind the terms. Above is a photo of me taken in High-key. High-key lighting is a style of lighting for photography that uses a bright white back drop or wall and has a few big lights pointing

denotation and connotation – 22/09/2020

Today I learnt about the meaning between denotation and connotation. Dentotation – what you can see in the image. Connotation – the meaning behind the image The first image –  Denotation – It is a Heinz ketchup bottle which is made up of freshly chopped tomatoes in the shape of a ketchup bottle.  Connotation –

contact sheet – 21/09/2020

Today I printed out my first contact sheet and annotated it. I chose to use my abandoned shoot. I enjoyed this task because it was something I had never done. in the past I did it digitally and just wrote about the photos but when I did I couldn’t tell what photos they were as

abandoned house in plymstock – 20/09/2020

I took some photos of an abandoned house in Radford and of “a boat graveyard” which is in the Hooe lake. I took some photos in early evening/ late afternoon of the abandoned, worn down houses. The land at Radford Park was originally built by William Le Abbé while King Henry III’s reign (1216-1272). Whom

day out in the city centre – 17/09/2020

Today I spent my day off of college around in the city centre, I decided to take some photos of the new art work around the civic centre. I also walked along the hoe/ barbican again taking photos of a building onto of a hill with a bright blue door. On my way home I

walk through radford – 16/09/2020

Today I walked through Radford looking at the ruins to see what kind of shots I could take. I found some amazing shots and information I want to include in my research. I think that this will be helpful for the photos I am planing on taking in a few days. I would have taken

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