Over half term you should aim to get a good body of work completed to demonstrate the theme of "texture'. After half term we will move onto film printing. The brief is very flexible but as a general guide I would aim to have at least 20 images that you would be happy to include in your scrap book. I would suggest 10 man made substances and 10 from nature. Take them with a variety of depth of field using macro ( close up) settings and some showing contrasts between textures. You should also find at least 2 examples of an established photographers work from nature and/or man made that has influenced you and try an emulate that work. If you put the work up on your blog I will be checking them over half term. Use the sheets I gave you to help you write about your work.
This time of year the light is fantastic, the sun is very low and bright and the contrast with the great colours of the leaves is tailor made for taking nature texture photos. Look for leaves, conkers, mud, get up early and try and get some dew drop pictures, spider webs with sunlight behind, sunsets over the sea, the sky was flame red the other evening, etc.
Don't just stick to Texture images, carry your camera around everywhere and take pictures of everything, people, buildings, your lunch! Think of your self as a photographer and before you know it, you will be.
If you have one of the SLRs then please arrange to pass it on to someone else from the group half way through the hols.
One more thing a new programme, The Genius of Photography is starting on Thursday at 9pm, it is a six part series on the history and development of photography. It should give you an excellent overview and may give you some ideas of styles that you like. Click here for link
Have fun!
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