Today was the first session at the Whitworth gallery with the students from 'Start' and 'Out in the City.' We did a short ice-breaker exercise where we learnt each others names, and had a talk from the gallery curator behind-the-scenes looking at some prints from the likes of Rembrandt on face expression, background and body language.
The students were then placed in pairs and asked to take photographs of each other in the same pose but on different backgrounds around the gallery to see how background effects the image they were taking.
There was a mindfulness exercise to close the session, and then students were given homework to complete for the next session, and were asked to fill in a diary about their experience of the first session.
(These documents will be scanned at a later date)
I thought that this was a very successful first session for everyone involved. Everyone seemed to get along with others and most expressed how well they enjoyed the session at the end of the day. The talk from the curator was very interesting and may prove useful when students begin to think about their own self portrait. I think they all enjoyed using the cameras to do abit of work, and will enjoy it even more when they are shown more about photography as the course progresses.
Overall I think a very beneficial first session for all, I felt comfortable within the group, and feel this confidence will only grow as the weeks progress.
Friday, 10 February 2012
Monday, 6 February 2012
Lighting
These are the notes taken from a session involving working with the cameras and lighting studio so were capable of taking portraits when the tome comes for the students to want to do their own. I found this is going to just be one of those things that once youve done afew times it will become second nature! Will still familiarise myself each week with the cameras to make sure I stay on top of remembering the key aspects of the cameras.
Canon 45OD
Canon 40D
Canon G9
The 3 types of camera we have access to at the studios that we have been working with
Personal Aims
These are some notes of my personal aims for this course, I shal work on these each week and then get feedback after all sessions have been completed on how well I have done.
Session Plans
Each week, I shall be attending START in the mornings to create session plans for the week ahead, these are examples of what the first 2 are going to look like, and a blank document to which we are going to work to.
Body Language Investigation into Dark Matters Exhibition at the Whitworth
Exploring portraits we can look at when investigating body language at the Whitworth Gallery, Manchester
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