David Hockney and Adde Adesokan are two of the worlds most renowned names in the photography industry, and after producing a case study and own imagery, inspired by both artists when studying photography at A-Level, I felt they’d portrayal a vital role within my degree and portfolio as they created photography styles that not manyContinue reading “David Hockney and Adde Adesokan (Artist Research)”
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Mass Isolation Project
With COVID-19 causing a worldwide pandemic and affecting our daily way of living, it was suggested by my tutor that myself and everyone on the course should participate in the Mass Isolation Project and produce a series of images in which showcase the emptiness of our streets and transplant caused by this situation. The imageContinue reading “Mass Isolation Project”
Feren’s Art Gallery
As part of my media project, I want to ensure a variety of primary and secondary sources have been used as both part of and to develop my research into the types of genres and photographers I may decide to show influence from in my final outcome demonstrated in my digital portfolio, hence why IContinue reading “Feren’s Art Gallery”
The Deep
For my media project I’m hoping to focus on wildlife and in particular zoos and wildlife parks throughout Yorkshire, and therefore in order to decide whether to remain with this initial idea, on February 14th, I returned to my hometown of Hull and visited one of our most famous tourist attractions…The Deep as a wayContinue reading “The Deep”
Defining Identity
Today’s lecture and seminar was tailored around defining identity and whether creative industries still face certain barriers, which I know from a photographer’s point of view can confirm that in the creative industries barriers still cause significant diversity. For the extended task we have been asked to choose 3 identification representations and answer two questionsContinue reading “Defining Identity”
Composition
Today’s 3 hour workshop consisted of a brief tutorial / lecture into composition and its relevance to photography, before heading out into the city centre to produce a series of images in which showcase our understanding of rule of thirds, depth of field, golden ratio and leading lines. Shot in monochrome as it’s professionally known,Continue reading “Composition”
Portrait Shoot
Sorry I’m a day late posting this as I didn’t get back to Sheffield until after 9pm, however yesterday (04/02/2020) I travelled to Blackburn to both visit a friend as well as compose a portraiture shoot in order to gain more confidence when producing or capturing portraits as I tend to struggle getting the correctContinue reading “Portrait Shoot”
Introduction
Wednesday 22nd January saw the foundation students hoping to study a photography BA in the upcoming September, in which we got introduced to Jon Turner, a professional photographer and lecturer, who started off our first 3 hour workshop by reintroducing our minds to the basics of photography (shutter speed, aperture and ISO). From here weContinue reading “Introduction”
Black Mirror
In the session of Monday 20th January 2020, as part of the Media in Context module we watched an episode from the Netflix series‘Black Mirror’ titled Playtest, an episode that evidently demonstrates the semiotics and mise-en-scene, both which are technical requirements within the television and film industry, however can also provide relevance and intertextuality inContinue reading “Black Mirror”
