Tonight, those that did their homework brought in a series of images based on the subject ‘Autumn’…the main criticism I received was that the season hasn't quite got autumnal enough for proper ‘autumn’ pictures. I’ve heard many excuses before, but I gave in to the group in the end! For the first set of photographs handed in, the results were very pleasing. Its nice to have a session occasionally like this, not just to present and show others the photographs that we have taken but to allow the group constructively the time to criticise and say what they like and dislike about certain elements in the photographs. For example, how might we improve the shot, maybe from a different angle….something like that! All in the name of constantly improving the photographs.
Afterwards, I amended last weeks project slightly with the addition of one more photograph. I originally wanted to have a list of 12 shots, so that when printed on an A4 sheet, we would have 3x4…but I only gave 11! So I added a picture into the sequence that will become the first photograph, and it will be entitled ‘Identity’. Again, how you interpret this is up to you. An example could be, if you were an artist, the arrangement of your name, spelt with brushes perhaps, something like that.
We then had a look on the internet at two websites. The first was the Kodak website. Where in particular they had a very good page on improving your photography. It was Kodak’s Top Ten Tips – revisit it by clicking the link. (Pictured Below)
After that, we had a look at a new website that I have recently come across, and that is Digital Photography School.com where there are a tremendous amount of resources on this website. I may refer back to this at a later date, but specifically for this evening I wanted to draw the classes attention to the Composition Tips which has several pages of good advice for the budding photographer. Classics include The Rule of Thirds and Framing Your Shots. Have a look at these at your leisure, there are some fantastic examples of great techniques here that you can apply to your own photographs!
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