Monthly Archives: October 2016

5.4 Inviting and posting comments

Inviting comments from your fellow students and posting your own comments on their blogs is a vital part of learning – the equivalent of an on-line seminar – which will add friction, refreshing perspectives and communication to your learning experience. You’ll be amazed … Continue reading

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Exercise 5.3 Uploading photos to your blog

1. Log in to your WordPress blog. 2. Click on Dashboard, then on the left, Posts > Add New. (A ‘Post’ is like a new page or entry on your blog.) 3. Give the post a title – Project 2 Shadows, … Continue reading

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Exercise 5.2 Re-sizing a batch of your images for your blog

1. Open up Bridge and select all the images in one folder. 2. Choose Tools on the top menu bar and select Photoshop > Image Processor. At this point Photoshop will open and the Image Processor window opens. 3. Choose the same settings … Continue reading

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Exercise 5.1 Set up a blog

I created a blog at the beginning of the course and found this a useful exercise in getting to know how blogs work and the structure of WordPress. For this exercise, rather than repeat what I have already done my … Continue reading

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Assignment four – Responding to a theme

Genre is helpful but very general. No photographer is just a still-life or portrait photographer – each photographer has a certain way of dealing with the subject in their photography. In this assignment you’re going to work in response to a theme. … Continue reading

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Exercise 4.12 Prescence/Absence

Your purpose here is to convey the trace of the absent person or thing, or to express something of an altered mood by a particular emphasis. • Choose an environment that you know well, but one where you can move … Continue reading

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Exercise 4.11 Emulation

Make the image your own. Artists rarely copy each other, but they do learn from each other. Try to identify exactly what it is in the photograph that appeals to you: • the visual quality (tones, colours, light and dark) … Continue reading

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Learning from other photographers – Research

Throughout this course you’ve been introduced to the work of different photographers to help give you an understanding of the creative potential of photography. Now it’s time to question your own work and identify anything you think is lacking. You … Continue reading

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