Monthly Archives: July 2013

Project 19: Silhouettes and reflections.

Posted on July 26, 2013 by briancooney123

To me all of these are acceptable exposures but I prefer the first and last.  They are not exactly one stop intervals but the light changed rapidly and I was shooting on AV mode rather than full manual.

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Project 18: Choosing the moment.

Posted on July 26, 2013 by briancooney123

The final one.  

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Project 17. Sunrise and Sunset.

Posted on July 26, 2013 by briancooney123

I am at times at a loss to understand what the purpose of some of these assignments are.  I found myself heading out last night with my course folder, which is not small, to go to the seashore to photograph … Continue reading →

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Seasonal project.

Posted on July 26, 2013 by briancooney123

I returned to one of the locations for the project on a seasonal portfolio last night to retake the image with the exact framing: Winter time.Summertime. I cannot help feeling that although this is a pretty obvious comparison, a too … Continue reading →

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Assignment 2. One acre.

Posted on July 21, 2013 by briancooney123

I submitted this assignment about a month ago to my tutor via a PDF file.  Having reflected on his report I am now ready to revise the assignment but before I do this I want to reproduce the original unedited … Continue reading →

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Project 14: Planning your portfolio Pt 2.

Posted on July 21, 2013 by briancooney123

Having given this project some more thought and looking back through the photographs taken over the winter I have come up with a couple of interesting places to concentrate on. This is one of the locations that I chose for … Continue reading →

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Project 11: Contrast and Exposure.

Posted on July 6, 2013 by briancooney123

I measured the difference between the darkest area of these images and the brightest with the camera meter set to spot metering and using a telephoto lens to zoom in ion the areas.  I make the difference about 12 stops. … Continue reading →

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Edward Burtensky.

Posted on July 2, 2013 by briancooney123

Originally posted on A social Documentary photography blog.:
I came across Burtensky’s powerful, questioning work last year for the first time and will be the first to admit I did not understand it at the time.  The images were so…

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Project: 14 Planning your Portfolio.

Posted on July 2, 2013 by briancooney123

I am a little slow off the mark with this one I am afraid.  Having been distracted greatly of late with other matters I am now finally beginning to make my learning and more importantly experimenting with my photography a … Continue reading →

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