Monthly Archives: March 2014

Project 14: The Portfolio and thoughts of Jem Southam

Posted on March 23, 2014 by briancooney123

I was thinking this week as I visited my location about our (us humans) perception of time.  Or perhaps its my perception of time.  The changes in the natural world seem to happen so slowly that we don’t notice them … Continue reading →

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Representations of Ireland past and present.

Posted on March 17, 2014 by briancooney123

Gradually throughout this landscape course I have been more and more drawn to question, to explore expressions or representations of Irish identity.  Today is festival of St. Patrick and its a great example of what I am interested in.  The … Continue reading →

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Rachel Giese and assignment 2 and 4

Posted on March 15, 2014 by briancooney123

I first came across Rachel Giese when of the other students of the OCA mentioned her work on the Flickr forum.  I think at the time I was rushing through assignment 2 of Landscape, one acre and I had chosen … Continue reading →

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Project 14: Planning your portfolio.

Posted on March 15, 2014 by briancooney123

It has been a while since I updated my seasonal portfolio.  I was away from Ireland for a couple of month and it had slipped my mind.  I have to say also that I was pushing it away and trying … Continue reading →

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Representing Ireland curated by Michael Durand

Posted on March 10, 2014 by briancooney123

It was the title that caught my eye with this small book.  The subtitle is Photographs by Tourists and Visitors.  Its a great little book about how others see us.  Colin Graham stood on street corners handing out leaflets to … Continue reading →

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Justin Carville: Photography & Ireland

Posted on March 10, 2014 by briancooney123

I read this book as background for assignment 4 and I found it really essential.  It examines a wide range of photographic representations of Ireland and the Irish from the very beginnings of photography right up to modern day, exploring … Continue reading →

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Telephoto views – a variety of images

Posted on March 10, 2014 by briancooney123

          Interesting here how the longer focal length has compressed the curve on this road.   I found this project interesting, it was like seeing the word anew for the first time.  Elements of the landscape … Continue reading →

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Using a Graduated filter

Posted on March 10, 2014 by briancooney123

I tried using two different graduated filters for this exercise, one hard one soft graduated filter.  I find using Live view very useful to check where the edge of the filter is on the landscape I am photographing.  First the … Continue reading →

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Project: Using a Polariser

Posted on March 6, 2014 by briancooney123

This is the first image from assignment 3.  I used a polarising filter to stop the light refraction from the windows in the factory so that it was possible to see the signs.  So this combines the first and second … Continue reading →

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Project Wide Angle Lens

Posted on March 6, 2014 by briancooney123

  All of the above use a wide angle lens and the foreground to lead the eye into the image.  Some are positioned closer to the ground than others.  

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