Monthly Archives: August 2014

So I have been grabbing time when I could over the last 3 days to progress this assignment.  I first started working on the transport angle.  I was thinking that if if a horse and cart was in ‘reality’ a … Continue reading →

I’ve been out this morning “collecting” the remaining images for assignment 5. This is what was on my list today; 1. Shot of turf stacked and drying on the bog. 2. Image of a car or cars, plus an image … Continue reading →

I found my ideal version, my picturesque thatched cottage at the weekend.  I tried several different shots of this row of houses on the Renvyle Peninsula but this is my favourite.  I have included the flowers in the garden and … Continue reading →

I had a couple of email exchanges with my tutor last week and afterwards I have decided that I so far I have too many different ideas for this assignment and need to concentrate on  one aspect of it.  I … Continue reading →

Image 1. This to me truly does what Robert Adams prescribes for art:  “How do we judge art?  Basically by whether it reveals to us important form that we ourselves have experienced but to which we have not paid adequate attention. … Continue reading →

Not so long ago I defined my idea behind this assignment as :”This assignment will be my personal response to the postcards of Ireland produced by John Hinde in the 1950’s.  John Hinde’s work, in my opinion, uses beautiful landscape … Continue reading →

  I made a list of locations and went looking yesterday.  Among the list was half built or partially built buildings.  I found this half built house and as I was looking around it I noticed how the windows looked … Continue reading →

I was reviewing all my work so far for assignment 5 and posting my images with my thoughts on the college Flickr page last night and I found it a really useful exercise so I thought it would be good … Continue reading →