Monthly Archives: November 2014

Here is my second set of possible images for the portfolio.  This time I have deliberately scrambled the seasons around.  Spring is no longer the fist set, here we start with summer time and finish with spring which also brings … Continue reading →

I have already written about the reaction to the first possible version of the portfolio selection and I just wanted to write about how and why I selected the selected the images in the slideshow.  My reasons for selecting this … Continue reading →

My tutor report for this assignment was a good piece of feedback for which I am grateful.  However my tutor starts his report by stating “You submitted 11 images when only eight were called for. The main thrust of your approach … Continue reading →

In preparation for assessment I am revisiting the assignment sand the tutor feedback.  I completed and submitted this assignment 18 months ago now and its interesting to look back at it and the feedback from my tutor.  I can see … Continue reading →

I have received the following reactions from people on my blogs, Flickr on email and on social media. “Isolation, Self imposed. Sad.” “Hi brian – I see alot of images are shot through windows – and an impression of holiday … Continue reading →

It appears I have made a boo boo on the portfolio for landscape. The actual brief IMHO, and I am not offering this as an excuse, is ambiguous or perhaps confusing. Anyway it doesn’t matter now. At the beginning of … Continue reading →

Before I consider too deeply on the style of Walker Evans I must first of all say that I am judging this from the book American Photographs.  I do not really believe that a photographer has one style.  Perhaps this … Continue reading →

I have just filtered all of the various images of my chosen location for the seasonal project and here they are including the dates and a note on what I consider the season to be. November 2012:  Winter December 2012: … Continue reading →

Below are three different examples of adding grain to digital files.  I used Silver effects pro to do this and also did some post processing in Photoshop to convert to B&W and also to add contrast.  I find the grain … Continue reading →