Photography project número deux!!!

Can you believe it, after all my initial fears I have now opted for photography in my first full 8 week module! After getting a first in my previous module, my confidence in lens based media has grown... I have also discovered that I thoroughly enjoy it!

For this project I want to do something personal in this project and strip my work back right to the beginning.... ME!!!!

Turning the camera back on myself I started to take photos of myself, this was quite hard for me as I have never liked photos of myself anyway, let alone taking them of myself with no makeup on for an audience!

I knew this was going to be difficult, but this again one of the reasons I wanted to do it, I have suffered with depression and anxiety for the last few years so wanted to try and vent and deal with some of the issues this has caused me.

Doing my degree alone was the first step, at 28 I was out of practice and my confidence to the floor.

Bringing my work back to me, I could start again from the beginning and grow as both a person and a artist......

I am an eye....

This quote is by Dziga Victor and is from, John Bergers "Ways of seeing"

Photography, looking back

Photography, looking back 

Of three projects this was the one I was dreading the most, unlike most people in my class I had never done photography before except as mentioned above for amateur fun shots. It was this lack of experience and knowledge that frightened me the most.

Ironically this project was the one I ended up enjoying the most, I love the freedom it gave me, I only wish I had more time to experiment with techniques and methods so I could go even further into it.

 My Favourite aspect of photography in a Fine Art capacity was the freedom it gave me, it didn’t matter where I was, what time of day or how noisy it was I could create a piece if work instantly.  Learning about contemporary photography has really opened my eyes to an endless pool of ideas.

A great website which I have found whilst doing this project is: http://www.vam.ac.uk/page/c/contemporary-photography/ it is one I will definitely refer to again.

This is an area I definitely will incorporate into all my work in future, although I do feel I’d like to a Photoshop course or something similar. I feel I have only just brushed the surface of the possibilities within not only my camera but also within me.

Photography Project ... My initial Outlook!!!

Firstly… My initial Outlook!!! (1)

When I was first given the Media based project brief, I was terrified.  I had never used a camera before except for holiday snaps and cheeky nights out.

However after our first tutorial with Bridget I was inspired. I had not looked at photography as a form of Fine Art, and never looked at a camera as a blank canvas. Contemporary photography was a new concept for me but one that I was now excited to explore.

I like the way artists such as Cindy Sherman and Fred Lubain used the camera to create a work of art, a scene, or imaginary world. It wasn’t just about taking photos in high quality of objects, landscapes and scenes as you are meant to see them. It was about creating new ways of seeing, new ways of looking at things that would normally be missed or unnoticed.

Sculpture Project.... Thinking back and looking ahead!!

 

So now it time for my Sculpture project to be handed in.....

1. You've learned at least one valuable thing this project. What is it?

 

I've learnt that sculpture can be for anyone. Before starting this project I was really anxious, the only sculpture I had really done before was your typical clay, plaster and wire pieces!

 

This project was different, it gave you the freedom to use what ever materials you wanted, and also the time to play around and explore the individual qualities of whatever you had chosen.

 

I really enjoyed being able to break, bend and deface my materials as it showed  me a completely different way of looking at things. It taught me how to look at things not just for what they are but also for what they could be!

 

Sculpture is about exploring, which is something I love to do so I have thouroughly enjoyed this project and I am now even considering doing sculpture again going forward.

My First Presentation!!!! Eeeeek....

So today I did my first presentation to my Art Class and tutor! It was a group presentation where we were given two artists to research and present to our peers!

Myself and my friend worked really hard gathering all our information, researching in the library and organising what and how we would present out work!

The challenge we faced was our third and final group member, who didn't meet up with us to do our research, also turned up on the Monday without much more than a paragraph!

I was really worried this would drag our mark down, I was equally as worried that she would get the credit for all of the work me and number 1 had done!!

Turns out you can't fake a presentation! Myself and number 1 stormed it, because we knew our stuff it was easy to talk about without looking at our notes! We were able to answer questions without worrying about the answers!

Believe it or not I wasn't even nervous, and I think was down to the fact we were prepared!

I've always avoided presentations in the past and dreaded any that have come my way! By doing this I have only made things harder for myself!

Because I threw myself into this one, I found it easy, I was confident and would definitely do it again!

Staying Organised

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