Portrait Photography

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Daguerreotypes on Photoshop

Include your work on daguerreotypes.

INTENTION: To create a daguerreotype using Photoshop
THINGS TO Include:

- Examples of Daguerreotypes (google images), notes of qualities of them

- Original photos (of texture and gaze)

- screen grabs showing process, what worked and what did not work

- reflections on your photos

-What did you learn

WHAT's NEXT?

How will you improve

HOMEWORK: Bring more texture photos and gaze portraits to do this again on Monday

Monday in Photography: The Gaze

Today we took pics of each other reflecting different gazes that we looked at last week. We tried to respond specifically to the following photographs by Cindy Sherman, Julia Cameron and Richard Avedon.

INTENTION: To experiment with different styles.
THINGS TO CONSIDER:
- Where the person is looking
- Body language
- What is in the background
- The composition (How much of the body do we see? Where is it within the frame?)

Portrait Photography

What you should have in your books by Friday 18 November:

Portrait Photography
-Notes from lesson and film
-Research into one photographer from the 1900's. Background information and how this photographer exemplifies photographs from this era
-Photo response

Taylor/Wessing
- Introduction about the prize
- Photos from the lesson--your response, overlay to show understanding of composition
-Photo/s you added and response

Taylor/Wessing Visit
-What are your intentions? What are you looking for?
- Response to a selection of photographs
- Photo response

The Gaze
- Notes from class with photos
- Further research into one photographer
- Series of photographs showing different gazes

Homework: Cartier Bresson

1. Research the photographs and techniques of Cartier Bresson. Watch this video. Who is he? What type of camera did he use? How did he take photographs? What is the decesive moment?

2 Print at least three Bresson photographs that demonstrate the concept we discuss in class today--framing, composition, balance, horizons, cropping, vectors, weight, diagonal/vertical/horizontal lines. Put tracing paper over the photos demonsrate the concepts above.

3. Find a photograph from one other photographer and do the same.

4. Experiment with your own photographs. Be sure to first state what your intentions are, then experiement, record everything and reflect on your work--what was successful, what did you learn, what would you improve.

What's new

Use this link to Sponfed to find out info on upcoming exhibitions. I've added on good one here:

Signs of a Struggle: Photography in the Wake of Postmodernism

My Favourite Self Portraits--of other people

Self Portraits

Here are a few of my favourites. I will used Cindy Sherman for my focused study.

Self Portraits

Adobe Evaluation

Hi all. Would you take a second or two to fill in this survey for Adobe.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/AYVY5_Youth_Partners

Thanks!

Intentional Camera Movement Photography

Intentional Camera Movement Photography

Some Ideas for your topics

Movement: Have a look at the exhibition and website for Moving Portraits. (See photo on right).

And there is more. You should also check out Veiwfinder in Brixton. Their current exhibition is all about movement (sort of).

Expression of the Body: Check out my favourite photographer, William Eggleston's photo on the left. How closely do you think these two men know each other? Can you tell from their body language? Here it from here in this video.

For Evidence of human presence, have a look at the work of Gabriel Orozco, who is currently being featured at the Tate Modern. (See photo below)

Homework Due by Tuesday

1. To have decided which Exam topic you are going to do. Here is Ms Andrew's powerpoint for some extra help. Write approx 800 words explaining:

• What theme you chose
• Why you chose this theme
• Descibe your investigation

2. Gallery Visit. See previous entry.

Gallery Visits over Half Term

Below is a long list of current exhibitions you can see. I expect you to go to AT LEAST one. Many are free, so excuses!

Google the ones that look interesting to find out more and how to get there. I have created some hyperlinks for you.

Report:

1. Take a picture of you at the gallery

2. Get photos of the work (This could be a postcard or google images from the website)

3. Write a response to the work.

4. Have fun and get ideas!

Tate Modern

Photographic Typologies (August Sander and others)

Sunday – Thursday, 10.00–18.00

Friday – Saturday, 10.00–22.00

FREE

Museum of London: London Street Photography

From 18^th Feb 6.30-9pm, free.


Simon Lee Gallery, Berkeley Street, W1
020 7491 0100
Larry Clark: What do you do for fun?
Mon- Sat 10-6pm, free.
Vintage work by the legendary photographer and chronicler of teenhood’s dark side.

3 Bedfordbury, Bedfordbury, WC2
020 3268 2184
Lou Boileau: Silent Corners Sat/Sun 12- 6pm, free.
Barry Cawston: Hinterland: The Spaces In Between. Global photography. Wed-Fri 12-7, free.

12 Star Gallery, Europe House, Smith Square, SW1.
020 7973 1992
We Are Here: Images from Refugee Communities.
Tues-Fri, 10-6pm, free.
Portraits

401 Contemporary/LONDON Projects, Masons Yard, SW1.
Bianca Brunner: Sky With Clouds and Water
Wed to Sat, 11-6pm, free.
Photographs exploring illusion and perception.

Agnew’s, Albemarle Street, W1.
020 7290 9250
John Wonnacott: A Tale of Two Houses
Mon- Fri 9.30-5.30, by appointment, free.
Figurative paintings of dancers.

Alison Jacques, Berners Street, W1.
020 7631 4720
Robert Mapplethorpe: Night Work
Tues-Fri 10-6pm or by appointment, free.
Photos and sculpture by the avant-garde American alongside related works by artists inc. Matthew Barney, Tom Blurr and Dan Fischer.

Architectural Assoc. School of Architecture, Bedford Square, WC1.
020 7887 4000
Alex Laing: The Americas
Sat 10-3pm, Mon-Fri 10-7pm, free.
Travel photography.

Atlas, Dorset Street, W1
020 7224 4192
Elliott Erwitt: Sequentially Yours
Wed- Fri 10-6pm
Photographic comic strips of daily life.

National Portrait Gallery, St Martin’s Place, WC2
020 7312 2463
Sat- Wed 10-6pm, Thurs- Fri 10-9pm, free.
Ballet in Focus
H Walter Barnett: Women of Note
Vintage prints
Jason Bell: An Englishman in New York
Photos of influential English people
Hoppe Portraits: Society, Studio and Street
Portraits of celebrities. £11 non-concs.
E O Hoppe: Photo of the Month
Russian ballerina Lydia Lopokova
Dmitri Kasterine: 20^th Century Portraits.
Mary McCartney: From Where I Stand
Portrait photography
Noble & Webster: Isabelle Blow
Portraits.

Chris Beetles, Ryder Street, SW1

020 7839 7551
Eve Arnold

Mon- Fri 10-5.30pm, free.
A retrospective of photos by the leading journalist.
David Roberts Art Foundation Fitzrovia, Great Titchfield Street. W1.
020 7637 0868
Keren Cytter

Sat 11-4pm, Tues- Fri 10-6pm, free.
Films exploring relationships.

Exit Gallery, Charing Cross Road, WC2
020 7287 1813
Mikael Eliasson: Resemblance
Sat 10-6pm, free.
Portraits.

Freud Museum, Maresfield Gardens, NW3
020 7435 2002
Objects in Mind
Wed- Sun 12-5pm, weekends £6, possibly free to students.
Photographic artists in their studios inc. Grayson Perry.

Gallery Fumi, Tabernacle Street, EC2
020 7490 2366
Valentina Angeloni: Let Me See
Thur-Fri 11-7pm, free.
New images from a four-part series of window photography.

Gallery 22, Peter Street, W1
020 7287 3784
Lynne Collins
Sat, Tues, Wed 11-7pm, Sun 12-5pm, free.
Photographs fusing natural and man-made environments.

George and Jorgen Fine Art, Princes Street, W1
07895 096 252
Exploration and Intervention: New Landscape Photography.
Sat 11-6pm, Sun 11-4pm, Tues- Fri 11-7pm free.

Great Western Studies, Alfred Road, W2
020 7221 0100
Bettina von Kameke: Wormwood Scrubs
Tues- Fri 9-6pm, free.
Photographs documenting the everyday habits of prison inmates.

Hamiltons Gallery, Carlos Place, W1
020 7499 9493
Sat 11-4pm, Tues-Fri, 10-6pm, free
Anderson and Low: Manga Dreams
Photos of people who resemble manga characters.
Albert Watson: Vintage Watson
Til 21^st Feb
Landscape and portrait prints.

Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, SE1
020 7960 4200

British Art Show 7: In the Days of the Comet
Wed- Fri 10-6pm £4.50 Students
Paintings, sculptures, installations, videos, films and performances.

Emma Hunt: Horizon 2011
Fri & Sat 10-1pm, Sun&Mon 10-6pm, Tues- Thurs 10-11pm. Free.
Photographs

The Little Black Gallery, Park Walk, SW10
020 7349 9332
Luke Foreman and Lisa Creagh: Natural Beauty
Wed- Fri 11-6pm, free
Contemporary photos of natural objects.
Alistair Taylor-Young
Sat 11-5pm, free.
Photos

Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7
020 7942 5000/5011
Sexual Nature
Sat 9-5pm £4 students
Multi-sensory exhibit.
Environment Photographer of the Year
10-5.50pm £4 concs.
Wildlife Photos

National Maritime Museum, Romney Road, SE10
020 8858 4422 10-5pm, free
Astronomy Photographer of the Year
Til 27^th Feb.
Waterline: Cruising Photography 1925-1970
Life by the sea.

Proud Chelsea, Kings Road, SW3
020 7839 4942
Colin Jones: Fifty Years of the Royal Ballet
Sat and Thur 10-8pm, Sun-Wed and Fri 10-7pm, free.

Snap Galleries, Piccadilly Arcade, SW1
020 7493 1152
The Women Who Rock
Tue-Fri 11-6pm
Images of influential and iconic women.

Tate Britain, Millbank, SW1
020 7887 8888
10-6pm
Susan Hiller, £8.50 concs
Installations, postcards and video projections.
Artists Rooms: Damien Hirst
Installations, paintings and photos. Free.

Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7

020 7942 2000
Sat-Thu 10-5.45pm Fri 10-10pm, free
Underground Journeys: Charles Holden’s Designs for London Transport
Shadow Catchers: Camera-less Photography.
Works by five artists, possibly free for students otherwise £5.

Viewfinder Photography Gallery, Brixton Village, SW9
www.viewfinder.org.uk
American Girl
Thu&Fri 12-5pm, free.
Colm McCarthy, Sebrina Fassbinder and Liz Mares.
Constructs, Spectacle and Self
Sat 12-4pm free
Exploring gender and identity, Kerry Clark, Kelly Brown, Catlin Harrison.

The Wapping Project Bankside, Hopton Street, SE1
020 7981 9851
Christopher Thomas: New York Sleeps
Tue- Sat 10-6pm free

The Wellcome Collection, Euston Road, NW11
020 7611 2222
High Society
Fri 10-6pm, Sun 11-6pm, Thur 10-10pm
Photos, drawings, artefacts.

Whitechapel Gallery, Whitechapel High Street, E1
020 7522 7888
Fri- Wed 11-6pm, Thurs 11-9pm free.
John Stezaker
Works from film stills, postcards and illustrations.
This is Tomorrow
Photos, prints and documents from the significant 1956 exhibition

Introduction to Exam Material

Hopefully todays lesson gave you some ideas about ways to consider the available exam themes. The powerpoint with the photographers that we looked at today (called Exam Ideas) is accessible through the Shared drive, in the Art and Design folder under Photography and in a folder called Ms A's workshops. Here you can also find all of the workshops that I have delivered since the start of term. Remember to keep the sheet of ideas that we produced today.

Hope you enjoyed bouncing ideas around today as much as I did! :)

Ms A

Make money from your photos? Opinions please

Could the photos you take for fun actually be worth something? Many amateur snappers are now making money by selling their shots online. In fact it's getting so popular the professionals are starting to complain. Dan Simmons looks at some new shortcuts to cashing in. Could the photos you take for fun actually be worth something? Many amateur snappers are now making money by selling their shots online. In fact it's getting so popular the professionals are starting to complain. Dan Simmons looks at some new shortcuts to cashing in. Could the photos you take for fun actually be worth something? Many amateur snappers are now making money by selling their shots online. In fact it's getting so popular the professionals are starting to complain. Dan Simmons looks at some new shortcuts to cashing in. Check out this video.

Have a look at some Everyday photos!

Some of you will find the work of Rosangela Borgese interesting. Check it out Guardian Camera Club

You should also read text at the top of the Guardian page that evaluate the work.

Roman's Visit

Thanks again to Roman for sharing some of work and ideas with us. Here is a link to the resources he showed us.

Are you keeping up with your blog entries?

At this point you should have blogged the idea for your final outcome. Remember, don't bury your head in the sand. You need to blog AT LEAST three times a week--and these blogs need to be substantial and connected.

Preparing for your final outcome. DUE 11 FEB

Tuesday: Decide on your focus

• Blog your response to the following questions:
• What artists/concepts/techniques have inspired you
• What are your next steps? What are your intentions? (What will you experiment with/research, etc)

Wednesday: Research into your idea

• Show your research into on artist or technique and blog this
• Create a sketch of the next photographs you intend to take and/or take (and blog) 5 photographs during the lesson

Homework for Friday 21 January

• Finish all previous blogs (see previous entry here for a list)
• Blog: What is a photo essay? and then include 3 different types of shots (a close up, a wide shot and an angle shot)

You can also start working on your photo essay which is due Tuesday 25 January.

Your Blog to Date!

By now you should have the following entries:

• Brainstorm of what 'everyday' means (Take a photo of your notes)
• Objects seen everyday (3) with links to Flckr
• Journey Home
• Ms Taylor's suggested photographers
• Your response to one or more of Ms Taylor's photographers
• Your chosen photographer (from library visit)
• Your response to your chosen photographer
• Text Manipulation Photoshop session

Adobe Competition

If you are interested in applying for the Adobe Competition, you need to fill out your application and get it in by Sunday evening. If you did not have a permission slip signed already, you need to do so. The applications are located in the RMShared Area under Media Studies, Adobe Competition OR you may follow the link to the Portal. Only two students from Dunraven can attend, so there is stiff competition. And now a message from Adobe:

The Adobe Youth Voices Summit that will be held in California in 2-7th August 2011.

The young people who are making projects at our 15 Adobe Youth Voices London sites this year will all be in the running to have this all-expenses paid opportunity of a lifetime and participate at this incredible event, as well as have their AYV project work showcased for an international audience.
In order to be in the aforementioned runnings, you have to complete the following by this Sunday evening:

Two Youth Artist Applications (attached)

Permission Forms (for both youth artists) - bear in mind some of you maybe have already completed 2 and 3 below but if you have not please print and send to me asap:
Consent to Apply (attached)
AYV Community Permission Form (attached)
NELA Form (attached)

Good luck and email Mr Dyas or Ms Taylor is you have any questions.

Text and the Image

Consider the effect that adding text to an image can have upon its reading.

Jim Goldberg asks his subjects to handwrite comments next to their portraits in an attempt to ask the viewer to consider the sitters aspirations and fears of how they are perceived.

Gillian Wearing's "Signs That Say What You Want Them To Say And Not Signs That Say What Someone Else Wants You to Say", similarly asks the subject to write something about themselves and incorporates the text within the image as a means of revelation.

Barbra Kruger on the other hand, adds snippets text in order to show how it can adapt or enhance the way that we would read the image alone.

By using text layers in Photoshop its is possible to incorporate text directly into your imagery. Use 'free-transform' to experiment with changing the scale of the image and if you 'rasterize' the text you can then experiment with adapting the perspective and warping the lettering.

In the layers palette the FX icon will enable you to bevel and emboss the text and introduce shadows and highlights in order to make it look more 3d. You can add a stroke (an outline) and make a very 3d text by duplicating text layers and sitting them very close to one another. The Blending Options tool will also open up lots of other means of experimentation.

Remember placing words and images in the same perceptual space is not as easy as it looks, the introduction of text can change the meaning of an image. Also when a viewer reads text it also summons up mental images which may conflict with your photograph.

Your Choice

1. Explain the type of photograph or photographer you were interested in finding.

2. Find the photograph and blog why you chose the photograph/photographer, how it links to your earlier work and what the photograph says to you.