Selecting Photos

It’s quite difficult to choose the picture I took this time, because I took a lot of great work this weekend. However, I got 9 totally. For each of them I named, which I will explain it in my project critique.

Project update

I spent whole weekend in London, finally I caught a lot of member of Falun Gong in St Martin-in-the-Fields, China town and in front of China Embassy. This place is they hold regular propaganda from 2-4pm every Saturday, which is opposite to the National Portrait Gallery.  The UK government gave them the right of send leaflets…

Editing

This photography lesson we’ve learnt how to edit the photos, and use the RAW format can check your data of picture. In addition, how to use the histogram adjust different exposed picture. Straighten I adjust the chimney as vertical line of the picture. Over exposed The over exposed photo will lose details, but we can use tools…

Project Updated on Sunday

This Sunday, I visited Regent’s Park again, and had an interview with Debbie, the member of Falun Gong. Unfortunately, I don’t have any other trainee company to practice the Qigong mediation together, so I have to train myself about 45min, but I still glad to do excises in the morning with Debbie, and participated in…

Migrant Mother & Slow Journalism

Analysis of Migrant Mother Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California, 1936 One of five images the photographer took of Florence Thompson and her children, considered to be one of the most powerful images of the twentieth century. ‘It is a picture that cries out for something to be done.’ —Ingledew, 2013 The series of pictures took…

Flash Gun

We have leant how to use Flash Gun in the class, and the basic theory. Used vs. Not used It is obviously can tell the different even under the sunlight. Various angle shots I turned my flash gun many ways, I think the best angle for this situation will be turn it up and use…

First Stage of the Project

Present my initial idea of ‘ Community’ in the class After spoke to the whole class and tutor, I realized that my subject will be too big, I decided to focus on ‘one story line’, which means I might follow 1 or 2 member or volunteer in Falun Gong, trying to figure out what’s kind of…

Reading Week

Finding Inspiration – Ingledew ‘Take inspiration from everywhere. Be aware of everything, take inspiration from the street, from popular culture, from music and from comedy.’——Lee Widdows, art director and teacher To be a creative person is vital things for inspiration. Not just going to some certain place to take photos in order to taking photos, sometimes…

Outline and Project Mind Map #PB 7

Project Mind Map Outline Do some research about my subject; build up initial idea of my topic, ie. What I’m going to talk about? What kind of style I want to make? Gather all the information, taking notes. Making question for interview Contact the member, both by email and face to face. Decided what kind…