T189 Feedback

Like many doing The Art of Photography, I came from the Open University's T189 course ... and now, several months after sending off the end-of-course assessment (the photos included in that are on the early pages of this blog), feedback has been received and I include it as part of the learning process. I also soon hope to have feedback from Assignment 1, which will obviously be more relevant.

Anyway, I got 85% which sounds okay to me. Comments were: "You have selected images that show you are visually aware, good work. I enjoyed all of your seaside images, each one showing a different aspect of what you may find there: blowing deckchairs against the pier, a carousel in movement, sunlit deckchair that cast their shadows across a beautifully lit panelled pier. The shell of a pier and the hundreds of birds wondering what has happened to their nesting place.
"Deterrents" is a strong graphic image and would have been missed by many a photographer; a powerful silhouette and a very different environmental self-portrait.

"I found your technical ability at a very good standard. Keep producing wonderful images."

All of this is very pleasant, of course, but I'm not sure that I have actually learned anything from this feedback...

Project 22 - curves

These are all pretty self-explanatory: curves. Depending on the length of the curve depends on where your eye goes. Working in black and white does tend to emphasise the shape rather than get distracted by colours.
This is inside the lighthouse at Dungeness... And so is this ... but it's part of the light-making mechanism (despite working with engineers that doesn't make me one!)

The "correct camera distortion" filter was essential for avoiding the effect of upwards perspective at the Brighton pavilion.

I'm a bit unsure about this one... curved, yes, but the angle doesn't necessarily work...

Project 21 - diagonals

Now that I have got to grips with diagonals they are everywhere! It's an interesting challenge because the camera sees things so differently to what you expect to see. As in the case of the railings below, intellectually I know that it's straight, but it's only really straight if you look at it "straight on", unsurprisingly, so I have to keep looking at this image "literally".

Other things are more clearly diagonal, like the masts and the steps below.