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Monday, 28 March 2011
Sunday, 27 March 2011
Progress
Today has been a day of progress, not a lot, but some, which is always helpful.
I have had a good day with my dissertation and it should be finished in the next week and then i have a week to redraft and print and then the big HAND IN! I am so excited for that day! 12th April.
One day im not looking forward to is the 8th of April, the final project final presentation. Not only is it 30% of the final grade for that module it is also infront of two tutors, the Simon and Louis of Photography. Im really not looking forward to it but i plan of being so prepared for it im too prepared? well, i can only wish!
Im currently in the process of picking my final images and post production. I hope to be working with a retoucher from Manchester, although she hasnt got in touch with me recently so thats probably another person that has let me down! But fingers crossed!
I cant make my mind up firstly on what images i want in my final selection let alone how i want them to look. I dont know if i want them in black and white, colour or both - or what sort of tone and texture that i want. Do i keep them more current or lean more towards vintage like my client? WHO KNOWS! Not me, i can say that!
Just to go carry on, i remember this time 2 months ago when i didnt think that i would even get this far so all is good.
Keep calm
Keep focused and keep running towards the finishing line!
I have had a good day with my dissertation and it should be finished in the next week and then i have a week to redraft and print and then the big HAND IN! I am so excited for that day! 12th April.
One day im not looking forward to is the 8th of April, the final project final presentation. Not only is it 30% of the final grade for that module it is also infront of two tutors, the Simon and Louis of Photography. Im really not looking forward to it but i plan of being so prepared for it im too prepared? well, i can only wish!
Im currently in the process of picking my final images and post production. I hope to be working with a retoucher from Manchester, although she hasnt got in touch with me recently so thats probably another person that has let me down! But fingers crossed!
I cant make my mind up firstly on what images i want in my final selection let alone how i want them to look. I dont know if i want them in black and white, colour or both - or what sort of tone and texture that i want. Do i keep them more current or lean more towards vintage like my client? WHO KNOWS! Not me, i can say that!
Just to go carry on, i remember this time 2 months ago when i didnt think that i would even get this far so all is good.
Keep calm
Keep focused and keep running towards the finishing line!
Wallpaper
This is what my living room wall looks like at the moment. Im trying to figure out what images i want to use for my final display - and then i can begin the post production on them rather than editing them all which would take too long. Living with the images on my wall helps a little because i can see if all the time and then you know if you like it or not....SO far thats not going very well because i still cant make my mind up. Got a few days left until i really need to start post production...
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
Monday, 21 March 2011
Contextual? NO!
Ive just written a huge blog post and deleted it.
I also spelt my name wrong at the end of it...today has been one of those days.
So for the second time....
This morning i was talking to someone, someone that i dont know very well but always find myself one of twice a year chatting to about this and that. He said that i need to make sure that i dont let uni get my down, always having to have a reason as to why im doing something. Hes right. Funny how everyone is always telling me this, the people in my life day and to day but it has taken someone thats not around to just tell me that one last time and its given me a kick up the bum!
I dont always have a reason as to why im taking a photograph of something 90% of the time its just because i can or because i want to but being student means always having to have a critical and contextual reason. Two words that i want to never hear again once i leave univeristy.
Being at univeristy has made me a better yet worse photographer. My technical skills which need so much more work are better than when i stepped into the studio for the first time but the creative side that i always used to pride myself on has slowly over the 3 years that i have been here faded away. This isnt because ive become less of a photographer, its through the stress of univserity life. Having to sit and write 4000 words about photography when i could be out and about spending that time shooting what ever i like!? I knew i would have to write when i was here, dont get me wrong, i didnt think it was all going to be pretty pictures and BOOM! and quick degree in my pocket. but my dissertation it larger than my friend that does english literature. It doesnt make sense.
I had written so much more in this blog when i wrote my first attempt...and then i deleted it and couldnt get it back...and i have a tutor meeting in 15mins where my ideas still get stamped on!...so tomorrow im going to take my final year images...im going to go into the studio with a goodnights sleep under my belt and a stress free head. Well, i say that now but we will see...
x
I also spelt my name wrong at the end of it...today has been one of those days.
So for the second time....
This morning i was talking to someone, someone that i dont know very well but always find myself one of twice a year chatting to about this and that. He said that i need to make sure that i dont let uni get my down, always having to have a reason as to why im doing something. Hes right. Funny how everyone is always telling me this, the people in my life day and to day but it has taken someone thats not around to just tell me that one last time and its given me a kick up the bum!
I dont always have a reason as to why im taking a photograph of something 90% of the time its just because i can or because i want to but being student means always having to have a critical and contextual reason. Two words that i want to never hear again once i leave univeristy.
Being at univeristy has made me a better yet worse photographer. My technical skills which need so much more work are better than when i stepped into the studio for the first time but the creative side that i always used to pride myself on has slowly over the 3 years that i have been here faded away. This isnt because ive become less of a photographer, its through the stress of univserity life. Having to sit and write 4000 words about photography when i could be out and about spending that time shooting what ever i like!? I knew i would have to write when i was here, dont get me wrong, i didnt think it was all going to be pretty pictures and BOOM! and quick degree in my pocket. but my dissertation it larger than my friend that does english literature. It doesnt make sense.
I had written so much more in this blog when i wrote my first attempt...and then i deleted it and couldnt get it back...and i have a tutor meeting in 15mins where my ideas still get stamped on!...so tomorrow im going to take my final year images...im going to go into the studio with a goodnights sleep under my belt and a stress free head. Well, i say that now but we will see...
x
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
Friday, 11 March 2011
Light at the end of the tunnel?
Ive not really had a chance to blog recently - the final year project and my dissertation are taking up a lot of my time.
When i started the year, the thought of a 12,000 word dissertation really worried me but funny enough everything is now differet. I decied that i wanted to write my dissertation on humour, photography and society. Something that i knew nothing about when i started but have really enjoyed studying. Everyoen thought i was going mad because we had been told to ideally write about soemthing that we alrady knew something about but i didnt want to write about fashion, its been done before and will be done again and agai. So humour and photography it was...
And today is a special day, i have just hit 10,000 words...well 10,001 words :) So im really chuffed with myself. Just a case of a 1000 or so and then re-drafting and re-drafting.
Final project on the other hand, the thing that i should be able to do isnt coming on too well. I had an idea, tutor changed it, had another idea, tutor changed it which left me in limbo not knowing if i should do what he said or do what i wanted to do in my heart...so i went with what i wanted to do which yesterday got ripped apart in a group tutorial. Im going to expand my idea, i wont say it doesnt need some work but i wont be changing it all, i dont have the time!!! RUNNING OUT!
Dissertation final hand in - 12th April and then final project final presentation 7th and then the prints and everything is handed in on the day after my 21st birthday!
Just got to keep calm, keep going and dont give up :)
When i started the year, the thought of a 12,000 word dissertation really worried me but funny enough everything is now differet. I decied that i wanted to write my dissertation on humour, photography and society. Something that i knew nothing about when i started but have really enjoyed studying. Everyoen thought i was going mad because we had been told to ideally write about soemthing that we alrady knew something about but i didnt want to write about fashion, its been done before and will be done again and agai. So humour and photography it was...
And today is a special day, i have just hit 10,000 words...well 10,001 words :) So im really chuffed with myself. Just a case of a 1000 or so and then re-drafting and re-drafting.
Final project on the other hand, the thing that i should be able to do isnt coming on too well. I had an idea, tutor changed it, had another idea, tutor changed it which left me in limbo not knowing if i should do what he said or do what i wanted to do in my heart...so i went with what i wanted to do which yesterday got ripped apart in a group tutorial. Im going to expand my idea, i wont say it doesnt need some work but i wont be changing it all, i dont have the time!!! RUNNING OUT!
Dissertation final hand in - 12th April and then final project final presentation 7th and then the prints and everything is handed in on the day after my 21st birthday!
Just got to keep calm, keep going and dont give up :)
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