For part of our visual exploration assignment I was instructed to go to the library and pick an image from any photography magazine/journal that I was interested in and scan it using a high resolution scanner setting (at least 600 dpi) and to find out specifics about the image, for example who created the image…
Since the global financial crisis of 2008, our news has been littered with ‘the credit crunch’, government cutbacks, funding losses, food banks for the needy, zero percent pay rises, people on the poverty line and of course now, close to my heart, the £9,000 University tuition fees. The effects of the worldwide financial collapse is…
Printing of contact sheets aren’t so difficult to wrap your head around as you may first imagine. A contact sheet provides you with a positive print of the negative film. This print then allows you to choose your favourite image to make professional prints. Contact sheets don’t need to be perfect as they are meant to be…
It was a glorious Autumn sunny Sunday and my parents had popped down to see how I was doing at Uni. After a quick stopover to my new favourite restaurant Sprinkles for waffles (it had to be done!), I persuaded them that we should all go for a walk in the New Forest (aka I wanted to photograph the ponies!). I love wildlife…
I have got very little experience in processing a black and white film while I was studying for my A Level in Photography at Farnborough Sixth Form College and therefore I had much to master at Southampton Solent University to get even slightly proficient at it. I have created this blog as a memory aid for me but it may…
What is Semiotics? (The theory/the boring part!) We use semiotics in everyday life. We take for granted how we use semiotics; most people (until now would also have included me!) probably don’t know what semiotics is all about so here is a quick rundown… In photography, it means that images taken (and possibly manipulated) can…
The village of Hythe is situated between the edge of the New Forest and Southampton Water, with its surrounding area known as ‘The Waterside’. I reached this small fishing village via a short boat ride across the water from the City of Southampton. It is an idyllic place with its Georgian High Street, sea front…
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