Feedback Tutor meeting 4.11.22
I described how my BOW is stimulated by my current life experience- disharmony in the community I live in, this at several levels, currently particularly by my committee work. The BOW is a physical representation of an area of my subconscious in an ongoing way, using the woods as a visual metaphor for this work is a cathartic process for myself – a personal project.
Though separate entities I described how my CS research on affect and effect in landscape photography helps to feed my BOW.
Tutor’s suggestion to read Sophie Howarth’s The Mindful photographer
Tutor’s comments:
- Images are good and speak of the harmony that I am meaning to convey
- I could put them on a padlet to experiment when editing so that I can see them all together, and this would aid our discussion next time.
- I should experiment cropping them to a 5:4 ratio to mimic a full format camera. I will try this with these images but as I crop I camera I may not be able to achieve the composition I would like with these images at 5:4 – I will see. I will photograph so I can crop to a 5:4 ration for my next series.
- A suggestion I experiment with image 4: #Partnerships… or Anarchy, to see if it would be better or not with more context.
- We discussed my captions, whether they are too binary and reductive, do they suggest there is an answer to the question is this harmony or chaos? I should reflect to see if there is an alternative signposting that supports my approach but is looser? I don’t think it was a directive to change the captions, but to reconsider them.
- My Tutor pointed out that my eye has moved from macro to a wider view since my last work. I may want to take this further with the next series.
- We discussed my idea for the next series where I intend to share the idea that harmony is a chorus made up of different parts. My tutor suggested I might look at the etymology of musical terms to support this.
I will be able to refer aspects of this work to the Learning Objectives when I have completed the actions from this feedback.
Actions
Now:
- Try cropping to a 5:4 ratio- I did this and found the overall effect was much stronger. I was surprised that the images that I’d not shot envisaging to crop to a 5:4 ratio, worked so well. This ratio seems to draw the viewers eye in more centrally into the scene. SEE MY PADLET: https://oca.padlet.org/nicola514516/td51x6mcq2sijad0
- After experimenting with image 4: #Partnerships… or Anarchy I was not able to give any more context with as the image wasn’t previously cropped and I don’t have a wider view image. I can only bear this in mind if I don’t want to be too ambiguous in future with an image.
- I reconsidered my captions but have stayed with my originals which I am happy with’ But again I will take this onboard for future images.
Next assignment:
- Use a padlet when editing photos
- Consider sharing a wider view of the woodlands
- Consider using musical terms if still working with the idea of harmony in another series.
Reference:
Howarth, S. (2022) The Mindful Photographer. London: Thames and Hudson.
Next assignment submission end Jan 2023.
NIKI SOUTH 