Tiegan Powell

Part 5 – Viewpoint

Exercise 5.1 – The difference between us Brief – Use your camera as a measuring device. Find a subject that you have an empathy with and take a sequence of shots to ‘explore the difference between you’. Indicating which is your ‘select’ – best shot. Look critically at the work you did including what youContinue reading “Part 5 – Viewpoint”

Assignment 3 – The (in)decisive moment

Brief – Create a set of between six and ten finished images on the theme of the decisive moment. There should be a linking theme, whether it’s a location, event or particular period of time. Include a written introduction outlining the initial ideas and development. Initial thoughts When initially reading the brief for this assignmentContinue reading “Assignment 3 – The (in)decisive moment”

Assignment 5 – Photography is simple

Brief – Take a series of 10 photographs of any subject exploring the theme ‘Photography is Simple’. Each photograph should be a unique view, it should contain new information. Planning / Research When initially looking at this assignment, I found it the hardest of all the assignments I have been given to date. I feelContinue reading “Assignment 5 – Photography is simple”

Part 4 – The languages of light

Exercise 4.1 – Daylight Brief – Taking a photographer of choice as a starting point, shoot a number of photographs exploring the quality of natural light. For this exercise I was waiting for a bit of sun, being in the UK meant it was a longer wait than I expected. My first thought after readingContinue reading “Part 4 – The languages of light”

Part 3 – Research Point

Watch the Henri Cartier-Bresson documentary ‘L’amour de court’ (Just plain love) and write up your research on the decisive moment. The Decisive Moment – General Research Henri Cartier-Bresson, a French photographer considered to be the father of photojournalism, he was an early adopter of 35mm format, and the master of candid photography. He helped developContinue reading “Part 3 – Research Point”

Part 2 – Research Point

Brief – Read around the photographers above and try to track down some of the quotations. Find a photograph from your personal archive that illustrates one of the aesthetic codes. Ansel Adams (American photographer), was born February 20th 1902, and died April 22nd 1984. He was the most important landscape photographer of the 20th century.Continue reading “Part 2 – Research Point”

Part 1 – Research Point

Research : David Company and Joerg Colberg’s reviews of jpeg’s by Thomas Ruff. Brief : Read the reviews by Campany and Colberg and try to pick out the key points made by each writer. Starting with David Campany, he has some contrasting views. He begins with pointing out that Ruff’s work sometimes seems cold, dispassionate,Continue reading “Part 1 – Research Point”

Assignment 4 – Languages of light

Brief – Revisit one of the exercise on daylight, artificial light or controlled light and develop it into a formal assignment submission; a set of between six and ten high-quality photographic prints. Practitioners Researched To begin with I looked at Japanese photographer Sato Shintaro. His series ‘Night Lights’ demonstrates that night photography doesn’t have toContinue reading “Assignment 4 – Languages of light”

Part 3 – Traces of time

Exercise 3.1 – Freeze Brief – Try to isolate a frozen moment of time in a moving subject. Add a selection of shots, together with relevant shooting data and a description of process. The moment I decided to photograph was a football game in my local park. The composition of these shots had to beContinue reading “Part 3 – Traces of time”

Assignment 2 – Collecting

Brief – Create a series of between six and ten photographs on one of the following subjects: Things, Views or Heads. Initial thoughts My initial thoughts on this task were that it was very open to interpretation, that you could be quite imaginative with it as the brief isn’t too strict. I didn’t want toContinue reading “Assignment 2 – Collecting”