A list that will be updated monthly with the latest Quote of the Month featured in the header of this Blog.
February 2011:
"I want my photography to be special. I don't want you to have a free ride thinking it's anything to do with art..."
Don McCullin
March 2011:
"...so take the photographs and still frames in your mind."
GreenDay - Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
April 2011:
"You don't take a photograph, you make it."
Ansel Adams
May 2011:
"I hope to stay unemployed as a war photographer till the end of my life..."
Robert Capa
June 2011:
"Be original or die!"
Madame Yevonde
July 2011:
"An artist never really finishes his work; he merely abandons it."
Paul Valéry
August 2011:
"In nature, light creates the colour. In the picture, colour creates the light."
Hans Hofmann
September 2011:
"There's no retirement for an artist, it's your way of living so there's no end to it."
Henry Moore
October 2011:
"...whether a million monkeys with a million digital cameras would eventually shoot the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson?"
Peter Stevenson
November 2011:
"The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it."
Banksy
I hope these quotes provide as much inspiration for you as they do for me. Check back in due course for the latest one.
Chris
Tuesday, 10 May 2011
Aperture 3
Today I took, and thankfully passed, the Apple Certified Pro (level one) exam for Aperture 3. A little bit of self-congratulation and immodest boasting never hurt anyone, so 'well done me'. My University course at CCCU kindly picked up the tab, so let's call it a double win.
Chris
Chris
Sunday, 8 May 2011
In Search of Hockney
The finished article for Documenting the Real.
It didn't quite work out as planned, but ok nonetheless.
Chris
Sunday, 24 April 2011
Saturday, 2 April 2011
Thanet Wanderers RUFC
Not exactly the Guinness Premiership, but not that far off... Especially the banter towards the Referee.
Taking a trip over to St Peter's Recreation Ground, aka my local park, I caught a few minutes of a rugby game. It was the second half, and Thanet looked to be in control of the game, but a few quick tries towards the end could easily have swung a tighter match.
It was entertaining to watch, even if it was not vintage. Even now, I have no idea who the opposition were, but they kept trying until the final whistle, converting for two points with the last kick of the game.
Photographically, few opportunities arose - I was situated at the end of the pitch some distance from the action. But I see potential to grab a few shots in a future game.
Chris
Taking a trip over to St Peter's Recreation Ground, aka my local park, I caught a few minutes of a rugby game. It was the second half, and Thanet looked to be in control of the game, but a few quick tries towards the end could easily have swung a tighter match.
It was entertaining to watch, even if it was not vintage. Even now, I have no idea who the opposition were, but they kept trying until the final whistle, converting for two points with the last kick of the game.
Photographically, few opportunities arose - I was situated at the end of the pitch some distance from the action. But I see potential to grab a few shots in a future game.
Chris
Wednesday, 30 March 2011
Washoe and his friends
Another day, another shoot. Three more possible Psychologists and their most famous Studies for the "...At Age 2." Project.
This was more challenging than the previous shoots, as my model was not in a particuarly helpful mood. They say Naomi Campbell is bad, but they've obviously never had to deal with two year olds! The above Joiner doesn't even feature my model, as she had decided to walk off mid-shoot. With another shoot on Friday, I'm not sure that this was the best idea for a Project with a finite deadline that is looming large.
Chris
Chris
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
A lot of nothing...
Days like today cause me to stop, pause and ponder. I begin to question whether I have made the right choices, I wonder if it will all work out ok in the end.
Today was not an especially different day, moreover it was somewhat dull and ordinary. Three hours spent in the University's darkroom this lunchtime, followed by a couple of hours on the computer in Photoshop and what do I have for all my efforts? A lot of nothing really.
I just hope the three rolls of film (two 120 and one 35mm) I developed this morning have the necessary shots on them for my Analogue assignment. Time is quickly running out, so I don't know what I will do if they haven't worked out ok.
As for the time spent on the computer today, it went towards creating this digitally shot 'joiner' from the same shoot as the aforementioned negatives.
Did I choose the right modules to study next year? I'm not even sure I chose the right ones for this year, let alone next. Time will tell...
Today was not an especially different day, moreover it was somewhat dull and ordinary. Three hours spent in the University's darkroom this lunchtime, followed by a couple of hours on the computer in Photoshop and what do I have for all my efforts? A lot of nothing really.
I just hope the three rolls of film (two 120 and one 35mm) I developed this morning have the necessary shots on them for my Analogue assignment. Time is quickly running out, so I don't know what I will do if they haven't worked out ok.
As for the time spent on the computer today, it went towards creating this digitally shot 'joiner' from the same shoot as the aforementioned negatives.
Chris
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