{"id":1800,"date":"2018-08-02T13:50:42","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T12:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/?p=1800"},"modified":"2018-08-07T22:04:52","modified_gmt":"2018-08-07T21:04:52","slug":"assignment-5-hangout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/assignments\/assignment-5-photography-is-simple\/assignment-5-hangout\/","title":{"rendered":"Assignment 5 – ‘Hangout’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having submitted my final assignment, I was finally able to talk with Clive (my tutor) face to face.  Work commitments have meant I’ve only had written feedback up until now so it I felt it was really important to actually speak with him this time and I’m really pleased I was able to.  Certainly a learning point for future courses; to speak with my tutors more often.<\/p>\n

Clive had looked at my assignment and my blog and gave me some great feedback. <\/p>\n

He felt that I need to get away from the ‘day out with my kids’ theme and try and put some distance between myself and subject to give them a more observational and dispassionate feel. More of a comment on what a family does on a day out rather than this particular family.<\/p>\n

He suggested I take a look at the work of Tony Ray-Jones as he felt my work was somewhat reminiscent of his and Martin Parr, although Martin Parr is a little less flattering of his subjects. Having now done so, I totally get what he means.  My write up Tony Ray-Jones can be read here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On the individual images Clive felt that image #1 was weak and very ‘postcardy’ which I completely agreed with him on.  I had included this image to try and set the scene, but to be honest it doesn’t inspire me so why I thought it would anyone else is a silly.  I only have 10 images to make an impact and I chose that one!!!! <\/p>\n

he picked out image #2 as interesting and #9 as a good ‘stock’ shot but not adding much to this project.He thought #7 was a strong image.  Having looked again at that and Tony Ray-Jone’s work I think I understand what I should be looking for now.<\/p>\n

I suggested redoing the whole assignment, which Clive thought was a possibility but also that having looked at the contact sheets there may be enough, with some re-editing to refocus this set of images.  Having had another look through, I do think this is a possibility so am going to try that first. Especially with the inspiration from Ray-Jones and Parr I think I have the basis of what could be an interesting study.<\/p>\n

In relation to my blog, Clive advised to change my banner photo to something more appropriate to work I have been producing as he felt that it might give the wrong impression of the kind of photographer I am to an assessor.  I have taken that advice and changed it.<\/p>\n

I was reminded about buying a clam shell box, which I’ve already done and about printing my images ready for assessment, making sure to leave a decent sized boarder on the sheet.<\/p>\n

Thanks again Clive, it was great to talk with you<\/p>\n

My actions from this:<\/p>\n