Review of My Objectives: 18 November 2019

Review of My Objectives: 18 November 2019

For various reasons I have not been able to add to this log for a longer period than I had planned, so this review is later than the monthly reviews I had aimed for.

Since I last reviewed my objectives in July I have submitted Assignment 3, and am just about to start work on Part 4, The Language of Light.

My work on Assignment 3 since July has not identified any new objectives for me, so in this post I will review my progress on the objectives I set out in my last post.

Skills:

Film Photography

My overall objective was to start developing and printing my own work.

I have attended a printing workshop, and learned the technique of split-grade printing. This has also given me confidence to print larger images. As a result I have been able to complete Assignment 3 using 35mm film and hand-printed large prints.

I indicated in my last review that I needed to gain more experience with the behaviour of different film and papers stock, and ensure the standard of my final prints is as high as possible. I have started this in that I used two types of film and have found better results with one than the other for this particular work. I also thought there is scope for improvement in the quality of these as I have indicated in my reflection.

This is objective is ongoing and will be reviewed when I get my tutor’s feedback.

Videography

I have done no further work on this, however my other reading and reflection leads me to recognise that the meaning of an image and narrative is important to me and my appreciation of art. This area remains something I want to explore more.

Use of WordPress

I find that while it remains something of a challenge at times, I can achieve what I need with this.

Assessment and appraisal skills

This remains an ongoing task and I think will continue throughout and beyond the course. I have attended the OCA North student group meetings and feel more confident to express and opinion about other work, including that from disciplines other than photography.

I have not been able to seek the views of my tutor and/or others as to whether my assessment is reasonable and accurate, and need to do so.

Knowledge:

My objective was to gain a better understanding of other art disciplines and influence on photographic work. While like the previous objective I think this will continue throughout and beyond the course, I do think I have achieved some steps forward in this.
I offered to help organise the meetings for the OCA North Group, and this makes me consider other disciplines besides photography. In particular the planning of meetings makes me examine other artists’ work and I can consider how this relates to my own. An example of this is the planning of forthcoming meetings and planning the speakers.

However this remains an ongoing learning objective.

To gain an insight into more contemporary and historical approaches to photography

This is another ongoing objective, and I have done little since my last review of my objectives.

Attitudes:

My objective was the “Demonstration of creativity – Imagination, experimentation, invention”

I have deliberately experimented with film in my latest assignment – for reasons which I justify in my account of that. I will hopefully get feedback from my tutor about this and advice as to how to improve.

I hope that a better understanding of the creative process used by other artists will help me develop this more.

As I start Part 4 of my course after a break, these are my current objectives, however I am sure more will emerge as I progress to Parts 4 and 5.