Part 4 The Languages of Light
In preparation for a forthcoming Zoom Meeting (Improbable Images – 26/11/19) I noted that this topic from Part 5 is titled differently from that in my notes.
The course notes I have been working from are version:
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whereas “Improbable images” features in the newer version of the course notes:
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Robert Bloomfield who is leading the Zoom meeting has advised me to use the later version because the images and exemplars have been updated and there are some useful case studies at the back.
I plan to follow the sequencing and numbering of exercises from the later version of the notes for Parts 4 & 5.
The notes for Part 4 begin “The assignment will ask you to select one of the exercises from Part Four to work up to an assignment submission, so please read the assignment brief before going any further.”
Assignment 4: Languages of Light
Brief:
“Revisit one of the exercises on daylight, artificial light or controlled light from Part Four (Ex 4.1, Ex 4.2 or Ex 4.3) and develop it into a formal assignment submission.”
The exercises are:
Exercise 4.1: Daylight:
“Taking the photography of Mann, Atget or Schmidt or a photographer of your own choosing as your starting point, shoot a number of photographs exploring the quality of natural light.”
Exercise 4.2: Artificial Light
“Capture ‘the beauty of artificial light’ in a short sequence of shots”
Exercise 4.3: Egg or stone
“Use a combination of quality, contrast, direction and colour to light an object in order to reveal its form.”
My initial thoughts on this are that I will probably choose to do the “Daylight” or “Artificial Light” exercises as my Assignment submission as I have already developed a studio-lit sequence for my submission for Assignment 2. This is a learning experience and I think I will learn more if I use a different technique for this assignment.
Andrew Procter 