Feedback

With the Easter break due, I had bundled up the images I had just taken and sent them via WeTransfer to all four tutors that were involved in this module. My reasoning here was that I had three weeks to concentrate on getting some interesting images, and a little feedback from different sources could be valuable. I was still unsure of my overall narrative, but was open to all thoughts.

2 tutors looked at the files - 1 replied.

Feed back was pretty good. The images were good, but a little stylistic. The tutor was convinced of the Meta-narrative (why was he looking at the images?) but this was something that I was unsure of myself at this stage and so was aware that this needed development. A tip for research was to look at the (Victorian) photography of Margaret Cameron, and other Victorian photographers to consider whether my images could be a play on images from 150 years ago. Another option - 

           “You can eschew this completely and ‘talk about’ the technology that runs our world but shoot in an obviously pinhole way.”

 I like this last idea. I recently saw a set of Formula 1 (motorsport) images that had been shot on a large format (8x10) film camera, and the contrast between content and medium was spectacular. His final nugget of gold was to tell me to shoot intuitively. This is quite broad advice I suppose but I took it to mean ‘relax’, ‘stop trying so hard’, shoot with your feelings, and be confident in your work’. Thats quite a lot to read into two words, but that (in this instance) is what I take to be shooting intuitively.

All images here are the files that were sent for feedback. Taken by Chris Arrondelle - Canon 5d mkII - Sigma Art 50mm lens OR Canon L series 24mm lens.