Category Archives: Project 3: Processing the Image

Jerry Spagnoli

Posted on 22/05/2013 by Class Bytes

After digitally creating my own Daguerreotype, I wondered whether there were any photographers using the original photographic process today. Whilst searching on the Internet I came across the American photographer Jerry Spagnoli. In 1995, after familiarising himself with the technique … Continue reading →

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A Colourful Past

Posted on 03/02/2013 by Class Bytes

There’s something special about looking through an old box of photographs, colours faded and over exposed. It’s also fascinating to look through even older photographs in black and white. Images of people, places and times gone by. I remember teaching … Continue reading →

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Toying with tilt shift

Posted on 18/02/2012 by Class Bytes

Have you ever seen images that look as if they are miniature scenes made up of toys? I’ve always wondered how they can be created successfully. A tilt-shift lens can achieve this but they’re quite pricy and I can’t justify … Continue reading →

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Chris Marker – La Jetée

Posted on 17/02/2012 by Class Bytes

As part of my Assignment 3: Monochrome feedback, my tutor recommended that I take a look at Chris Marker’s film ‘La Jetée’. This was partly because the entire film is made up of a monochrome photo montage and I had … Continue reading →

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In Flagrante and other stories

Posted on 17/02/2012 by Class Bytes

In flagrante, to be caught doing something you shouldn’t be doing, is a subject that was famously documented by Manx photographer Chris Killip in the 1980s. My tutor had referred to him in my Assignment 3: Monochrome feedback because of … Continue reading →

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Photography meets Videography

Posted on 18/03/2011 by Class Bytes

I was at the beach taking photos for my DPP monochrome assignment. I chose the beach because of the examples of shape, form and texture. I had taken a lot of photos and when I scrolled through them I noticed … Continue reading →

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