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Exhibition piece. 

We were given the task of creating something to display at the exhibition that was either development on a previous project or related to the work we’ve done this year.

I decided to develop the areas of play and design by creating a 3D collage/sculpture using my photos from my trip to Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam earlier this year. I chose to go this direction as photography and anything photographic is my passion and I felt that I hadn't really had the opportunity to display and use my photos. I paid particular attention to using the photos that hadn't ever left my memory card for reasons such as being out of focus or ill-composed or feeling they just weren't strong images.  

This was done to show how much effort and work is put into photography for comparatively very small results as the majority of people do not fully understand this.

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tips for street photography.

Stumbled across John’s You-tube channel and watched many of his videos. I decided to search for articles on/by him and came across this one. I realised that his methodology and the thought process behind his methodology really resonated with me.

 “Taking many shots to get one good one can be very dangerous. Many photographers shoot, shoot, instead of concentrating on the subject with all its variables and being ready to coincide with the most effective instant, when it all makes sense to the attentive and dedicated photographer. The digital camera allows the photographer to make hundreds of shots without having to buy expensive film. This is one reason that I advise photographers to go back to film. Thirty six shots of expensive film might make the photographer think more and shoot less.”

I feel this paragraph from the article really highlights a problem digital cameras have grown. Reading this I reflected on my own photo-graphical process  and realised that I too am guilty of this and that in the majority of the time I’m out photographing I’m not nearly as attentive to the photos I’m taking as I should be.

Next time I’m out taking photos I’ll definitely have this article in my mind!    

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We were given the task of forming a collection through a playful approach, with importance placed on the process rather than the end result.

For me the word “play” means many things but I find the most playfulness in the process of making/doing. So I approached this task by going out and collecting old technology that interested me and focussed on finding a playful way to display my collection which allowed me to explore many different processes. I experimented with many ways of making and displaying my collection, trying to draw on the juxtaposition of old vs new. I thought of a display piece utilizing my collection and my laptop for old/new, though in the end I decided that there wasn’t enough playfulness. After approaching it photographically I found myself excited to try new ideas.

The end result of my experimentation is a process that uses digital and physical medium. Using photographs of my arranged collection I removed/moved and added code to the image file in Note Pad to create artefacts in the image. I then used Photoshop to add effects such as colour changes, followed by printing the image onto tracing paper and again with baking paper. I trialled covering the paper in cooking oil and found it increased the transparency and allowed me to layer the pieces with quite an interesting effect. After drying the images where then framed. I derived my physical processes from film techniques to pull from old and new.

The thought process behind my collection and why I chose to arrange it the way I did was to get people thinking about creative technologies as more than just the latest products or ideas. I wanted people to realise that creative technologies have always been here but are only just beginning to be defined as such, as well as when new technologies considered old.

 I believe my end result of three framed images would be suited to a gallery environment as my pieces are meant to get people thinking and to consider a new point of view. This is a role I think art galleries provide the space to do and is why I feel my work is suited for that environment. I feel my work is similar to Stephen Hislop’s jpeg breaking ( Creative, Blog. “Break the jpeg code.” Future Publishing Limited. http://www.creativebloq.com/computer-arts/break-jpeg-code-8127893. ) 

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Introduction to creative technologies - I am a creative technologist 

we were given the task to create a video showcasing what makes us creative technologists. I chose to show this in a mostly visual way as I’m a very visual and hands on person. I felt that voicing over or standing in front a camera and filming myself wouldn't work for my video as that not really me as a person. 

This project turned out to be a lot of fun, much more than I was expecting. I really enjoyed being able to get outside and film and then relax while I edit. I’m looking forward to more opportunities to make videos/short films. 

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shot while I was out recording sounds 

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collage 

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digital collage 

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Project 3: design something to help people listen We started with an idea for a set of headphones and an accompanying app that allowed you to selectively control what sounds you’d like to hear. But after reasearching a little I found something very similar already being put into production (www.hereplus.me). Eventually we decided on a set of headphones that would allow you to listen to music just like normal headphones would, but with added microphones on the ear buds that would pick up important sounds such as car horns, sirens, train whistles (through use of software/app) to keep people aware of potential hazards around them. To protoype this I put together short example audio clips exploring different ways of playing sounds over the music and what worked best. After explaining the idea to some friends I played them the audio clips through headphones and asked what they thought and what they felt worked best. Everyone agreed that the sound suddenly starting over the music worked best as opposed fading it in. Everybody also agreed that it was something they could see as being very useful. Since doing this project I’ve realised theres still many potentially simple solutions to problems, and that theres also alot of problems that go unnoticed day to day. It was really interesting thinking about listening in a different way than I have before, and to realise that listening doesnt have to be auditory but could also be something like social media.