Photography Blog

This is a blog where I aim to regularly document my progress through the photography undergraduate degree BA(Hons). Hopefully in the process helping others with this amazing medium for capturing the world.

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Master The Light Photography Group Membership

This is the ultimate long-term Master The Light photography experience. Join me and other like-minded individuals in *monthly (dates below)* workshops, reivews and parties! We will engage in a diverse set of photographic activities, designed to give you a varied view of photography opportunities, styles and techniques. The full list of dates, times and activities are listed below.

The ongoing nature and variety in the workshop selection, I hope will enable you to expand your photographic horizons, and gain a broader understanding beyond the areas you are currently comfortable in.

The workshops will be tailored so that everyone gets something out of every session, from beginner to advanced. So no need to worry if you are passionately new to photography or have been working on your skills for years. We all have something to offer which can help and improve one another’s work.

Learn to see, compose and process your images. I guarantee you will improve, be inspired and have a fun time - all while capturing the beautiful world around you.

FULL LIST OF DATES AND TIMES FOR: SEPTEMBER 2018 - JUNE 2019

September 14th 2018 (Friday) : 18:00 - 21:00 (INTRODUCTION, PLANNING AND GROUP PORTFOLIO REVIEW)

October 6th 2018 (Saturday) : 10:00 - 14:00 (MODERN ARCHITECTURE IN CENTRAL LONDON)

October 19th (Thursday) : 18:00 - 21:00 (HIGH ISO STREET PORTRAITS)

November 9th 2018 (Friday) : 18:00 - 21:00 (LIGHTROOM WORKFLOW - BEGINNER TO ADVANCED LIGHTROOM PROCESSING)

November 24th 2018 (Saturday) 18:00 - 21:00 (GROUP VOTES IN OCTOBER)

December 7th 2018 (Friday) 18:00 - ??!! ( PORTFOLIO SPEED DATING // CHRISTMAS PARTY / PRIZES)

January 9th 2019 (Wednesday) 18:00 - 21:00 (FLASH AND LIGHT PAINTING)

February 9th 2019 (Saturday) 12:00 - 16:00 (WINTER PORTRAITS IN THE PARK)

March 15th 2019 (Friday) 18:00 - 21:00 (IMAGE REVIEW SESSION)

April 13th 2019 (Saturday) 16:00 - 20:00 (URBAN CITYSCAPE / LONG EXPOSURE)

April 17th 2019 (Wednesday) 18:00 - 21:00 (PROCESSING URBAN CITYSCAPE IMAGES IN LIGHTROOM/PHOTOSHOP)

June 9th 2019 (Sunday) 10:00 - 14:00 (GROUP VOTES IN APRIL)

June 21st 2019 (Friday) 18:00 - ??!! (PORTFOLIO REVIEW / PRIZES // SUMMER PARTY)

I'LL HELP YOU ACHIEVE RESULTS LIKE THIS:

ADDITIONAL BENEFITS:

All above workshops.

Challenges and Prizes set between sessions.

Guest practitioners and portfolio review partners.

15% discount off all other UK workshops.

5% discount off international photo tours.

7 days a week email/phone support.

Priority access to 1-2-1 sessions + preferential rate of £30/ph*

Ability to influence topics of future workshops.

Group size limited to 12 - you are guaranteed enough personal support.

 *I will do my best to accommodate your date/time request. Standard terms and conditions apply.

** I cannot offer refunds based on sessions you cannot attend. The course dates are laid out in advance to help you schedule around them.

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Peckham Photowalk - July 21st

Date: Saturday July 21st

Time: 12:00

Meet: 122 Peckham Hill St, Peckham, London SE15 5JR

Come and explore the historic South-East London area of Peckham. We will meet outside Peckham library, and explore the street photography opportunities. We will then walk down the High Street, where you feel as if you have left England, surrounded by hundreds of different languages, cultures, foods and people. Peckham is an amazingly diverse part of London! Before then walking into the leafy suburbs, stopping at Le Petite Tou (a favourite cafe of mine) for a coffee, before continuing on to Peckham Rye park, and back down the High Street to finish at the infamous rooftop Franks Cafe for incredible London views, food and drinks!

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Final Mix for the Gallery Exhibition.

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PMP: Final Mix

I used Premiere throughout this process to edit my sound files. I learned how to optimise sound within this software, and although I know there are other software more appropriate to this practice, I wanted to stick with one I knew better rather than using a completely new one, considering what I was attempting.

I labelled each person’s speech with a different colour code, allowing me to easily differentiate between different speakers, this allowed me to more easily place juxtaposing pieces together, adding to the affect of the sound, even if someone dips in and out of it in the gallery rather than absorbing a longer amount of it. 

I tried to cut speech off at the end of a point or explanation as not to misrepresent their speech, allowing their words to represent them.

I used many YouTube tutorials to learn how to mix and improve the speech, as well as reducing the distracting background noises found in some of them. I was also able to balance the peaking and volumes of each speaker to make the sound more consistent throughout. 

This was a particularly useful one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN4WNG-XYcw 

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PMP: Final Exhibition

I couldn’t take one without Daniel standing in the way... I’ve asked Tracey for a copy of one she took before the show opened. I’m happy with the layout I chose here, overlaying the images made sense to the method and personal nature of the smaller images. Encroaching like this sets the precedent that the individuals are different within each group, telling the viewer that this is an important thing to notice. I hope that this method of showing the sound, encourages people to pick up the headphones and listen.

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PMP: Final Image

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PMP: Personal Images

These are images of Nayab’s prayer mat, pointed towards Mekkah, as is customary in the Islamic faith. She asked me to photograph it in this direction, as it is the view she has when praying. Its bareness is reflective of the state she wants to be in when praying, open and without distraction. 

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PMP: Personal Images

This area of Kings College University is where Clare’s church is based (Globe Church) and the carpark is where she was baptised. Therefore this outdoor area holds particular meaning to her. She feels linked with the beginning of her Christian faith in this location, and attends the church here every week.

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PMP Research: Louis Theroux Interview technique

https://abrewer9310.wordpress.com/college-work/year-1/unit-36-interview-techniques/louis-therouxs-interview-technique/

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PMP: Sophie and Nayab

I interviewed Sophie and Nayab in their beautiful flat with an amazing view of central London. I played with the lighting in the room, turning lights on and off, to achieve the balance seen in the final image. Beyond this, I just tidied and organised the frame I wanted to work with, knowing that I would be cropping to 8x10″ format. Again as before, I did not set their poses, only asked them to sit on the sofa. Perhaps in hindsight I didn’t even need to do this.

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PMP: Wet walk for personal images

Debs asked me to photograph the area of the Southbank around the Millenium bridge view of St Pauls, as this area represented her appeals to her Faith in trying times during her first year of university. She would walk here to de-stress and think. She feels this area puts her most in touch with god, and represents healing and motivation. She will then choose which view she wants to use within the exhibition.

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PMP: Personal Images

This Church ‘All Souls’ just off of Oxford Circus, is Jemma’s church away from home. It a place where she feels safe within a tight knit community, which she reflects on in her interview. It keeps her grounded and in touch with god even in the business of her life and London.

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