Group Crit - with friends
This Friday my friends and I have decided to get together for a group crit. Our scheduled group crits seem to be getting smaller and smaller, therefore we took it into our own hands and decided to help each other out. Even though we discuss our work online and at university we never get to see a lot of one another's work. Just small sections that we may currently be stuck on. Between us our work is very different... from motorbikes to landscapes to interiors. Myself and Jo's work may seem more similar as we are creating personal projects but our visual responses are completely different. This will hopefully benefit us, especially as we are only a few weeks away from hand in. Now is the time to make sure we haven't missed any artist research that could be relevant or industry topics that we haven't thought of.
During my time at university I have come to realise that I couldn't have done it without the help of my friends. Even though I should be taking full advantage of the tutors and other peers during group crits and other sessions, sometimes I don't have the confidence to ask for help because I fear they are silly questions that I'm asking. I am constantly bugging them online and I'm surprised they still help me out instead of sending me to the tutors. They've been a great help and always give me their honest opinions. Sometimes asking friends for their advice they may be bias and afraid to hurt your feelings but I'm glad I can get an honest answers from them.
I started off by showing them the images I have for my portfolio so far. The majority are from my BA3a project but I had several from my current project. The really liked all of the images and said they work cohesively enough to tell that I took all of the images from my particular way of doing it. They advised me to go back and perhaps re-shoot or edit the photos due to the lighting and colours. I have an image of my first home which was taken on a very bright day. In comparison to the rest of the images it stands out from the neutral colours. I've written down a way to de-saturate the sky and brick colours to see if that fits in any better. Otherwise I think it will have to be a re-shoot. Another image that stood out was of the tattoo against the blue jeans. The blue just needs to come down more saturation or re-shoot it against more neutral colours. However they noticed the blue vase from the image of flowers from BA3a. They said the blues could work and feed back to this but the vase is more subtle as it's such a small area in comparison to the images of the tattoo and house.
As I went through the BA3a images some small things stood out to them which they felt needed to be edited out. The image of my nan standing at the window there is a fire pit in the bottom centre of the image. It should be easy enough for me to edit out as it's a fairly small snippet of it. The bricks could also do with being warmed up. I could also crop the dog cage from the image of my nan making her bed. This was something mentioned during the professional panel but I had completely forgot about it.
In terms of sequencing it may work best if I place it like a narrative, for example the images of my nans bed put together, then the images of jewellery and so on.
Looking at my current project, the image of my dad had a black line which was distracting. I think I will re-shoot my dad however as the images I have of him represent him as someone moody/miserable which he is not. And within this project I want to represent the person as well as our experience of grief.
I mentioned that I needed more artist research and so they mentioned Larry Sultan, Spencer Murphy and a previous student from NUA Tom Oliver Lucas.
I discussed with the girls that I was not happy with any of my shoots which is why I only had 9 images that I was happy to put into my portfolio which then was only to make up the number and weren't the best of my ability. But they seemed to like them and saw others from my shoots and picked some out for me to work with as well. My first shoot with my brother and sister they liked how the light brings them out of the frame so I will go back and look at putting them in. I just need to put the blacks up and brightness.
They asked why I was making sure I had a portrait of each individual in my portfolio who has been a part of my project. I felt because I enjoy taking portraits and it is more about the people in this project that I felt it was necessary that I did. However they said that I shouldn't feel like I have to include everyone and perhaps only use the best portraits.
The images I shot of my youngest sister lying on her bed could link in with the ones of my nans bed. Keeping it cohesive not only with colour or tones but also composition/subjects.
Some of my images are more natural than others, and especially the more commercial looking ones of the jewellery. This can be balanced out throughout my project and portfolio as I have a mix of staged and natural poses, alongside the shots of objects.
Lastly the images of the jewellery shot on my sister of her pulling her hair back look aggressive and don't fit in with the delicateness of it. I need to bare that in mind which now that I have been made aware of this that I may re-shoot it looking less aggressive.
Lots to take in but mostly helpful things. I'm really pleased we got around to doing it as it's made me feel more confident about the shoots I have already done and actually do have potential. It was also great to see some of there work and how they're getting on. Like I mentioned before we see snippets of each others work but not a lot of it. With 2 weeks to go until hand in I'm feeling more confident now than I did before.
During my time at university I have come to realise that I couldn't have done it without the help of my friends. Even though I should be taking full advantage of the tutors and other peers during group crits and other sessions, sometimes I don't have the confidence to ask for help because I fear they are silly questions that I'm asking. I am constantly bugging them online and I'm surprised they still help me out instead of sending me to the tutors. They've been a great help and always give me their honest opinions. Sometimes asking friends for their advice they may be bias and afraid to hurt your feelings but I'm glad I can get an honest answers from them.
I started off by showing them the images I have for my portfolio so far. The majority are from my BA3a project but I had several from my current project. The really liked all of the images and said they work cohesively enough to tell that I took all of the images from my particular way of doing it. They advised me to go back and perhaps re-shoot or edit the photos due to the lighting and colours. I have an image of my first home which was taken on a very bright day. In comparison to the rest of the images it stands out from the neutral colours. I've written down a way to de-saturate the sky and brick colours to see if that fits in any better. Otherwise I think it will have to be a re-shoot. Another image that stood out was of the tattoo against the blue jeans. The blue just needs to come down more saturation or re-shoot it against more neutral colours. However they noticed the blue vase from the image of flowers from BA3a. They said the blues could work and feed back to this but the vase is more subtle as it's such a small area in comparison to the images of the tattoo and house.
As I went through the BA3a images some small things stood out to them which they felt needed to be edited out. The image of my nan standing at the window there is a fire pit in the bottom centre of the image. It should be easy enough for me to edit out as it's a fairly small snippet of it. The bricks could also do with being warmed up. I could also crop the dog cage from the image of my nan making her bed. This was something mentioned during the professional panel but I had completely forgot about it.
In terms of sequencing it may work best if I place it like a narrative, for example the images of my nans bed put together, then the images of jewellery and so on.
Looking at my current project, the image of my dad had a black line which was distracting. I think I will re-shoot my dad however as the images I have of him represent him as someone moody/miserable which he is not. And within this project I want to represent the person as well as our experience of grief.
I mentioned that I needed more artist research and so they mentioned Larry Sultan, Spencer Murphy and a previous student from NUA Tom Oliver Lucas.
I discussed with the girls that I was not happy with any of my shoots which is why I only had 9 images that I was happy to put into my portfolio which then was only to make up the number and weren't the best of my ability. But they seemed to like them and saw others from my shoots and picked some out for me to work with as well. My first shoot with my brother and sister they liked how the light brings them out of the frame so I will go back and look at putting them in. I just need to put the blacks up and brightness.
They asked why I was making sure I had a portrait of each individual in my portfolio who has been a part of my project. I felt because I enjoy taking portraits and it is more about the people in this project that I felt it was necessary that I did. However they said that I shouldn't feel like I have to include everyone and perhaps only use the best portraits.
The images I shot of my youngest sister lying on her bed could link in with the ones of my nans bed. Keeping it cohesive not only with colour or tones but also composition/subjects.
Some of my images are more natural than others, and especially the more commercial looking ones of the jewellery. This can be balanced out throughout my project and portfolio as I have a mix of staged and natural poses, alongside the shots of objects.
Lastly the images of the jewellery shot on my sister of her pulling her hair back look aggressive and don't fit in with the delicateness of it. I need to bare that in mind which now that I have been made aware of this that I may re-shoot it looking less aggressive.
Lots to take in but mostly helpful things. I'm really pleased we got around to doing it as it's made me feel more confident about the shoots I have already done and actually do have potential. It was also great to see some of there work and how they're getting on. Like I mentioned before we see snippets of each others work but not a lot of it. With 2 weeks to go until hand in I'm feeling more confident now than I did before.
Comments
Post a Comment