A similar piece to my pitch is Peter Dench piece The British Abroad Peter Dench best known for his decade of work documenting England. He breaks the subject down into manageable sections with a specific theme. He graduated from the University of Derby with a degree in Photographic Studies in 1995 and has been working as a … Continue reading PhotoJournalism Research – Peter Dench
Pitch 1 Brits Abroad – Never Gonna Give EU Up This will be a social documentary style online journalism piece. The project will be shot in Tenerife during the Easter break the 3rd of `April to the 17th of April. The 12 photographs will be split between candid photographs of stereotypical British tourist activities on … Continue reading Week 7 Pitch – Brits Abroad – Never Gonna Give EU Up
Erin Queenan moved to Leeds a year ago and struggled to find her place, now a year later her confidence has soared, and she gives credit to the city. By Jessica Trays A year ago, Erin moved to Leeds to start University she came from a small village surrounded by countryside and was shocked by … Continue reading Week 6 – Stories from the city – ‘The Reality Of Moving To A Big City’
The first step to preparing my images in photoshop was to decide which photos I was going to use, I took my photos onto a contact sheet to display them. Then I went through and crossed off images that where unusable for reasons such as they were blurred or she had her eyes closed. Next … Continue reading Week 6 – Preparing Images in Photoshop + Reflection
For this weeks task we had to head into the city of Leeds and find a subject to take pictures of and interview for an article about living in Leeds. I found this task very difficult I felt I didn’t have the confidence to go up to people and ask them for photos and interview … Continue reading Week 5 – ‘Stories from the City’ Images + Reflection
Aperture Aperture also known as ‘F Stop’ controls the light and how in focus the image is this is also called “depth of field”. The higher the F Stop the smaller the aperture therefore less light is let through and the image will be in a higher focus. The lower the F Stop the more … Continue reading Week 4 – Controlling The Image – Aperture
This week we looked a different types of photojournalism. I was most interested in the documentary style photojournalism. Documentary styles includes – Social Industrial Street/Candid Documentary Portraiture Between these categories I think I would be most interested in Social or Portraiture. For my final project I have had a few ideas: Brits Abroad – this … Continue reading Week 3 – Reflection – Project Ideas
Social Documentary Social documentary photography is a form of documentary photography, it has its roots in the 19th Century. This type of photography is a recording of what the world and its people currently look like, with a focus on the social aspect of people. Social documentary photography often draws attention to social issues especially … Continue reading Week 3 – Documentary Photography
For this week we practiced taking portraits of each other in the class that can be used as our “author portraits” alongside our stories. We needed to be – close to our subject, use a neutral background and a bright image. Then resize the images to 340 pixels wide. I took this picture of Molly … Continue reading Week 2 – Working with Images – Portraits
For the first week we were tasked to choose one of 10 topics given to us, then using this as inspiration we needed to go into the city of Leeds and take pictures as well as gather quotes for a short story. I chose the topic Old and New, my first thought when I saw … Continue reading Week 1 Reflection
The £161 million new roof at Leeds train station has been revealed as part of an estimated £500 million revamp but is all this worth it to the everyday commuter. By Jessica Trays A brand-new shiny gold roof has been revealed to the city of Leeds and its commuters, which has been receiving mixed reviews. … Continue reading Week 1 – £161m new roof at Leeds City Station unveiled
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