Today in my crit I showed a combination of my latest shoot and my recent research. It was received well and even though James had seen my work on Tuesday, he gave me the new idea of collaborating with a dancer to help achieve the different poses I've envisioned for my models. A Dancer would be able to hold their shape and have the strength and stability to be able to hold a pose for longer, and be more in tune with their body, differently to a model may be.

I'm going to look into using a Dancer, or a model that has dance experience, Hannah, who was in the crit today is a dancer and can put me in contact with some friends who may be willing to help and collaborate with me.

" Discussing approach to BA3a, exploring geometry in landscapes and fashion work."

Points which were brought up in todays tutorial:

"Look some more at Vivianne Sassen and how she uses shape amongst the geometry. Also continue with Lewis Baltz Try and work out your relationship to colour and the type of light. How will you use light to work with graphic qualities.Look at Rodchenko and constructivism. Look at using flash on location for more contained areas. Think about shooting inside as well. Use test shoots and be willing to fail in order to extend your practice. Give yourself room to experiment and play. Then apply this to more organised shoots. Shoot geometric landscapes without people to understand what works for you. "

After my 1 to 1 with James today I feel a lot better about the direction in which to take my work, I am excited to push my ideas further, I like the look of the images I'm producing but they aren't standing out against a really tough industry, and I want to really push the limits of my ideas and experiment to find where I can take it looking forward.

How to write an introduction 

1- the Abstract, is written from the perspective of looking back. Written in past tense.
e.g. "In this investigation I did"

2- Your choice of report

3- Subject Matter and questions you're investigating.
"why is it important?"
"What gap is there?"

4- Research methods
(both primary and secondary)

5- what will be discussed in the chapters?
(Do this chronologically)

6- Analysis and Findings
e.g what is it you hope to find?

7- Conclusion

Library Introduction 

Statista- Can search for something and get lots of easy info on that subject. (e.g. Canon) can also get infographics

Bob TV- Can teach for the word photography and it will come up every time someone has mentioned it, make sure to check the box 'Include manuscripts'.

E-Journals- Art Full Text and Art Design and Architecture, click 'Full Text'


I found this session really helpful, at first I was really overwhelmed about the idea of writing such a long essay but I think having sessions like this throughout the term to help support our writing.

The new library website is a lot easier to navigate and to find more resources. The e-journals are really helpful to build up my bibliography with a wider range of sources, magazine articles for example, with an existing citation too.