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Stories from the City Reflection

This week we continued our work from last week on ‘Stories of the City’. As I already had my interview material and photos, I learnt how to optimise my photographs this week. During the workshop we played around with photoshop and grasped how to light and colour correct images. I found this really interesting andContinue reading “Stories from the City Reflection”

Stories from the City

Aldyth talks of her time in Leeds

Stories from the City- Part One

This week we began properly using digital cameras to take pictures for a story. I was excited about this as I didn’t know much about digital cameras and was only used to using my phone camera to take photos to accompany my articles. The task we were set out to do was to find somebodyContinue reading “Stories from the City- Part One”

Aperture Reflection

This week we learnt about Aperture. I found this really interesting as I have never heard of the term before and I love how much it can effect a photo and how much you can do with it. It is an essential photography skill that helps to determine how dark or bright an image isContinue reading “Aperture Reflection”

Aperture

In the photo above, I set the camera to F4.0. This resulted in the object closest to the camera being in sharp focus and the two objects which are further back being slightly blurry. The reason for this is because the camera was letting in more light due to the low F point setting so itallowedContinue reading “Aperture”

Editorial Portraiture

Editorial Portraiture is the art of photographing individuals to illustrate stories. This genre of photography has been described as it being more important to get your subject in the right frame of mind to shoot the picture rather than framing the shot. It is about telling the story of the individual through the photo. OneContinue reading “Editorial Portraiture”

Project Ideas

Three ideas for project: Music and Mental Health The Misconception of Skateboarding The Challenges of Competitive Swimming I have come up with three ideas for my project. I am most drawn to my second idea, The Misconception of Skateboarding, as it is something that I have been wanting to explore for a while and becomeContinue reading “Project Ideas”

Old and new snapped side by side

Why the UK are scrapping paper money and bringing in plastic banknotes By Ellie Bagshaw On the 20 February 2020 , the Royal Bank of England will release the new plastic twenty pound banknotes into circulation in the UK. This is following the success of the 5 pound and 10 pound notes which were changedContinue reading “Old and new snapped side by side”