Thames Valley Group meeting notes, 23rd February 2013

Dave Bartlett
TAoP lines, patterns, diagonals, etc at A3.  B&W
DPP ass 1 – trains at Didcot

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Eddy Lerpiniere
P&P portraits
white balance problems
type of paper – semi-gloss will give a better colour / dynamic range.
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John Umney
no people, documents.  “a journey”
Canson Infinity satin baryta – smell of the darkroom!
a lot of self doubt, nice, arty, vs contemporary realism.
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Siegfried Ip
photos to introduce herself, and what should she being doing next?
S is a rejected dancer, who takes photos.
photobooks are very good, one was rejected by her tutor.
also great still lifes.
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Keith’s photo shoot – take the film shot first.  Respect the camera.
Vicki Martine
TAoP form, texture assignment – pig’s head.
Loxley costs about 1.50 for an A4.
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Keith Geenough
Advanced.  Large A2 prints
Tryptich iron man;  30 shots merged, colour and mono.
Iron man family – “don’t smile”
Large head shots, intent to remove pretence, two exposures, one at start and then at end of 45 seconds. They sort of go mindless, lose focus.”cruel, brutally honest, too real”.   they think they’re holding still for a 45s exposure.
Portrait of a female rotarian
Landscape photographers in their landscapes.
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Sharon
Misrepresentations of children.  ie it’s not the end of the world, she just doesn’t want to get dressed.
Same colour palette desired.   Also little moments that represent the children but with n childrem eg blue ribbon.
Defiant vs vulnerable
Engagement with herself vs engagement with the photographer (her mother)
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Notes to self
– buy a 5×4 camera off eBay for tilt sharpness using the bellows on the front
– print photos on satin at A3
– buy a Sekonix meter
– brighten up the subject areas?

About watlvry

Flaneur for my own ailments; government and corporate hypocrisy; guitar stuff; the music business; home made videos featuring home made tunes played at home; a bit of golf; and of course photography. Specifically "art" photography (doesn't exist) and contemporary photography ( sadly does exist in all its grotesque reality).
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