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Amber Houbara

Dec 23 min read

P | P5 | EX3: Looking at photography

‘When somebody sees something and experiences it - that’s when art happens’ (Hans-Peter Feldman) If photography is an event then looking...

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Amber Houbara

Dec 25 min read

P | P5 | EX2: Homage

Select an image by any photographer of your choice and take a photograph in response to it. You can respond in any way you like to the...

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Amber Houbara

Nov 182 min read

P | P4 | Ex4: Personal Voice

Make a Google Images search for ‘landscape’, ‘portrait’, or any ordinary subject such as ‘apple’ or ‘sunset’. Add a screengrab of a...

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Amber Houbara

Nov 182 min read

P | P4 | Ex3: Egg or stone

Use a combination of quality, contrast, direction and colour to light an object in order to reveal its form. For this exercise, we...

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Amber Houbara

Nov 182 min read

P | P4 | EX2: Artificial Light

Capture ‘the beauty of artificial light’ in a short sequence of shots (‘beauty’ is, of course, a subjective term). The correct white...

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Amber Houbara

Nov 124 min read

P | P4 | EX1: Daylight

Taking the photography of Mann, Atget or Schmidt or a photographer of your own choosing as your starting point, shoot a number of...

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Amber Houbara

Oct 252 min read

PH | P3 | EX3: What matters is to look

'If you are not willing to see more than is visible, you won't see anything’ Ruth Bernhard (1902-2006) Alberto Giacometti had already...

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Amber Houbara

Oct 244 min read

P | P3 | EX2: Trace

Start by doing your own research into some of the artists discussed above. Then, using slow shutter speeds, the multiple exposure...

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Amber Houbara

Oct 244 min read

P | P3 | EX1 Freeze

Start by doing some of your own research into the photographers discussed above. Then, using fast shutter speeds, try to isolate a frozen...

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Amber Houbara

Jun 293 min read

P | P2 | EX4: Exercise 2.4: Woodpecker

Find a subject in front of a background with depth. Take a very close viewpoint and zoom in; you’ll need to be aware of the minimum...

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Amber Houbara

Jun 292 min read

P | P2 | EX3: Focus

Find a location with good light for a portrait shot. Place your subject some distance in front of a simple background and select a wide...

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Amber Houbara

Jun 142 min read

P | P2 | EX2: Viewpoint

Does zooming in from a fixed viewpoint change the appearance of things? If you enlarge and compare individual elements within the first...

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Amber Houbara

Jun 143 min read

P | P2 | EX1 : Zoom

Find a scene that has depth. From a fixed position, take a sequence of five or six shots at different focal lengths without changing your...

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Amber Houbara

Jun 73 min read

P | P1 | EX4 : Frame

The final exercise of this project makes use of the viewfinder grid display of a digital camera. This function projects a grid onto the...

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Amber Houbara

May 106 min read

P| INTRODUCTION - 'Square Mile'

Brief Make a series of six to twelve photographs in response to the concept of ‘The Square Mile’. Use this as an opportunity to take a...

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Amber Houbara

Jul 13, 20224 min read

CBD | P5 | Ex 5: Reflective practice

Begin by reflecting upon the sorts of projects, exercises and assignments you have enjoyed most: ● Do you enjoy the creative freedom of...

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Amber Houbara

Jul 13, 20224 min read

CBD | P5 | Ex 4: Printing

In this exercise you can use any images created elsewhere in the course, to print onto the paper samples you collected earlier Active...

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Amber Houbara

Jul 13, 20225 min read

CBD | P5 | EX3: On Press

Adrian Pipes’ On Press chapter, from his 2009 Production for Graphic Designers manual, provides a thorough overview of the print process,...

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Amber Houbara

Jul 13, 20227 min read

CBD | P5 | Ex 2: Planning your workflow

However you plan to work in the production of your book, spend some time now planning your workflow, using the notes above as a guide....

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Amber Houbara

Jul 9, 20223 min read

CBD | P5 | Ex 1: What is your role?

Working with the outlined publishing models, identify the various roles you (and potentially others) will be undertaking for assignment...

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