Wadandi Moorditj Yorga Saltwater Strong Women My aim in this project is to present women in surfing. Surfing is a male dominant sport,...

This project was pretty special, initially when I had the idea I was doubting myself a little bit, and eventually even when I tried to...

‘There are two fundamentals in all picture taking – where to stand and when to release the shutter ... so photography is very simple.’...

For a short introduction to how context operates in relation to photographs, read Terry Barrett’s essay ‘Photographs and Context’:...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

Light is measured by the camera’s light meter – but how does the camera translate this measurement into a usable exposure? In auto and...

‘The decisive moment is not a dramatic climax but a visual one: the result is not a story but a picture.’ (Swarkowski, 2007, p.5) ‘You...

Watch the Henri Cartier-Bresson documentary ‘ L’amour de court’ (‘ Just plain love ’, 2001) available on Vimeo:...

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

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

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

‘I’m inclined to think that there is no such thing as a photojournalistic image, only a photojournalistic use of an image.’ (David...

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...

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...

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