Welcome to GCSE photography!
(1. Photo = Light)
{2. Graph = Draw}
Photography = The Art of Drawing with Light
This space has been designed as a independent teaching tool, a reference library and a gallery space for the students of Rushey Mead School. This is a place to share ideas, plans and projects to bring the community into our work here in Photography.
(1. Photo = Light)
{2. Graph = Draw}
Photography = The Art of Drawing with Light
This space has been designed as a independent teaching tool, a reference library and a gallery space for the students of Rushey Mead School. This is a place to share ideas, plans and projects to bring the community into our work here in Photography.
RMS Photography NEWS
Birmingham Art Scene Trip 03/06/15
Next Years GCSE students had a taste of a bigger picture in Birmingham today, as they visited one of the most thriving art scenes in the UK.
We started our mile and a half slog in the cultural hub Digbeth and the Custard Factory looking at the work of some of the best Graffiti artists in the UK. We then moved through the industrial Digbeth into the cutting edge Architecture of The Bull Ring. We then moved up the the Civic Hall and the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and then past the canals to the IKON gallery. The students were excellent! Well done year 9! |
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Watermead Trip 16/05/15
Braving the elements the Photography students took their first of many trips to the local area last week to start their project based on 'Patterns in Nature'. We focused on group discipline and listening to instructions and all the students were brilliant, walking quickly and taking care over their photographs. Mr Marwood, a veteran of many 'excursions' was impressed by their speed and focus while on the trip even when the skies open and dumped half of Severn trent on us. Well done year 10!
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Behind Photographs 22/02/15
Tim Mantoani has created a wonderful series of images capturing the Photographer alongside the iconic photograph. This book captures a little of the characters behind these world changing images, from the tanks of Tienanmen Square to Muhammed Ali crucified to the twin towers, these people have helped define the last century of photography. We hope to get a copy at some point. http://behindphotographs.com/ |
20/02/15
Reference Books Mr Durham has brought lots of reference books in for GCSE Photography. With about 16 different volumes ranging from pin-hole photography to HDR imagery. Mr Durham's reading list is getting longer and more prolific. Here are the following volumes that might excite/inspire your photography. 'Photocrafty' by Sue Venables - 75 project ideas for Photographers - This brilliant book pushes the potential of the camera as a recording tool. Great for those 'stuck' moments where inspiration escapes. Playful and Fun! 30-SECOND PHOTOGRAPHY by Brian Dilg - Want to know about all aspects of photography without trawling through websites of waffle. 30 Second Photography is a great way of familiarising yourself with the aspects and potential of the Digital Camera. A great present for the whole family! Practical HDR by David Nightingale - High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photography is the marrying of the photograph and the painting. This technique expands the range of light and colour that you can capture in a single image by combining several images to mimic what the eye can see, a full spectrum of light and colour with stunning results. STREET PHOTOGRAPHY NOW by Sophie Howarth and Stephen McLaren - Recording Human life in all it's beauty and madness is the obsession of these Street Photographer's. Lost objects, faces, portraits, architecture and birds are their obsession in this exciting introduction to the global Street Photography scene. ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY - PHAIDON edited by David Campany - This fascinating exploration of how Conceptual Art and Photography have become interwoven and inform eachother's practice gives us a plethora of Artists from John Baldassari to Gillian Wearing. Connecting the Visual Arts, conceptual writing and cutting edge artwork. COLLECT contemporary photography - Jocleyn Phillips edited by Malcolm Cossons - Who is changing the face of comtemporary photography? This book is packed with photographer's that are capturing moment's and selling them worldwide. With artist's from India, China, America and Britain. This is a who's who in modern photography collection. Creative Bird Photography - Bill Coster - Interested in capturing nature? Birds are a fascination to most people, their colour, movements and shapes are recognisable and alien to us mammals. This book takes you through all the basics of how to take photos of nature. Beware it does get very expensive though. CLASSICS: Very useful for annotation. Art in Modern Culture - Jonathan Harris and Francis Frascina These were my lecturers of my degree in the Visual Arts. 'Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction' really makes you think. John Berger - Ways of Seeing In 1972 John Berger created the ground breaking 'Ways of Seeing' series for the BBC. This accompanying book contains essays on all aspects of that series. The Youtube videos are below. John Berger - Understanding a Photograph What is the Photograph? What does it do to us the viewer, the subject and history. How has it changed? In this book John Berger looks at a series of photographs and analyses the response to it. On Photography - Susan Sontag Susan Sontag's groundbreaking exploration of the medium - a must read! Please remember that these are Mr D's books and need to be looked after otherwise he will get very grumpy. |