5 Thinking Hats

Information:

·         Landscape project

·         Different more abstract approach

·         Technology – people blurring images

·         Motion blur, abtract paint like process

o   Nick Knight Flora

o   Doug Chinnery

·         Horsell Common & Chobham Common

·         Use blur to create more abstract painterly projects

Emotional:

·         Photos amazing

·         Conceptual part might need some thought

·         Beautiful – remind me of Hockneys iPad drawings

·         Very nice – better than Chris’s so far

·         Potential

·         Look at history of paintings

·         Interesting – ambiguous

·         Looks fresh

·         Like the pictures

Creative Ideas:

·         Could have the photos painted

·         Have them huge

·         Shoot a blurred timelapse

·         Research what is out there

·         Put your own stamp on it

·         Experiment with abstractions – other mediums

·         Explore now as an interesting time to be making pictures

·         Use the medium format digital

·         Try a 5x4 version

Critical Thinking:

·         Be aware of the “amateur” experimentation with photography

·         The technical ease could make it more familiar

·         Experiment with location, different spaces

·         How you mount & present them is very important

·         Use the camera in different ways

·         Try zooming in and out

·         Make it not just a technical exercise

Overview:

·         Do a lot of research

·         Try different techniques

·         “in camera movement”

·         For next time – show a few different ways of displaying work