Hello Belinda, shame we couldn't do this in person during the week so i could communicate with you in a better way than this, but will try do my best not to confuse you.
The following 12 images are what i have selected from my previous posts on this blog. You will find a bit of text underneath each image explaining a few things.
I welcome your feedback regarding these images and will take into consideration any further suggestions you might have for me so that i can wrap up this assignment.
At this stage it looks like i may have a chance to return to Royal Canberra this Friday, if all goes well, otherwise it will be later next week, because i would like to get all of my remaining assignments and revision for these two test out of the way before i focus my energy back on this. Hope you understand where i'm coming from regarding this :]
When I do re-visit Royal Canberra i would like to try re-shoot a few shots that i thought were important to the story, but i didn't quite manage to achieve the best angle, lighting or sense of what the worker was doing from my previous visits.
I also feel my story requires more than 6 photographs - I feel 8 or 9 will do it justice.
Anyway, i look forward to reading/hearing your thoughts on all this.
(Hope all is okay)
D.
After reviewing my photographs in class last Monday and getting some positive feedback from both Belinda and my fellow classmates, it was suggested that i now cut down what i had selected (and posted to my blog) to a more refined selection of images that have enough strength to support the story.
I think the brief asks for a minimum of 6 and maximum of 10 photographs - i have got it down to 23 with the possibility of another visit.
Why visit them again and take more photographs? Well it was also suggested to me that if i am aiming for an even higher mark for this assignment, a few more close up shots of the workers might be ideal. Guess it's worth another trip, the boys are all familiar with me and it is a nice place to spend a day anyway, so perhaps i will arrange something later this week or next. See how i go..
Anyway, here is a proof-sheet of the 23 photographs i have selected from the 699 shots taken so far. Crickey! I will print these out so i can use the same approach to editing by way of arranging the thumbnails manually rather than keep it all restricted to a computer screen. Should help i reckon :]
D.
A much more comfortable temperature awaited me on the golf course this morning and there wasn't any frost on my windscreen to clear off either.
Arrived just after 6:30am today, because i tried going a new way, but took two wrong turns - oops! So once i arrived at Royal Canberra the boys had all gone their separate ways and were already making a start on their designated tasks.
So i kindo f had to play catch-up, but it ended up working out well for me. It was nice to chat with a few of the blokes i met last Friday and meet a couple of new members of the team as well.
Here is a collection of photographs from today.
D.
Okay, so after Belinda taking some time to review the collection of images (thanks again) from my first time shooting at Royal Canberra it was suggested i should try get in close on my next visit to gain a stronger interaction / connection with the subjects themselves with the addition of their environment in the background - thanks to a wide angle lens.
So, I am booked in tomorrow again at 6am with the boys and have only my 10-22mm and 50mm lenses packed this time, not the 70-200mm lens i borrowed last time. This should be fun, because i enjoy the challenge of limiting myself to only one lens as it makes me re-think my approach, my angles and my composition and teaches me to think differently about what i am trying to achieve as a whole. Lets hope it all comes together for me tomorrow ay.
In relation to this, i feel that because i managed to build a fairly solid first impression with the boys last week and gave them time to talk about themselves etc they should hopefully now feel comfortable with me getting up in their face a bit more tomorrow with my wide.
Weather forecast is for a 5º morning tomorrow, a much more inviting temperature than last Friday's -3º that i managed to push through. Considering all of the above, i do hope it is a productive morning that puts me in a good mood for tomorrow night's wet-darkroom class.
D.
4/5/2012
Today was the day...
After a patient wait to commence my documentary assignment (Life of a greenskeeper) the time had come for me to make a start.
The time was 6am and i was at the gate ready for someone to let me in. The temperature was -3º and i had more layers of clothes on than ever before but was still ready to start shooting.
By 6:30am, all the boys had arrived and were ready to be given their chores for the day. Once Michael their manager had given out the orders the place was like a disturbed ant nest. The boys were here there and everywhere, the rattle and puff of two-stroke engines filled the silence that was a freezing April morning in Canberra, but the energy given off by the workers got me going and i began to forget about the temperature somewhat.
The next challenge was to set myself up on one of the spare electric golf buggies (poor-mans Toyota Prius) and try keep up with them as they each ventured off to commence work.
Once the sun began to rose the day became absolutely beautiful, all that you could ask for. Still had to keep my gloves on though so my hands would continue to have some feeling :)
The boys were great to work with. We shared a few yarns, bad jokes, thoughts about society and the 10/10 days mother nature was putting on for us. Not to mention the odd hot-air balloon in the distance.
I had an absolutely brilliant day, was quite worn out by 3pm, but felt happy with the bonds i had built with the blokes i was photographing and the images i had come away with ready for revision in class on Manday. I really hope i receive good feedback on the shots i took.
They are a little out-of-order as to how i took them, but here is a sample of what i achieved on Friday whilst at The Royal Canberra Golf Club.
D.
