A sunny February day at Sennen Cove

Clouds of waves, Sennen Cove, Cornwall, February 2014

Foam forms on the Sennen shore, Sennen Cove, Cornwall, February 2014

The waves roll in at Sennen Cove, Cornwall, February 2014

Waves crash over the Sea wall, Sennen Cove, Cornwall, February 2014

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The Lizard

With the weather in Cornwall still lovely and stormy I ventured down to The Lizard  (the most southern point in the UK).

An old shack like building resides just off the cliff edge, The Lizard, Cornwall, February 2014

The old boat house, The Lizard, Cornwall, February 2014

The old boat house, The Lizard, Cornwall, February 2014

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The old abandoned boat house, The Lizard, Cornwall, February 2014

Crashing Waves, The Lizard, Cornwall, February 2014

The waves crash on the rocks, The Lizard, Cornwall, February 2014

The landscape appears uneasy against the decaying structure of the boat house, The Lizard, Cornwall, February 2014

Old rusty boat chain frames the edge of the shore, The Lizard, Cornwall, February 2014

Old rusty chain,The Lizard, Cornwall, February 2014

The waves crash against the boat house, The Lizard, Cornwall, February 2014

The most southerly gift shop, The Lizard, Cornwall, February 2014

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A couple embraces as they look into the serenity of the Cornish seascape, The Lizard, Cornwall, February 2014

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Relationships Brief: The Packet Station

The Relationship

Your task is to make three more compelling images of three groups of different people showing the relationship and social dynamics between each other. The groups can include anything from two or more people within the context of a family, a community or a religious cult – again, the choice is yours and you are most welcome to produce the most varied and dynamic pictures as you possibly can

Constraints:

You can present a mixture of ambient and flash lit subjects, but you should include one example of flash. Again, choose subject matter that is easy to organise, and locations that are possible to visit within the timescale of the project. You will have to visit your subject more than once in order to get the range of images that will allow you to select a final image and resolve any technical issues that will inevitably crop up.

Materials and Presentation:

This project should be shot on 35mm format and using digital technologies. Produce both digital contact sheets and work prints using DIGITAL darkroom techniques and the images should in the first instance be printed full frame. These images should be ‘edited’ in the digital darkroom using similar techniques to traditional.

NO over saturation and sharpening!                 All prints MUST be captioned.

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My first set of  pictures was taken in The Packet Station in Falmouth, a typical gathering centre or watering hole for all sorts of different types and ages of people. For this aspect of my research on relationship I wanted my presence to be unobserved hence creating a naturalistic representation of a relationships opposed to one that is forced/posed for the camera, however due to this I was quite limited to the angle and subject of my photos focussing on this elderly couple of friends and a grandmother and her grandchild. 

Anon, Packet Station, Falmouth, February 2014

Anon , The Packet Station, Falmouth, February 2014

Anon, The Packet Station, Falmouth,  February 2014

Anon, The Packet Station, Falmouth, February 2014

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Storm Chasing at Porthleven

The weather over the last couple of days has been very dramatic, with todays waves being the biggest in the world, anyhow I ventured down to Porthleven to capture a few waves.(unfortunately my lens got splashed a little)

Coastguards stand watch, Porthleven, Cornwall, February 2014
(Remember to stay safe don't head into the waves, a picture is never worth yours or anyone who comes to your rescues life)

Porthleven Waves, Porthleven, Cornwall, February 2014 

The Waves crash on the Rocks, Porthleven, Cornwall, February 2014

Porthleven pier, Porthleven, Cornwall, February 2014


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Exploring Golitha Falls

On sunday my flatmates and I ventured to Golitha Falls, an outstandingly beautiful (if not well the path we took hard to navigate) woodland area, situated in East Cornwall near Liskeard. The nature reserve see's the River Fowey drop 90 metres in altitude through a set of dynamic cascades.

The Bridge that leads to the falls, Golitha Falls,  Cornwall, February, 2014

Onlooking Cow, Golitha Falls, February 2014

Golitha Falls, Cornwall, February 2014

The Beginning of the decent, Golitha Falls, Cornwall, February 2014

The Cascades, Golitha Falls, Cornwall, February, 2014

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Jane Hilton and the Sunny Harbour

Today we had the pleasure of guest lecturer Jane Hilton (best known for Dead Eagle Trail and Precious /www.janehilton.com ) inducting us on Medium format film cameras, as well as explaining through demostration how to take beautiful ambient lit location based portraits. Hilton is a very motivational speaker and it was wonderful getting to know a little about how she puts her collections together including how she finds that its very easy for a photographer to become attached to a subject or image even if it lets down the rest of the collection. Hilton also talked about how when your starting out your project there is no need to know exactly what you're trying to say as this will come together as you gather research both visually and verbally.

Sitting at the dock of the bay watching the grey skies roll in, Falmouth Harbour, February 2014

Falmouth Harbour in the pre storm sun, Falmouth, February 2014

Falmouth Harbour, Shipwrights and Chainlocker, Falmouth, February, 2014

Jane Hilton measuring the light, Chainlocker, Falmouth, February, 2014

The Master at work, Jane Hilton medium format workshop, Chainlocker, Falmouth, February, 2014 

Polaroid of Jane Hilton's final composition of Chainlocker Assistant Manager John, Chainlocker, Falmouth, February 2014

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Redruth Mines Editorial

Model Freya Montague, Cormac site office,  Dundnance road, Redruth, January 2014

Model Freya Montague, Dundnance road, Redruth, January 2014

Model Freya Montague, Dundnance road, Redruth, January 2014

Model Freya Montague, Dundnance road, Redruth, January 2014

Model Freya Montague, Dundnance road, Redruth, January 2014

Model Freya Montague, Dundnance road, Redruth, January 2014

Model Freya Montague, Abandoned Caravan, Dundnance road, Redruth, January 2014

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