Saturday 7 March 2009
Website Temporary Location
I have posted links to my blog and website on flickr now so they are not just visible to people on the my MA course. I must point out to visitors from flickr that my web location http://www.britishcouncilworkshops.org/josephbolt/ is only temporary until I have finished designing it. It will soon be relocated to a new address so watch this space for details.
Migrant Workers Brief
Assignment: You are required to produce a feature story for World Picture Network on the theme of Migrant Workers. For this assignment there are no specific instructions on meta data. The images (we expect between 4 & 6) should be related to a positive news story about the benefits of migrant workers and you should consider protecting the images against being used for a negative story on the same subject.
This project was really tough, probaly the toughest days shooting on the course so far. The biggest thing that made this project a real challenge was the "positive" twist. It is very easy to shoot a negative story on migrant workers but there are so many negative stories and the theme of migrant workers in China has been covered so much. It is important to have positive stories out there so that both sides are covered, however, on the day of shooting it was raining and snowing! It is so hard to shoot any story in a positive way outdoors in rain and snow, but it really tests your photography skills (and the waterproofing on your camera). I have posted the 6 submitted images on my website http://www.britishcouncilworkshops.org/josephbolt/images.html but I have also posted other images on flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/joseph_bolt/sets/72157614915340024/ I must point out that the images on flickr don't all fit the brief and I am aware of the possible nagative use of some of the individual images, however I feel it it a strong set and on whole it has a postitve feel. I have also decided to post them in grayscale as I feel it hides some of the dirt and gloom that could be seen as being nagative.
This project was really tough, probaly the toughest days shooting on the course so far. The biggest thing that made this project a real challenge was the "positive" twist. It is very easy to shoot a negative story on migrant workers but there are so many negative stories and the theme of migrant workers in China has been covered so much. It is important to have positive stories out there so that both sides are covered, however, on the day of shooting it was raining and snowing! It is so hard to shoot any story in a positive way outdoors in rain and snow, but it really tests your photography skills (and the waterproofing on your camera). I have posted the 6 submitted images on my website http://www.britishcouncilworkshops.org/josephbolt/images.html but I have also posted other images on flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/joseph_bolt/sets/72157614915340024/ I must point out that the images on flickr don't all fit the brief and I am aware of the possible nagative use of some of the individual images, however I feel it it a strong set and on whole it has a postitve feel. I have also decided to post them in grayscale as I feel it hides some of the dirt and gloom that could be seen as being nagative.
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