tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8717303909830745979.post2526881783765438595..comments2023-09-16T10:09:12.297+02:00Comments on Photography 1: Digital Photographic Practice: Assignment 2: Tutor ResponseShaun Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10675667011829011320noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8717303909830745979.post-9940246774728906052011-02-27T12:46:14.918+01:002011-02-27T12:46:14.918+01:00Hi Eileen
thanks once again for taking the time t...Hi Eileen<br /><br />thanks once again for taking the time to read my blog and for your supportive comments. I am frustrated with the input, although I am able to rationalise it and move on. What I am trying to do with DPP is to explore ideas that might become central to my progression through to the Landscape course. I am exploring the landscape of the city and the ghost of a tree idea is intended to move forward with me. The destruction of country to create city could be a good theme and one that can be developed by a city dweller.<br /><br />My tutor for PAP was excellent and his comments really helped to drive my understanding and progression. For TAOP I had someone who appeared not too interested, one image she was critical of, was one of two that the examiner thought showed my promise as a photographer. As then, I will not change these images, as I am willing to take a chance that the assessor will have a broader view than my current tutor. At the end of teh day a tutor can only critiwue based upon the goals of the course and DPP is really very technical, so perhaps he was right in a sense, even if I feel that as an art student, the art component should always be addressed.Shaun Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10675667011829011320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8717303909830745979.post-13004171742555035022011-02-25T23:16:19.359+01:002011-02-25T23:16:19.359+01:00Have you thought of speaking to your tutor about t...Have you thought of speaking to your tutor about this Shaun? In a post on WeareOCA Gareth recently said that learning to work with our tutors is one of the key skills that we develop as we progress through the courses. I don't see why you shouldn't ask, politely and constructively, for clarification on the points which don't add up for you. I am lucky in having a tutor who gives very detailed and precise feedback, with every comment referenced to aspects of the pictures, but once or twice I have had to ask for some further explanation and that hasn't been a problem.<br /><br />As far as it goes I don't understand your tutor's comments. He seems to have found uninteresting the pictures which I think were the most interesting and multi-layered in the set. I'm not suggesting that my feedback is more worthwhile than the tutor's but just that his meaning is not immediately clear to me either. And as you've said, the feedback wasn't specific enough for you to know what to do next. <br /><br />I think your idea of ghost trees is very interesting and I hope you do make a series out of it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16204385349190602874noreply@blogger.com