Overall the assessment was fine. My work was judged to be technically competent, my selection and design of the assignment effective and my communication strong. The area which I did less well was in terms of creativity. My worked was judged as 'safe', by and large, rather than innovative.
The latter is a fair criticism. I have tended to steer away from including highly innovative and unusual images in my assignments to date. This is perhaps due to my lack of creative vision, but it is also in part due to fear of failure. Going forward I need to be more adventurous and to quote my tutor 'playful'. I will then find out if my traditional approach is due to a shortfall in my inherent creativity rather than my reserve and caution. My tutor also suggested that I review the work of Terri Weifenbach and other contemporary landscape photographers. This I shall do.
In a number of the shots my tutor suggested that I might have improved an image had I got in closer and made more creative use of limited depth of field. Here is an example of one of these photos.
Pollard Three, Burnham Beeches Buckinghamshire
Looking at it now I can see that the knarled tree trunk is begging for a close up photograph, perhaps from a side angle to show its bulbous nature to full effect. With the right light conditions such an image would have been very strong.
On a positive note my tutor liked two of my images in particular. Curiously these were the two which before submitting the assignment I was most concerned about. Not because I disliked the images. In fact they are my favourites too. But because I was concerned that they might be too abstract.
Silver Birches, Upper Pond, Burnham Beeches Buckinghamshire UK
Reflection, Middle Pond, Burnham Beeches Buckinghamshire UK
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