A Gallery of Great Photos from King Arthur's
A photographic gallery of student work is being inaugurated in King Arthur's school hall, complementing the already extensive Art Gallery of student work currently displayed in many of the communal areas of the school.
As part of the Art & Design curriculum, our students have been encouraged to take photographs both as a means to record events and as a medium of artistic expression. The students have responded with vigour and there are now many digital titles stored, containing such work.
The world's population of the 21st century has witnessed a vast increase in exposure to the various forms of digital media. Technology to record is now quite affordable and digital communication near instant, therefore it would seem appropriate that this expressive recording tool should have a prominent role in the contemporary curriculum.
Initially, 11 professionally mounted photographs, each 500x700mm in size will be permanently displayed in the school hall. There are plans to exhibit further photographs, some as large as 1350x2000mm in other areas of the school.
Each student whose work is exhibited was encouraged to provide a written description giving contextual information as would be found in a photographic journal or gallery.
"Early in the Morning" by Lucie Graham (Year 9)
The photo I took was at Stourhead at around 11 in the morning at the beginning of January.
I took it because the scenery and the stillness was beautiful. I particularly loved the way the sun was coming through the tree and making the snow glisten.
The camera I used was a simple 12.3 megapixel digital camera. It took me a few attempts to get the image perfect.
"Holy Men" by Lydia Ferrari, Year 11
I took this photo on my first day in Nepal. These two men are known as Holy Men and only live on donations given by the public.
"Prayer Flags" by Lydia Ferrari, Year 11
This photo is of the prayer flags at the monkey temple (Swayambhunath). Once a year they put up the flags to remember their loved ones who have passed.
"Reflection" by Lauren Feast, Year 10
This was taken at around 8.30am on a Sunday morning in January at Stourhead. I noticed how still and untouched the water looked, giving almost perfect reflections of the trees. This photo in particular captured the colours and tones that you really only see that early in the morning.
"Autumn Breeze" by Lauren Feast, Year 10
I took this at about 10am on a very cold Sunday morning in October at Moors Valley Country Park. I took it at the edge of a frozen lake and needed to crouch down really low to be able to get the reeds with only the bright blue sky as a background. I like the simplicity of it.
"From a Tiny Acorn" by Harry Russell, Year 7
During a walk on Dartmoor, I was looking for things to photograph. I saw the tree and liked the pattern of the roots amongst the stone. It was snowy and there wasn't enough sun. I took a distant shot but found a close up gave more impact.
"Tree Amongst the Mist" by Julia Blackmore, Year 8
I took this photo on a cold frosty morning during the weekend in December. I took it when I went for a walk up the road from where I live. The tree stood so boldly in the mist and I thought it was very atmospheric and took just on the ordinary auto setting on my digital camera.
"In the Autumn Leaves" by Julia Blackmore, Year 8
This picture was taken in October/November time when my Dad, sister and I went for a walk in the woods by King Alfred's. We took our camera because my sister wanted to take photos for her GCSE's and I had Art homework to do. The camera setting I used was close up on my digital camera. I liked the way the light reflected off the fungi. I tried many different angles until I found the one I was happy with.
"Lights" by Julia Blackmore, Year 8
I took this photo when I was sat in the car in Morrison's car park. I was bored and saw my Dad's camera and started playing around on it, changing the settings and so on. I came across the slow shutter speed setting and started taking photos of the car's headlamps. I then found out that if I jigged the camera up and down the street lights and petrol station lights went really crazy and funky.
"Oak" by Jeannie Evans, Year 11
The idea that led me to taking a photo of tree bark was that I wanted to do a study of the photo I had taken, and work from it. It wasn't that easy, it took three attempts to get the lighting and angle right, I did try taking it in black and white but it didn't look and work as well as it did in colour, so I left it in colour. I like the lighting of the photo and the way the oak wood has several layers - that's why took that precise part. I used a Nixon Coolpix s3000 to take the photo with and feel the lighting in the room was just right to work with.
"Winter Window" by Callum Cook, Year 7
I was on the way to my Grandparents and visualised a wonderful sight, I quickly whipped out my iPod Touch and snapped up a shot of it.
"Surreal Setting" by Katie Lockey, Year 11
The surreal setting involves my sister clawing at the rock face in one of those nightmarish scene when you can't seem to escape some form of gravitational force or predator, in this case the Tiger! The vulture watches on, awaiting the final outcome of the encounter. The animals I actually photographed in the zoo and most of the background scenery was my own photography. Shadows around the hands and base under the animals was necessary to complete the illusion of being a part of this setting.
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