Book Review: Behind the Image by Anna Fox and Natasha Caruana

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Basics-Creative-Photography-03-Research/dp/2940411662

This book started with finding out how photographers work and what informs them. It talked about this all being part of the research process, as well as finding out why they are passionate about what they do.

It then goes on to describe the research process in detail, with planning including thinking about the audience, funding proposals, where to look to do research and it had ideas such as using local libraries, galleries and podcasts as well as other internet research. It reminds us that we may take photos as part of the process, it is not always the finished product. It likens a photo story to an essay, which is quite interesting.

The final chapters mention evaluations and then talks about ethical issues such as the need for model releases. They also mention keeping a reflective journal to help with the process.

Nikon club Photo Search and Exhibition - Oct

I went to KK for the Photo Search run by Nikon. This was lots of fun - groups of 3 were given 35 cryptic clues to solve and each member had to take a photo of the answer. The weather sucked, it rained which was nice from a temperature point of view, but not good from a having to put your camera away all the time point of view! We had 3 hours.....it was pretty exhausting! We decided to do the clues backwards to keep away from the crowds. We arrived back at base pretty exhausted but were given lunch which was a nice touch. We then downloaded all the images....and waited a few days for the results.

The opening of the Nikon Sabah exhibition was later that day, which was great to see. Club members around Sabah had images depicting various places and the wildlife that lives there. It was a rare opportunity to actually look at images in this way, normally I only have the internet to look at! I also got to talk to a few of the photographers with work on display.