On the 5th November, Photographer Paul Hill, came to visit us and talked to us about his practice. These are some of the key points he mentioned, and told us points to think about in our own work and practice. He became a freelance photographer after his career at The Guardian and The Observer and became director of the Creative Photography course at Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham in 1976.
http://www.hillonphotography.co.uk
- Using light as a subject
- Making ideas yourself
- Interested in portraiture
- Using vantage points
- Using the frame, in/out of the frame
- Using personal ideas
- Having a tight/tonal range
- Experimental landscape shots
- How to show time through a photograph
- Looking at marks in the land
- Shooting in different seasons, but in the same location
Things to consider with your own practice
- Take every opportunity you can
- You don't need to keep to the same style or theme
- You don't always need to stick to landscape/rectangular shaped images
- Use masks to create different effects
- Extend your options when choosing the size/display of images
- Consider the use of colour and construction of the image
- He has been mixing together old images, with his current images
- Reflecting how his life has changed in the years
- He mixes together both black and white, and colour images
- His colour images show his current situation after an event
- He uses repeating motifs in his work