Got Any Questions?
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No you can start anytime at all! The March date is just in order to have some sort of starting point, but anyone can sign up and join in at anytime.
DO YOU HAVE TO USE A PHONE TO TAKE PICTURES?
No you can use any camera you feel comfortable with!
I am prioritising phone photography as its very important to me that this project is accessible to anyone and everyone. Not just people who are confident with a camera, or may already be creatives in their everyday work lives. Phone photography has become my speciality in the last ten years and all my images are solely taken and edited on a phone..
Some great reason you may undestandilby not want to come a post on Pictr:
DO YOU HAVE TO POST YOUR PICTURES on INSTAGRAM?
No you definitely do not have to post your pictures.
I appreciate that not everyone enjoys posting, funny enough that includes me often! That option is just for people who do enjoy it. Posting your images on Pictr on Sunday is just an opportunity for those who would like feedback or just are proud of what they did that week. Just like in a real classroom some people may never want to share and others might slowly share as they gain confidence. It's all good i defiantly don't want this to be a chore or "homewortk".
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The project is free and you won't suddenly bump into a pay wall. What I'm getting out of it is the impetus and momentum to wrote my book. Am also hoping to get any feedback from anyone or ideas that may help with that swell as hopefully some comradeship and friends to to share the journey with.
There is a pay option that is a one off £30 and that is for anyone who wants to read the chapel of the book each week as I write it. It will also as an added bonus have a tutorial video each week. There will be an editing one and one that deals with either btechnical theory or composition. Picture organising and editing photos.
In time I will include the closure i’ve developed with my own technique for organising photos.
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No you can use any camera you feel comfortable with! I am focusing on the phone as I believe the entry into great photography and storytelling should be open to all. I think using the phone can liberate your creativity.
But, if you have an SLR or DSLR and what to us either that’s great too. You will still learn slots about technical aspect and photography theory.
My hope is that whatever camera you use you will get a lot out of the project. That you will learn and grow whatever skill level and experience at the start and whatever camera you use.
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No you definitely do not have to post your pictures.
I appreciate that not everyone enjoys posting, funny enough that includes me often! That option is just for people who do enjoy it. Posting your images on Glass on Sunday is just an opportunity for those who would like feedback or just are proud of what they did that week.
Just like in a real classroom some people may never want to share and others might slowly share as they gain confidence. It's all good i defiantly don't want this to be a chore or "homework".
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No you take as many picture you like a week. In fact the best way to improve is to take lots and lots of pictures. The four thing just comes into play when your deciding which four to keep as your finals at the end of the week. There will be a weekly challenge andtheme for those who want the guidance. The idea is more to try and incorporate all the four types of images from the recipe as you go about your week.
So whilst you may take fifty pictures that week, at the end of the week, as you go through them, you pick your four finals as your little story. These four would include one landscape, one portrait, one detail and one action.
Then at the end of the month we put these 16 images into a month grid. That then builds as the year progresses into the story off our whole year
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I’d love to help if you are stuck on anything. Even if you just want some feedback on your images that week. It seems like for now the easiest way is if you come to Glass on Sunday and go to the @unfoldingyear profile.
Here you can post a comment with your question. You could also post a link to your images, or if you have a Glass profile, I can see them there.
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The sign up is just so I can send you the next issue each week. If you’d rather not get emails you can still come here to the site each week to see the next issue. Each week the next issue will be posted on the website on Sunday.
If you want to be a member, you do sign up for that. Use the memeber tab at the top of the site.