PicLits Gallery

PicLits was really very easy to use with students last week. They had great fun exploring and combining the words and photos. We used a class login and there were no issues at all. I just made sure I changed the password after the session.

Here are some of the results.

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Dave Severn came to my ICT group in person today and caught me in one of my better moods. He gave me some encouraging opinions about my Liverpool photos from yesterday and went on to guide and inspire the group to create photos. We are also leading some staff training sessions together. And he is meant to be my student …

He also made my car look pretty cool as well.

Liverpool – City of Culture 2008

Rarely do I get four hours to just fritter away but I needed to renew my passport in Liverpool today and was given ample time to kill around the city. I took my camera and strolled around from coffee shop to museum to coffee shop to riverside, snapping away in the gorgeous sunlight.

I tried a few ‘concept’ shots in response to some of Dave Severn’s latest works with the ‘Vicious Circles’ project over at CreateWhat?! in mind. I even remembered some of Dave’s tricks that he taught me – bracketing and the rule of thirds. Not that you can notice the application of those skills but I am now at least thinking about them!

Down at the Mersey I was approached by a policeman who had spied me on CCTV and wanted to know why I was taking photos of rubble near government buildings. I couldn’t really offer a sensible reason or at least I didn’t want to try and unravel the mysteries of concept photography to the officer. After reviewing a number of my shots, he advised that I should find somewhere else to be ‘arty-farty.’ I agreed and scurried off to drink yet another coffee.

Good job I wasn’t in Greece – I might never have made it back

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