YCA…Fall Term: Saturday Class… Week 1
YCA welcomed a new group of students to the course and the Bermuda National Gallery on Saturday. Over the next 8 weeks the students will learn the basics of photography and well as have the opportunity to use experimental approaches to the medium. The course will give the students a base and a tool for...
YCA Saturday Class: Week 7…
‘This week we approached the daunting task of getting some pictures together for BNG’s ‘Student Art Competition’ which is fast approaching! To tackle the theme of ‘Global Issues’ we looked at our immediate environment with the broad brief of the elements in mind ‘water, air, earth and fire’. The results were surprisingly diverse as we did our best to...
YCA Saturday: Week 6…
So week 6 began with a Recap after our break for half term. We looked back on and tested ourselves on the effects of shutter speed and aperture. We did this with portraiture in mind and in particular the work of Phillipe Halsman who used a combination of movement and portraiture to capture dynamic images.
YCA Saturday Class…Week 4
Week 4 saw a continuation of our stop motion workshop from week 3. We traded in candy for trying to make a story, in this case a story to advertise a camera. The approaches that the students took were all very diverse, click on the links below and check out the results! BOYS_PM GIRLS_PM BOYS_AM...
YCA: Saturday Class…Week 3
So Week 3 saw an introduction into stop motion. We had a look at the principles of the subject and what can be achieved, inspired by fellow artists using the medium. We came up with some creative solutions as the students were presented with candy as there prop! Click on the link below to see our results!!!...
YCA Saturday Class: Week 2…
So week 2 started with the Upcoming Tech Art Photo Competition in mind. One interesting way of approaching the brief was to look at movement. A fitting reference to look at was the futurist movement. A group of artists who were excited by the concept of movement and machinery, one artist at the forefront was Umberto Boccioni. I...
YCA Saturday Classes: WEEK 1…
Continuing in the footsteps of the midweek classes, the Saturday groups kicked off with 16 new students as well as several YCA alumni assisting the new students. Our first task was to take on the daunting task of photographing each-other. With the inspiration of american photographer Sally Mann and a small aperture/macro photography workshop, the students excelled with...
YCA: Week 4…Day 1
So after the break for the holidays we reconvened the course with a new group eager to take up the YCA challenge. We started our week like always with the exploration of shutter speed and aperture. Our initial look into shutter speed a pattern of really strong water based images came to the forefront… THe afternoon brought...
YCA: Week 3…Day 1
So a brand new week, and a new group to take on the YCA challenge. We started day one like we always do, learning the basics of the camera with some pretty cool projects! We started by exploring the uses of shutter speed and its uses for movement in nature… Once we had sufficiently challenged...
