Which areas of Creative Practices particularly interest you (these may include areas outside of your immediate subject specialism)?

I found many topics we have covered previously concern me especially the one discussion we had on if you saw a child staving would you take a photograph ( if you were a photographer ) or would you actually help the child through this time, but there are so many points of view on whether you are changing life and not letting nature have its causes.
My other topic was air brushing, as there are is so much airbrushing in the fashion industry, it has got to the point where these adverts are giving the younger generation un-realistic expectations of themselves and sometimes effecting more of the middle age women and men.
I am currently researching different areas of the air brushing industry seeing what information I can find.

Which aspects of the readings and lectures from the module have you agreed with? 


I agree with the ban of the pornographic images of a certain photographers children, they may have been regarded as acceptable in the past but are no longer. I feel that images like that shouldn't be exposed to the public.
I agree with the magazine Time being taken to court for their edited front cover of OJ Simpson, as I found it pointless of how they went to the effort of editing his image to make him seem more "Criminal" it wouldnt have upped their sales so what would be the point.

Interesting articles related to Times - Oj Simpson

Before and After

The 29-year-old singer made the extraordinary move in order to highlight the pressure exerted on women to look perfect.

I have been looking at interesting articles relating to my chosen topic

Air Brushing in the Fashion Industry 


Guardian Article on Government clamping down on Airbrushing 

I wanted to look at Air brushing in the fashion industry from different angles and see all points of view, I found this article paticulary interesting as it was speaking of the health warnings that these edited images our inflicting on the younger generation.

During today's Lecture

We were asked to go find some information on our chose topic, I wasn't sure of what I wanted to do so I just scouted through some Fashion & Photography magazines until I found something appropriate, although I found many suggestions I didn't find any that I really wanted to do. I have strong views on Photoshop being used in fashion photography as I have already dabbled with this subject during this course I though it would make the perfect candidate as I still wanted to learn more about this case.
I will be researching why photographers do it, and many other questions which will be following this post over the course of time. 

Vivienne Westwood's logo

Logo Article

I have always adored Vivienne's logo from her man to red label, I find it fits her style very well, and also is linked to the queen which compliments her punk look. Her design is timeless and is one you never forget and will always link back to Vivienne, after reading the article they thought of changing her logo to her handwriting a few years ago. I find that most designers have their signature as their logo, which I find is common. I really enjoy the pen style by Tracey Emin of her design and think this could be just as popular.

2012 Olympics Logo

After reading articles and reviews about the logo, I have came to a conclusion. I think that some of the reviews were abit overrated, it may not be the best design but it still does deserve to much critique. In my opinion I think it could have been developed further, it looks like stage 1 out of about 4, this logo needed to be developed and changed. I find it very basic, but I do enjoy the mexico logo, but it does give me a headache after looking at it after awhile, I found that it was fresh and timeless. Although I am happy that the British logo comes in many colours to add that variation.

Radio 4 - Midweek programme discussing 'The Lost Photographs of Captain Scott'

The beginning of the recording talks about old pieces of furniture that had been placed in their homes as they were growing up and how one of the interviewees used to play hide and seek in one before it got send to a museum and was deemed a priceless artifact. The conversation moves on to the photographs they had found that no-one had ever seen before on how they stumbled upon these, The photos show through scotts eyes, what he saw during his expedition. They talk about the hash weather he endured and how sometimes it was not possible to take photos in that type of weather, especially if you breathed on the camera because you would steam it up, then it would freeze, leaving you with and afternoon without a camera. Scott kept a diary of all things he came across, the diary narrates the photos, they follow hand in hand.

Radio 1 Programme

Im going back to all my sessions and completing all tasks given

The first is an image that we find represents our individuality.

I find this Image reflects me in different ways, I am a huge fan of Alice in Wonderland and this image is based on the book and the outfits are correspondent to different scenes in it.

I love the Photography being used and the different scenes that were used during the whole photoshoot, and admire all the angels the photographer has used.

I am also studying fashion which also benefits from this images because of their outfits and Karl Largerfield.

I wish I had discovered this shoot sooner as I could of used it in my previous project.

Although this video isn't related to fashion ( I couldn't find any suitable ) I did find it really inspiring and I think others will find it really interesting to watch, it shows how things quickly change and can go unnoticed.

Viktor - Rolf

I have only discovered these designers recently after lending a book out of the Library, and I find them truly amazing from their different types of garments and range of colours. I really enjoy how weird looking their clothes are, they relate to Alexander McQueen, probably why I like them so much because they are so overdressed.