So I was pleased to see a while ago that OCA
South West had commenced, using a Flickr account to set up a forum, the group
has met once before, in Laycock.
I made contact a few weeks ago when came across
the group somewhat by accident, and found that another meeting is being
established. After some negotiation, the venue was decided as Bristol Docks, a
mere 20 minute drive for me, so it seemed an ideal opportunity to meet some
fellow students.
About eight of us (I say about as was not quite
sure of status of a couple of the group) met at 11am at M Shed on 14 October.
There were two doing art, the rest of us
photographers, all bar one doing Level One courses. We chatted for an
hour,; I gained some invaluable feedback on the experiences of other students,
for example on their thoughts on tutors, assignments, timetables. It helped to
realise that some of my own thoughts on the OCA experience (partially set out
in the Conclusion to TAOP) were shared by others. I am very glad previous tutor
put me off doing Digital Photographic Practice; the two who are doing the course
presently were critical of the material, in particular that it has failed to
keep up to date with the fast moving changes in software.
At 12, we set off on our own to take images of
the docks area and to share these on Flickr. I took the opportunity to complete
images for Assignment 3, and took some other images as set out below.
We met again for lunch and further discussion. A
very useful few hours for me, so pleased
to be able to engage with other students
at a similar stage face to face for the first time.
These are some of the images I took, a couple of which will be used in next Chapter's exercises:
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