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On Monday we did another presentation on our work so far emulating our given photographer, in my case August Sander. This was what was said-

• narrow down idea- concentrate on the hand studies or the portraiture and develop further
• for the hand studies I needed to include more context in the images- in Sanders hand images he has the hand in the middle of the composition and the context surrounds, giving us an idea of their profession or hobby, for example in one I have looked at he has a whole pottery wheel surrounding a one mans' hand
• they also said to try and use colour images instead of the black and white for the hand studies
• they liked the image which include the teenagers pet at the bottom- added more context to the image
• I needed to have used a tripod and have my camera more central to the persons face because the images look as if I'm slightly below and Sander doesn't work like this
• they liked the idea of having a window in the composition to give an idea of time- again more context being expressed
• liked the slightly dropped out landscape- gives some context, similar to Sanders approach
• preferred the use of natural light- image with flash had a bit too much emphasis on the girls face, Sander uses natural light,  I will still have to add a light to the room if there isn't enough light however
• liked the idea of photographing teens in the bedrooms, because at the age their bedroom seems to be their "sanctuary".