Week 3 Tutorial Reflection
Today I presented first project brief to a group of my peers. As it was only our third class together and I had not yet seen any creations made by Jenny, Alaine or Aidan I was apprehensive to show mine in case I had not captured and adhered to the project. This was just another instance of my brain over thinking tings as I had a great time seeing many creative and innovative depictions of a self-portrait. The infinite ways that this project could be done really hit me. Alaine’s photo of a fake bird engaged by a shadow revealed her ability to capture the trapped feeling everyone feels at one point in their life. The text portion of Jenny’s portrait showed off her quirky and creative ability to pull things from her past and everyday life to re-contextualize and show off the many facets of her personality today. By reading the text and then telling us it was said by her high school maths methods teacher made me do a double take and realise the other meanings underneath the surface of the evaluation of her person. It seems that Aidan has a creative and deep knowledge of cinematography which he showcased in the photograph of a camera lens seen upside down, allowing the image at its centre to me right side up. It is a beautiful shot the highlights hos perception of his current life, its poignancy matched only by the fantastic way he captured the image.
Aidan, Jenny and Alaine and I gave feedback on each others work by reflecting on the portraits utilsing the DeBono thinking hats. Most our feedback was under the yellow hat as we were all impressed with the work so we had to make sure we gave critical feedback as well to help improve. The DeBono hats ensured we considered each work from viewpoints other than a positive “well done” view which allowed for helpful feedback to craft better portraits in the future.
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