#PICBOD

Picbod - [pic-bod] is a free and open undergraduate photography class run by Jonathan Worth and Matt Johnston from the photography team at Coventry University in the UK
This is a JISC funded project which seeks to give access to networks and communities of subject specialists, professional practitioners and wider learning communities.

Material from this class is open for use and re-use under a CC BY SA licence.

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#picbod 2012 draws to a close…

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A bit like an avalanche coming to rest. The silence is deafening.

But there’s more, after the tumultuous final weeks of picbod2012 we’re delighted to announce we’ll be pulling all of the content (including your stuff, our stuff, the contributors’ stuff) into one beautiful narrative for your download delectation.

We’ll be in touch in the near future with this, in the meantime it only remains to say a massive thank you for making the class such a success for all the contributors and instructors and making the live experience so rich for our students.

If you’d like an official #picbod badge to boast of your tribal belonging then email us your address and we’ll post one out.

Until #phonar2012.

jw . . . → Read More: #picbod 2012 draws to a close…

The #picbod Exhibition Launches… TONIGHT!

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Image JASKIRT DHALIWAL

Tonight sees the launch of the #picbod exhibition at Artspace, Coventry.
The exhibition is a culmination of the work produced by level 2 students in response to the open class #picbod (picturing the body)

If you would like to come to the event, it’s opening time are:

Thursday 15th March 7.00pm onwards (opening night)
Friday 16th March 1.00pm – 5.00pm / 8.00pm – 11.00pm
Saturday 17th March 12.00pm – 5.00pm

Details on the location can be found on the event . . . → Read More: The #picbod Exhibition Launches… TONIGHT!

Peter Dench to Join #Picbod Students in Exhibition

A big #picbod thanks to contributor Peter Dench who has kindly agreed to donate the print below to the exhibition launching Thursday 15th March in Coventry. For those who are not able to see the print in Coventry, in person, you should check out Pete’s book ‘England Uncensored’ which features this image and is available to buy over here.

. . . → Read More: Peter Dench to Join #Picbod Students in Exhibition

The #picbod 2012 final exhibition

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Picbod 2012 is coming to a finish.  Like an avalanche.

TASK : Design a flyer for the show – use any of the material we’ve produced throughout the class and email it to

j.worth (at) coventry.ac.uk  to be shown here (images linked to the maker) – show kicks off next Thursday so best . . . → Read More: The #picbod 2012 final exhibition

#picbod App update – Download it Now!

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Thanks to all of you who gave feedback on the #picbod App beta, from this feedback we have developed version 1.1 which adds the ability to upload images into flickr (either from your phone camera or gallery) as well as being able to share to Facebook and via Email. Plus – you can now search all of the #picbod posts easily to find exactly what you need.

You can download the #App for iPhone/iPod and iPad by clicking the link below

The New #picbod App!

Even with this update we are keen to hear as much feedback from you, good or bad to help us improve your experience, please send any feedback our way by . . . → Read More: #picbod App update – Download it Now!

Download the new picbod app for free today

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We’re very excited to announce the new picbod app is available to download from the App store from today.

This updated and improved version contains everything you need to follow the class but in an app – how cool is that? Big thanks go to Jonathan Shaw and Matt Johnston for seeing this through in their mid-wife and wet nurse capacities. Play nicely with it now and if bothers any of your other apps please send it home with a note and we’ll give it a jolly good talking to.

. . . → Read More: Download the new picbod app for free today

#picbod in Portuguese

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A big #picbod thanks to Esteban Pinilla for his audio, and text translation of the #picbod assignment, workshop task, technical workshop, and preparatory reading. You can find audioboo’s and text translations to these items below.

You can also check out Esteban’s work over here and here. He can also be found on Twitter here (Portuguese tweets) and here (English tweets)

If we have any other students who might be able to help us out with translations, please get in touch.

Audioboos:

Text:
Workshop técnico: trabalhar intimamente com luz natural.

Nós vimos como trabalhar o enquadramento sem o sujeito nele, de uma maneira que pudéssemos pré-visualizar a fotografia, tendo muita atenção nas dinâmicas do ambiente. Levamos em consideração como a imagem e a percepção da imagem muda de acordo em como nos movemos em relação ao sujeito.

Uma vez enquadrado, movemos o sujeito para dentro do enquadramento e trabalhando com um tripé, começamos a fotografar permitindo que houvesse um grande espaço ao redor dele (e também um espaço físico entre o fotógrafo e o sujeito). A partir do momento que entendemos as dinâmicas da luz e foi estabelecido um ponto de partida para o nosso enquadramento, nos concentramos em explorar a noção de um encontro íntimo.

Trabalhando em pares (para apreciar . . . → Read More: #picbod in Portuguese

An Olympic #picbod

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Hello and welcome to picbod 2012 (the Olympic picbod). We have an exciting ten weeks of photographic activities ahead of us designed  to inspire, challenge and stimulate in equal measure with highlight contributions from Steve Pyke and Grant Scott of HungryEye Magazine amongst others.

For our undergraduate attendees here at Coventry University this class falls in term two of their second year and is the first time that they’re classroom experience is opened out to the online community, this in itself will be challenging to some and so we trust our community will continue to be an awesomely supportive one for all.

Many who’ve signed up remotely are already practising photographers, some are hobbyists, others just dropping by out of curiosity, whichever you are we hope you’ll feel confident engaging in the broader picbod community and if there’s some way we can make that easier or the experience better then please let us know.

Okay, lets go to work.

Jonathan . . . → Read More: An Olympic #picbod

#phonar App launches: Let us know what you think ready for #picbod 2012

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Picbod returns Jan 2012!

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The #picbod – Picturing the Body class has ended for the year, but will be back January 2012. This website will be kept live for archival purposes, and we will continue to post here, albeit not as regularly as when class is in session!

Picbod starts in January 2012 and is free and open to all. If you would like to take part in this class please fill out the form below so we can keep you up to date!

And if you would like to get involved in another open class at Coventry University then check out #phonar – Photography and Narrative which will start up in . . . → Read More: Picbod returns Jan 2012!