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Last weeks assignment was alternatives. We were not told how many pictures to present. Some people had 20 + others like me had 2. These were to be laid out in front of you so that we could parade around the tables looking at every ones work, all that is except Rebecca. Rebecca is the devil incarnate and as such has no need to print her picutres out like the rest of us. Oh noes
Rebecca places hers on a memory stick.
We did not explain the rational behind our pictures.
Well, today the teacher and I use that term very loosely, wanted us to work in pairs and with someone that we had not worked with before. I had no problem with this and asked the chap sitting next to me if he was OK working with me. He agreed.
We were then told that this was to be a 2 week project on 'reflections'. She then told us that as a pair we should do a mind map and held up an A4 sheet of paper with her mind map on it so that we could see what a 'mind map' looked like.
Hers may as well have been blank.
We then had ten minutes or so to make said mind map. At the end of this time I had written down nothing but had learnt about kidney cancer, a fatty lump, the local hospital after care, breathing difficulties, (he was lucky it was not due to my hands being around his throat) and the number 76 bus.
Just in case we didn't know what reflections were or meant we were shown some photographs. A sort of power-point presentation of 6 Google pages. The names of a few well known photographers were thrown in for good measure.
It was at this point that Rebecca said she wanted to show us her pictures. She inserted her memory card and we then sat through 28 pictures of an engagement ring. She explained each one to us in the manner of a very irritating weather girl. Using the standard BBC hand movements and with a lot of hair flinging back and ruffling thrown in.
Next it was onto a DVD The Genius of Photography. Slight problem insofar as the sound would not work. The computer was switched on and off a few times to no avail and teacher went off to find a technical man. Technical man had gone for the day. Technical lady turned up 5 minutes later wiggled a wire and lo we had sound. Don't get me wrong the DVD is very good I watched the programme when it was on the TV it's just that when I used to give presentations etc it was a given that any equipment to be used would be checked out before the start.
Ans so there ended the second lesson.
I will persevere there will be something that will come out of this if only an exhibition of our work put on for free in a vacant shop window. However I cannot promise that Rebecca or the teacher will be alive and well by the end of the course.
