By Sonia Woods
This blog will look at ways of exploring one’s surroundings, providing photographic images that capture the feel of soho. This process will encourage the personal development of photographic Techniques, allowing continued learning.
The development of photography
Around 1300 the spectacle lens was developed by Galileo Galilee Spyglass. The camera obscura was a box with biconvex lens in the front and side and semitransparent paper
In looking at the development of photography, we can see that the term photography derives from the Greeks
focusing on Documentary Photography or Street Photography.
The Task suggestion
Choose a street corner, with a location that has a great viability, from that vicinity, take a number of shots at at that spot moving on by only a few steps for the next shot.
Take a 15 minutes exercise to practicing taking various shots in a bid to improve your photography.
This is a slelf portraite image of myself. It was taking using
It is important to slow down and think before shooting.
- Equipment
- sound
- a camera
Observe
- Soak in your location
- look at the light and show it hits your surround
- look around you
- pay close attention to what your setting or stan
- look at the details that perhaps you
During the observation phase you may you may like to move around to find points of interests. and a
Plan
- Begin to think about yours setting, the elements In photographic subject and you will to since what will y shoot?
- what perspective will you shoot from
- how will you convey the emotion of of you what to shoot from
- what settings could you use to get different results?
- how will you convey the emotion of what your a
- picture the shots you’ll take in your mind eye.
- 5 minuts, planning 5 minutes observing your location and planning
create your portfolio
stand or sit at a spot sitable to you
for the next 5 minutes, just sty there. you; nto able to
In the Documentary Photography we were admonished to go out on the streets corner and just take pictures of random things.
Street Photography focuses on random subjects. It reflects on candid images and situations of people and objects within public places.
Street photography is a type of photography that features subjects in candid situations within public places. Street photographs are mirror images of society, displaying “manipulated” scenes, with usually unaware subjects.
1st CHOOSE A STREET CORNER. THIS SHOULD
PHOTOGRAPHIC TECH
The Task WAGON WHEEL
This is the picture of an old wagon wheel. the picture was taken recently within the compound of the Soho West Minister Kingsway College. The picture is an old waggon wheel of early century. The picture was taken while on an expedition of a Photographic expedition. the picture was taken as one of the excursus to help improve students photographic techniques.
The picture representation past civilizations. The picture represent, a mode of time, when transportation as well as other important factors, can be reduced to nothing.
Here we have the picture of an old Waggon Wheel which is located within the courtyards of the West minister KingsWay College.
The Quote “Everything in Life will fade away and only memories will last. So be happy, live your life in beauty and love so we can cherish these thoughts, for always.
Picture Book – Soho
Here is looking at the Soho West Minister Kings Way College history.
Soho historic find.
The Soho Old Boys Toilet.
according to research the building above. form part of the first school in Soho. The building is now an official Listed building.so therefore it cannot be demolished , as remove part of an important monument. marked as one of the prominent landmark of its time.
The building which now host the Soho West Minister College and the 01 Zero One Studio has been around for centuries. In 2003 the West Minister Kings way College Soho, celebrated 100 years of teaching at the premises.
We hold sentiments so dear. We have information of the early stages of Soho. We will incorporate some of these old finds, which link us with early Soho.
In this scene we see here is one of the 1st photography class session with our new photography teacher Miss
The class went out to walk around and to gain ideas; As I walked around, it though it would be great to get some photos or sentiments relating to the history of soho
Below are some of the photos i took which holds great sentiment of the Soho history.
At the back of the West Minister Kingsway College building I took a picture of an OLD
Waggon wheel which goes back to the 1800s or easy 1900s It holds great sentiments and a link to the history of Soho.
Below is a picture of the only detached house of the 19 centuries which was the house of the care take of the Church which existed at Peter street . This still exist in the yard of the Soho 01 Zero One Studio at PETER STREET.
In the early century, there was a church on this sites, is believed that the building was the quarters for the care taker of the church building. it was told that during the early century wars, the building housed the bodies of people killed during the war. After some time a school was opened up on the site, hence the the image of the boys 
ed on this site. which became a the building of the old Peter Street School balding is believed to be the only detach buildings, in the area, and it is recognized as a listed building by the West Minister heads of department. this renders it impossible to be demolished or destroyed.
This picture above, gives a . of a part of the old toilet, of the building which once housed a church, used these toilets, sometime later on, here on this site, this image is the remnant of the boys toilet which was in use at the time.
The building now houses the 01 Zero One TV studio in the area of the courtyard and the the basement compartment on the lower ground floor.
Below are some photographs which was captured in and around the area of Dean Str London
Below are some photographic view on my walk of the streets of soho
Tis is the building of the french housed on Street Soho
here is a photo of the St Anne’s church st Soho.
This is a photo of Old Campton Street
This is a view of the image of China Town Area of Soho
below is the photo of
Sis Ray
peter street Soho
These are pictures of the Golden Lion.
Photographs of the street of Soho Mar 3 2017
Evaluation
When evaluating my self-portaits I found the process interesting for me because it made me happy and and it brought anticipation of the prospect of what the photographs might be. It gave me a view of looking at myself wearing different costumes and dressing up a bit, which I don’t do very often. It made me feel great and reacquainted me with my youth when I used to sing a lot and dress up for performance. It gave me a sense of self-worth. I use to do a lot of singing and that felt an important part of me. It is why I came to England, to sing at a church concert in 1999. At that time I also travelled to America and lots of other Caribbean islands like the Cayman Islands and the BVI, Antigua, Montserrat. Taking these self-portraits allowed me to step back into time, remembering dressing and changing for different performances.
I was happy with the outcomes of the self-portrait studio shoot, although I know if I had worn make-up it probably would have looked more outstanding. But I do enjoy the feeling of natural beauty.
Taking street photographs came quite naturally to me. I’m just drawn to different ideas. For instance, I’ll walk past a shop and see an interesting display in the window and I suddenly get an impulse to capture the image. Or I might be walking in the street and see a pigeon hobbling along and then I’d follow it around and take pictures. Another interesting view I had while doing street photography was that of a man riding a skateboard in the middle of the street. On impulse I turned around and captured the image. I like this kind of photography because it’s all about capturing the moment and wanting to share that moment with the viewer, getting them to participate in that special moment.
Some of my street pictures were over-exposed due to bright contrasting light and I had to adjust them by adjusting the exposure compensation dial. I used manual focusing and eventually most of my pictures were well focused. I enjoyed taking reflections in windows as it gave more depth to the picture. Some of my compositions could have been improved by ensuring cars were not in the way. I liked taking pictures at an angle, however, even if they look a bit odd to some people.
Sonia R Woods 