In this weeks exercise we explore the notion of self portraits and intentionally make photographs that are clearly mirrors about ourselves.

A six week project to explore your photography in themes and variations. We have three beautiful books to give away as encouragement awards. The sixteen photographs are due on the 1st February 2022 when Len’s Class recommences for the year.

This weeks exercise comes from the inspiring work of our fellow creative members of Len’s Club.

How many variations can you make of a single image? Lets stretch our processing to see what is possible.

This week we are going to find inspiration in the words of another photographer. Ansel Adams is considered one of the grandfathers of modern photography by many. What do his words teach you?

This weeks exercise challenges the class to process someone else’s photographs to see what variations we can come up with. Ten images are all uploaded in DNG format ready for you to process them.

In this weeks exercise we are interested in your local adjustments. Do you do many local adjustments? Do you make an editing plan? Lets see the before and afters.

This weeks exercise asks you to experiment with all of your lenses and see how close you can get to your subject. Compare and contrast them to see which one you like the best. Now play..

Edward Weston inspires many with his simplicity. Following from Len’s presentation about his work, this week we will explore his inspiration.

Questions in photographs are an interesting idea. Do you ask questions with your photographs, perhaps you are seeking answers in them. Lets explore this concept.

Len is taking a break during the school holidays from Len’s Club. This exercise spans a number of weeks. Your interpretation of it is very personal, as it is left very loose. Sixteen photographs resolved as a series with the subject related to ‘floral’.

In this weeks exercise we experiment with adding extended text to a photograph in the form of a caption.

In this weeks exercise are playing with bringing unrelated objects together to see if we can create some cognitive dissonance to celebrate Surrealism.

Dada was fascinating art movement that sprung up around world war one. It celebrated randomness in art creation. Arguing that chance can play an active roll in art creation. In this weeks exercise Len challenges us to explore chance and randomness in your art creation.

Contrast comes in so many different ways. Tone, colour, texture, line, shape etc. After watching the presentation spend some time exploring contrast.

Len spends a lot of time day dreaming. Imaging. Wandering his mind. This weeks exercise asks us to explore our dreamscapes.

In this weeks exercise we continue to practice contemplative photography. We do a few exercises without the camera to warm up then dive into photographing space.

This week Len asks us to try and practice some contemplative photography. Based on experiencing colour without the usual cognitive chatter nor the emotional triggers.