Sue Jones
OCA tutors and assessors Wendy McMurdo and Keith Roberts look at the work of OCA BA (Hons) Photography student Sue Jones. Sue submitted drawings and mind maps to support her Major Project course. Initially developed as research tools she has worked them up to highly visually engaging pieces – they almost become works themselves. It is important to remember to embed research firmly into your work.
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Wonderful work Sue and a great complement to your project work, thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much for the kind comments.
I have found making mind maps invaluable to be able to cope with the masses of information I need to digest, whilst having a medical condition (ME/CFS) that makes retaining and organising information very difficult. I was initially unsure whether to include the mind maps in my submission, but thought they might prove equally useful to others in figuring out what I had been doing, and what had attracted my interest the most.
Sue
Lovely work Sue. I too find using mindmaps invaluable as I also manage medical conditions (one similar to yourself FM). Mindmaps keep me focused and organised enabling me to manage the overwhelming amount of information each course brings.
I love those mind maps – so visually engaging.BEAUTIFUL
What an amazing work Sue, congratulations. You’re right. To deal with such amount of information and ideas your method allows to have everything in order. Thank you for sharing it, I think it’s very very helpful and it shows a right approach for research.
Thanks Blas. It really helped me not get overwhelmed, as it can be hard to keep the right focus sometimes.
Very inspiring Sue!
Wow, that’s an impressive piece of work! Lots to learn from there.
Fascinating. Thanks for sharing this – it is a great example of how to distil information and research into something manageable. Please can i just ask what the numbers mean in the ‘subjects’ section – eg Full body 78; Mask 9; Still life 404?
Hi Helen,
That mindmap summarised a database of 1000 images that I built of pictures that I found appealing, and then broke down into subject, composition, style… the numbers refer to how many images fell into each category. It was a very useful exercise as when stuck for inspiration with a scene in front of me, I could quickly look up how other photographers had handled a similar subject in a way I found appealing.
Wow – did you use any particular software for the database or was it hard copy?
I used keywording through Adobe Bridge – which is how I organise my own photos too.
Wow!
That’s stunning work Sue!
I threw out my huge mindmaps from the foundation course… won’t make that mistake again! I normally mindmap with Simple-Mind software but there’s a lot to be said for a couple of huge pieces of paper and a pack of Sharpies.
Thanks Kate. It is horrible when you throw out mind maps… even though for my more worked-up ones I might do two or three drafts, I always end up keeping the first ones as though they end up cramped into one corner, they have the most resonance to the original material.
I have tried mindmap software, but have learnt that the physical movement in my hands helps me learn. How I wish I had a printable whiteboard which could be the best of both worlds!
Wow! So much detail – that is definitely something to aspire towards. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Lynda. It’s nice that my childlike doodling has finally led to something artistic 🙂