INFORMATION

Shoot(ing) Portraits
04/09/2010

ON THE DAY

EVENT DETAILS
Date: Saturday 4 September 2010
 Time: 10:30am - 5:30pm
Venue: THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY,
St Martin's Place, London, WC2H 0HE
> Directions to the Gallery
Tel: 0845 260 2460 (Shoot Experience)

THEME: Portraiture

WINNERS
Congratulations to all our winners! Team names are glorified below:

Best Overall Photo: Lovers Tiff
Funniest Photo: Death Scab For Shootie
Best Team Photo: The Ace Faces

Clue A: Chops
Clue B: Toby's team
Clue C: Google
Clue D: Scamcon
Clue E: Mother Lovers
Clue F: MDT Photo Club
Clue G: Snap out of it

All teams completed the following challenges:

FIXED CHALLENGES
A. Choose a portrait from the selection of postcards available and re-create it any way you like.

B. Shoot a 3-D portrait - find a way of showing all sides of your subject (think about reflections, blurred movement, aerial view).

C. Take a faceless portrait

D. Take inspiration from Camille Silvy’s unconventional take on the traditional still life (in current exhibition, titled ‘Still Life’) and create a still life with the personal objects you brought with you today.

E. Study the snippet from a famous portrait overleaf - venture to the top to Admire the whole of this portrait, before creatively capturing an even higher likeness outside the gallery.

OPEN CHALLENGES
F. An eye for an eye
G. Face the music




















BEFORE THE DAY

Shoot Experience and the National Portrait Gallery produced a unique interactive experience - a photographic adventure in portraiture.

Participants enjoyed a day of photographic fun, using the National Portrait Gallery and its Collections as the starting point to create unique portrait inspired photographs.
The day engaged not only with the Collection and portraiture as a whole but with the bustling West End as teams took their cameras out of the gallery and into the heart of London.

Prizes and glory to be won - can you face the challenge?

  • Expect a day of the most imaginable fun unleashing your creativity and discovering corners of London.
  • PLUS see your photos projected in the National Portrait Gallery during the event.
  • In addition your photos will be projected in the National Portrait Gallery during one of their Lates events - details to be confirmed.

"We had the best day and loved seeing the slide show of everyone photos, both on the day and now online!" Alison, London.

Participants got up to all sorts to portray portraits in unusual ways. The phrase 'say cheese' was taken literally, the lines became 'blurred' at times and heads rolled.

GALLERY EXHIBITION
A selection of photos from the event will be projected at the National Portrait Gallery's Late event on September 10 - this is your chance to have your work displayed at one of London's most prestigious galleries!

LATE SHIFT EXTRA: What is a portrait?
Friday 10 September
18.00 - 22.00
MORE INFO

All the images from the day are of course featured in our online photo gallery.

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