Upon reflection of my finished blog that I have worked through, I have come to the point where I feel I can evaluate my blog effectively. I studied the theme of nature opposed to city life and the contrast that them two subject matters create. I chose this subject matter because I was sure it would be unique and its something that relates to the theme of identity and it interests me. This subject matter ahs many interesting aspects, such as the different emotions and personalities that nature can be perceived as through the use of photography, an also the different narratives and meanings that they can convey. The main rule of photography that applies to this theme is narrative as it helps convey the meaning.
I have recorded my experiences through screen shots of different steps, but mainly planning before hand. I have also recorded my experiences through evaluations in depth analysis's explaining my thoughts throughout the project and my intentions. I focused on the double exposure aspect of my project as it was the back bone behind the narrative aspect, which meant I had to take twice as many photographs; but this specific aspect especially came up when editing. I generally focused on composition in terms of photographic elements.
I have represented the scene I have photographed accurately but in the idea that I'm going to change the background and transform the scene anyway. I wanted to accurately portray the scene as it will directly contrast with other scenes through double exposure. I changed what you see to create the visual contrast and to create my narrative. Even though my new images are abstract they convey realistic themes and narratives.
The main photographers I was inspired by were; Martin Parr, Duncan Philpott, Irving Penn and Sufiskoo. Martin Parr was linked to the social reportage genre, he focused on photography the gritty realistic aspects of photography and showing a clear message; this inspired me to create my own narrative through combining his realistic aspects and double exposure. Duncan Philpott inspired the nature aspects of my project, as well as the making contrast a vital element in my project. Irving Penn inspired my heavy use of a model throughout the project. Sufiskoo focuses on double exposure and create visual contrast, this inspired my use of double exposure in my project. I studied them because they interested me and directly linked to my project through their unique style and elements. Comparing my work to all these photographer I was inspired by, I would say I have been heavily inspired by all of them and all my photographs include some aspect of each of the photographers.
Throughout the project I tried to use a variety of photographic techniques including; composition, focal point, rule of thirds, texture, narrative, light. I have found out by using these techniques that it makes photography much more visually interesting and gives the photographs more meaning and narrative. The experimentation behind these all were successful and effective in giving me an idea which to include in my final set of photographs. I feel as though having specific elements to focus on has assisted my development as a photographer through giving me small goals to reach the final larger goal, its helped me focus and get better at photography. I have combined two aspects in my photography, being photography and double exposure. The combination was very successful at creating my narrative and creating meaning and purpose, I found that double exposure can link themes and create contrast successfully as well as being visually interesting. I didn't include many digital techniques while considering them, them being; cropping and scaling, layers, green screen and text and image.
I have tried to include many technical aspects in my photography throughout the project. I thought very carefully about aperture, shutter speed, ISO etc. before hand when planning and when taking the photographs. Focus was a very prominent aspect, throughout the photoshoots I had to contemplate what would be in focus and out of focus, to give a focus and make certain aspects more prominent. Rules of photography were a large aspect of my photography and allowed me to create the narrative and visual meaning and purpose I wanted to create. Depth of field links to the focus I previously mentioned, being the struggle I had deciding what aspects needed to be prominent in the photograph.
My final photograph fits the brief being that I had to present a personal response of identity and link it to the Millennium Gallery in the process, being that nature is a large aspect of the gallery and identity and conveying the voice and personality of nature links to identity. My final photography clearly shows meaning, in certain shots the nature is denoted as small and not relevant connoting that nature is overlooking and needs a voice and an identity to represent it. In other shots the nature is seen as beautiful and large conveying the power and relevance of the nature. I was only trying to highlight a specific concept being the narrative and meaning conveyed by my project; I feel as though I have highlighted such aspects successfully and they are the most prominent parts of the project. My intentions when taking the photographs were raising awareness of nature giving nature identity and a personality, I also wanted to highlight the contrast between city life and natural habitats.
I have learnt a lot about photographic techniques throughout the project, it has helped me develop my photography skills and develop as a photographer. I specifically focused on nature and portrait photography as well as double exposure and social reportage. I feel as though I developed these topics successfully and created an original response. My future directions are to develop further as a photographer and further my ambition and interest in this field.
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