This week I was lucky enough to of been gifted a digital camera by a man a friend of mine once shared a house with. He was looking for people who people felt deserved it, and would make good use of it, my friend kindly thought of me and contacted him straight away. Things like […]
This week I had the privilege to develop my technical skills by doing a shoot for The Whole Co., a yoga and fitness company based in Worthing. I was able to embed my style into the images for after seeing some of my other work loved the way I approached photography. This was a huge […]
Now I have decided on my portfolio idea, I have planned for the last couple of weeks of the semester to be focused on taking the images for my final portfolio. As well as developing my photography skills further for not only the portfolio, but future work outside of this module. To reflect on my […]
During the half term I traveled to Grenoble for a skiing holiday. This will appear out of place on my blog I am aware, but it links to the development of my portfolio of sense of place as to me it represents growth and change. As soon as you learn to accept change, life becomes […]
This week I chose to revisit the idea of female friendship I was told to explore further in week 1’s lecture. After thinking for a while in how I could explore this theme deeper after experimenting with it in week 2, I came to the conclusion that by photographing my best friend in a place […]
If I am to be honest, photography to me has always been a hobby, I have never had the thought to study it. Which is why by week 5, I was beginning to feel frustrated with the work I was producing, mainly that I was not achieving the style I am able to achieve on […]
Again, very similar to last week, I spent the week researching further into the style and meaning I want to create in my final portfolio. By searching on magnum photos and practicing with lighting during the lecture session shown below, I was able to get a clearer understanding of where I want my project to […]
This week I sent researching the theory within photography, for example Plato’s Cave. This gave me a clearer understanding of the purpose of photography and what my images outcome should aim to do. I spent most of this week developing my skills rather than my portfolio, which will eventually contribute to my portfolio as I […]
This week, I started off by developing my ideas further using feedback given to me in week one with reference to the photograph’s I had taken. Some of these included: Female friendship Fran Woodman Sally Mann Identity Family Old photos Two homes Work (1911 cinema) DON McCULLIN – RESEARCH- Viewed the Don McCullin: Looking […]
My initial ideas when given the brief sense of place, was to focus on people, those that make up my environment and everyday life. I also thought about what makes me happy, with the mindset that, to me, sense of place isn’t necessarily a physical place but what makes me feel safe and loved. This […]
