Today's blog post is all about looking back...I was having a big clear out and came across last years project books and decided that I would share parts of them with you.
You have been following my journey now since last November and I thought it would be nice for you to see some of my work before my blogging days.
'Image within an Image' was a project I worked on for an exam last year showing the various ways in which it could be interpreted and how different photographers use different techniques to do so. I gathered up my inspiration from three photographers, researching and picking out aspects I would use alongside my own ideas to create my work reflecting the given theme.
I was inspired by a photographer called Lee Friedlander for the two images you can see below. He photographed primarily with 35mm film, his work focusing on urban 'social landscape' with many of his photographs including reflections in shop windows, structures framed by fences and car windows which fitted in perfectly with my topic.
The element I decided to take from Friedlander's work was the 'Natural Framing' technique. I liked the simplicity of his images and how the main subject of his image was always central in the natural frame.
The first image was taken on a local beach, it is most famous for its light house so I decided to give it a visit as I believed it would be an ideal subject to shoot. I wanted to capture the lighthouse in a different manner so I decided to take along an old picture frame and take the photograph through it, fitting in well with my projects theme and following Lee Friedlanders technique. Yes... yes I did get a few funny looks and stares as I got blown across the beach with this giant picture frame in my hand BUT it was definitely worth it as I was pretty chuffed with my outcome! This is just one of them from the series.
You have been following my journey now since last November and I thought it would be nice for you to see some of my work before my blogging days.
'Image within an Image' was a project I worked on for an exam last year showing the various ways in which it could be interpreted and how different photographers use different techniques to do so. I gathered up my inspiration from three photographers, researching and picking out aspects I would use alongside my own ideas to create my work reflecting the given theme.
I was inspired by a photographer called Lee Friedlander for the two images you can see below. He photographed primarily with 35mm film, his work focusing on urban 'social landscape' with many of his photographs including reflections in shop windows, structures framed by fences and car windows which fitted in perfectly with my topic.
The element I decided to take from Friedlander's work was the 'Natural Framing' technique. I liked the simplicity of his images and how the main subject of his image was always central in the natural frame.
The first image was taken on a local beach, it is most famous for its light house so I decided to give it a visit as I believed it would be an ideal subject to shoot. I wanted to capture the lighthouse in a different manner so I decided to take along an old picture frame and take the photograph through it, fitting in well with my projects theme and following Lee Friedlanders technique. Yes... yes I did get a few funny looks and stares as I got blown across the beach with this giant picture frame in my hand BUT it was definitely worth it as I was pretty chuffed with my outcome! This is just one of them from the series.
This is the same beach and subject as the photograph above but I approached the subject differently. Like Lee Friedlander I used Natural Framing and after looking at his work he made me realise that I should think about my subject in a more interesting way so I decided to look at the lighthouse at a different angle, crouching down and looking through a washed up concrete block using it as a natural frame. I believe the way I have taken this image draws you into the subject as if you are looking through a lens.