Saturday, 31 March 2012

FDPH103 Assignment Cover Story

For this assignment we were each given a penguin mini classic and we were required to produce an author portrait photograph on film either 6x4 or 6x6 (Hasselblad format), relatively the same age as our author on our penguin books and a digital outcome for the front of the book that relates to the story, as well as experimenting with layout of the original text. 
This is my digital experimentation outcomes:

My final possible book cover images:

























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Tuesday, 27 March 2012

FDPH102 Assignment Formal Intervention

This was my final outcome for FDPH102 Formal Intervention. For this assignment it involved selecting a subject matter, such as shadow or a physical object to intervene into our photographs. We had the option of either shooting with a Hasselblad or a Mamiya 645 camera. I chose this clock, so I could experiment with different rural landscapes/areas to place it in, this was to represent how time is running out for us to attempt to sort out the knowing destruction mankind is obliviously doing to our planet. Critically evaluating my final outcome, I think the intervention works well particularly because the eye is firstly drawn into the clock, and then it is taken up through the image by the composition of lines, because of the angle and position of the clock. However I do think the representation of the clock needs to appear bigger in the frame to add more emphasis on the message and meaning behind this image.


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FDPH101 Assignment First Light

This is was my final outcome of the first assignment FDPH101 First Light. This assignment involved selecting a still life object to be the subject of our photographs. We were given the option of choosing to either shoot using a Hasselblad or a Mamiya 645 camera, I chose the Hasselblad as I preferred the square format. We started this brief of by experimenting with different lighting set ups to get a clear understanding of what the light will do or represent. The 35mm film Pentax camera originally belonged to my Grandad this is a huge reason why I chose this to be my still life object, for its sentimental value and personal importance to me. Critically evaluating my final outcome I would say it's not that successful, mainly due to struggling to focus the Hasselblad so close to the subject and the exposure which is causing blown out highlights and blocked in shadows. I do however thing the composition of the camera in the frame works well, allowing us to see the strap, distracting us slightly from the out of focus camera.


Sunday, 25 March 2012

Why Photography?


My decision to study Photography developed from a lifelong fascination with both capturing the hidden expression and meanings in surroundings and people within photographs, and my ambition to become a successful and respected photographer. I feel photography is essential, not only due to its influence on the art world, but because it allows anyone, regardless of how skilled they are, to express their creativeness. I love the way a photograph always captures  moments in our lives, which we may never experience again.

Throughout my life, people and different events that have been documented through photographs have surrounded me as a means of recording not just what is front of my eyes but also the feelings and moods. Looking back at these photographs they have influenced me to believe that photography is an extraordinary field within art that I'd like to the opportunity to gain further knowledge and expand my skills in.