Final Major Project
Initial Thoughts
originally i felt sceptical and was unconfident about doing a photography project.it was never something i had considered doing in fact i had never been good at taking pictures i don't seem to have an artistic eye. After i thought about the project in greater detail i began to realise it was a good opportunity to try out something new out of my comfort zone. i also thought that i could improve my artistic eye which in tern improve my cinematography.
Schedule
time management has always been a weakness throughout my studies. i have tried nearly everything i could think of from ghannt charts to calendars. Diaries i would loose calendars i would ignore and giant charts since my computer skills are not the best so i would end up spending ages trying to make one then like the calendar it would be ignored. to combat this weakness i came up with two solutions. the first solution was to make my self enthusiastic about my subject. i thought this would make me more likely not to forget to do it. The second solution was to make a simple plan. I had to take my photos in the easter holidays and because of my destinations won't have any choice but to stick to my plan.
Idea Generation
Scan in picture of Brainstorm
i considered many ideas until i settled on one. Being in an urban environment the the majority of people decided to do somme sort of urban photography. coming from a more rural background i wanted my pictures to include the countryside. in my teens i had done lot of camping and had woken up to many country sun rises. i had taken advantage and taken pictures. i was pleased with the results and wanted to replicate them.
another reason i decided not to do urban photography is that i liked the idea that my pictures could be escapism. a window from the urban environment to the natural one. The project brief stated that four of my pictures must focus on ether animals or people. initially i wanted to take pictures of animals because of my interest with nature. When i had at first simply decided to take pictures of animals i considered using dudley zoo to which at the time i had a pass. in the news you constantly hear about man made things destroying nature and the human effect on the world. i have a conterversiol theory in which i think animals that are made exiting my humans and the human effect on the world is all irrelevant as we are as much a part of nature as everything els. Animals have been hunting and evolving since before time and we are just part of that. I decided that i wanted to show this in my photography. i wanted to take pictures of people looking as part of nature as an animal would. This was final i had my idea. I was going to try and get some pictures of people part of nature at sunset.
Now i had my idea i now need to do some research. The first photographer with i reaserched was a man called Daniel Think. i chose him as he is a Norfolk photographer who takes sunset pictures of the norfolk countryside. his pictures have a painted feel because of the rich coulers. He underexposes his images by selecting a fast shutter speed. to get the orange ones he turned the white balance to auto shade. This technique if i man edge to understand it is one which i will use when i take my photos. Here is an example of his work.
