5 images production

i had my initial theme and my ideas for my photography i then went out to place my objects

i had practice before with placement and angles of the photos and their influence via light

this showed i had to have the object closer to the camera and at a comfortable angle 

 this showed that leaving the object in nature to become one with it made it look alot more natural and reflective of the theme

 this showed how important light is so the object and the background are kept seperate and focus is drawn on the object

this showed how colour is important. it gave a influnce meaning wise and also to create contrast 

this shows how the lighting should be done having the diffrences between dark and light it also was nice framming giving the object weight 

finally this shot showed how the background can be used in each photo to show meaning, this one sheep

so i went out to leave my objects 

i first went to place my microscope 

this picture looked really nice, the object blended with nature and gave a real purpose to being there, i used a high dof to bring more of the picture into focus, i made sure there was alot of space in the frame to allow moment of thought and not make the object look out of place 

i then left my painting. it looked really nice under the light and gave a real look of transcendence. i liked the reflections in the glass and hoped the wood would look good when more weathered 

i then left these 3 objects. they looked really in place when i took these pictures and had a natural relation to the place i left them i liked it. 

I then left them a week and came back 

this is where things didn't go so well 

i took lots of pictures but something felt off. 

firstly the painting looked to placed it didnt have a natural ting to it which i wanted 

secondly the andy golderworthy esc leaf paintings just looked silly but without them i felt the meaning was lost 

i didnt like the framing and felt like i didnt feel the right things were being pertrayed, it felt overromantised 

then i went to take a picture of the micro scope 

IT HAD BEEN STOLEN 

i kinda lost passion for the project and that point 

but then i started thinking about the permanence of objects and thought back to a photo i had taken on my journey and this inspired me to take the theme down a different path 

tree carving 

i started thinking about how we create this idea of permanence for ourselves and how we influnce nature to create this idea. 

this idea of carving into a living bio organism to promote our love and our identity which hugely interested me  

i decided i wanted this to represent part of me so decided i would go out and carve the trees myself. 

i thought alot about what the message should say, either I exist or a sentence....i decided on i think therefore i am as it represents a lot about the nature of self.  

i choose my location farnham park as i knew it had lots of trees and a wide range of enviroment 

i first started practicing craving on a log to get the technique i wanted 

i then found the trees i wanted. the represnt the passage of life. young tree, old tree, dead tree, logs then reuse

each carving took a long time but i made sure i spend as long trying out different shots on them so i had one which was perfect. i wanted the style to look like someone had just stumbled across on them. 

i had to be careful not to cut myself and wore gloves ect. ive done carving before so know what i'm doing

i wanted the backgrounds to be visible to give it a place in time.  

i then started carving. one or two didnt work either the wood was too wet or i messed up but the majority worked. i kept the writing as simple and readable as possible 

wanted it natural with human influence but no Photoshop

i wanted all the photos to connect to each other via landscape, life time, and words 

i wanted natural light but to play with the elements of lighting in lightroom 

wanted the photos to look amateur like someone had stumbled across the place. 

wanted the photos simple so the message isn't muddied   

wanted the photos to have a lot of texture 

had to look like the were away from urban 

i placed a reference to my old idea in one of the photos (the photo on permanence)  

i took alot of diffrent shots and framings working from the stuff i had done before to create what i wanted 

i was overall happy with my photos 

i then moved onto post production and lightroom 

i wanted no photo shop 

i only use light room 

from the shoot i had worked very careful with light at it's ability to illuminate the objects and leave shadow for definition 

i used lightroom to really bring out that contrast and clarity 

i then brought down the satiration whilst raising levels for yellow (writing)  and green (nature) 

i kept the tone constant between each photo to reiforce the relationship between them.  

presentation wise - i wanted a map to illustrate the journey and the placement of ourselfs in the world

this was the before and after in lightroom 

for the presentation i went to hmv to get the poster i wanted