I’ve gone through my presentation and it is 15 minutes long. I have all of my images on a hard drive for my tutors. My PDP blog will be finished as soon as this post is done.

I’m very nervous to do the presentation tomorrow. I’m not a great public speaker and I’m going to be dying of nerves. But I can’t wait for it to be finished, and to be able to just relax. That’s why I think I might try and go first in my group.. to get it out of the way.

I’m quite happy with the way my windows photographs have turned out (landscape). My only problem is that I shot accidentally using JPG. I really want to reshoot, during the day when it is bright and using RAW, however there is not enough time left to do this. This again is a display of my poor time management on this project. I think this one is my favourite out of all of the windows photos, due to the framing and positioning of the shots.

This is one of my final still life images. The idea with my still life images is to view an object in a way it wouldn’t normally be viewed. All of my still life shots are macro, and show intense detail. I’m not sure if I’m happy with them or not. I think if I had spent less time thinking up a concept and focusing on my portraits I would have come up with some steller ideas for still life and landscape. As it is, my time management on this project was not up to par and so I am only pleased with a selection of my images.

I’ve just discovered the work of Patrick Tosani, and I absolutely love the abstract nature of his work. I think if I’d found him at the very beginning of my project, my project would have gone in quite a different direction; particularly the portraits, based on the above portraits and the “hair” portraits that he does.

This was taken during the “senses” brief last year.

This was taken during the next brief, along with this:

Now, in the photoshoot I did last Wednesday I produced these images:

I’m beginning to realise that a lot of my photos follow a similar theme, i.e. the models looking away, bathed in dim light and a lot of deep, dark shadows. I really love this effect and the mood it gives off, and it is a style I use a lot because I love to portray models in this way. In a way it almost reflects my interior thoughts and emotions. However, my final portraits are a different template and I think it’s good that I’m exploring different techniques as well as refining my own style alongside it. 

Very inspired by this series of images. Walker Evans photographed people on the subway without their knowledge, in the 40s. The photos show people as they usually are, rather than how they would be if a camera were unsubtly placed before them. There is no posing or pre-existent knowledge of the fact they are being photographed, and therefore the expressions and poses are entirely natural. This is quite similar to what I am exploring within my work.

Going with an idea like this for my landscape. The different things that can be seen out of the windows of the same house.

Perspective.

sophiealexandraphotographs:

Split Second on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
A photo series exploring the truthfulness of photography. A split second in photography can make all the difference.

This is the format that my final portraits are going to take. The pictures I’ve selected for my final portraits were unintentional.. I walked into the photoshoot with a specific idea in mind- but now I realise, looking at these images, that the original idea would have created images that were far too contrived, the opposite of the point I was hoping to make.

These images are very simplistic and therefore the point/concept of them is very clear. There isn’t really anything else they could be mistaken for than portraits of people that depict the difference that can occur within a split second.

I’m very happy with these images, especially as they were so unexpected.

dreamcamera:

The cozy Queen Anne B&B in Denver.

{Nikon FM2 and Fuji Superia 400}

The window images are similar to what I’m planning on achieving with my landscape shots.

I don’t feel as though I’ve done enough work and I’m really worried I’m going to fail.