I read an interesting extract from “Train Your Gaze: A Practical and Theoretical Introduction to Portrait Photography”. It talks about Larry Sultan’s ‘Pictures from Home’ project and the challenges of photographing your own parents. “What drives me to continue this work is difficult to name. It has more to do with love than with sociology.Continue reading “THEORETICAL RESEARCH – FAMILY”
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VISUAL RESEARCH – LEONIE HAMPTON
I went to a talk earlier in the year by Leonie Hampton. Her project ‘In the Shadow of Things’, documents her mum and family as her mum works through her OCD. I thought this would be interesting to look into as I am going to try photograph my families lives and the way Hampton tookContinue reading “VISUAL RESEARCH – LEONIE HAMPTON”
RESEARCH – FAMILY
As I am now back home isolating with family I looked at two British Journal of Photography articles looking at people who photograph family. I find it quite funny as I have always taken snapshots of my family for my own memory so to properly document them would be something new for me. The firstContinue reading “RESEARCH – FAMILY”
PART 2 INITIAL IDEAS
The current situation is that the UK is on lockdown. You can only go out for work, food and one exercise per day. This has obviously made it difficult for photography. These are some of the guidelines from the Government to give more understanding on the situation. This is a strange time for everyone asContinue reading “PART 2 INITIAL IDEAS”
PART 1 EVALUATION
Considering the circumstances, I am happy with how this project went. I would of reshot a few images and photographed many more people if I had the opportunity. I have a list of people I can photograph in the future, so at some point I think I will be able to complete this project. IContinue reading “PART 1 EVALUATION”
EXHIBITING WORK
Although I can not exhibit my work, I am going to research and decide how I would display my work. I had already decided on my paper which I would print on, I would print on Pearl paper on the large format printer. I was not able to print larger since my tutorial where theyContinue reading “EXHIBITING WORK”
EDITING
My images did not require much editing in post production. I simply correction exposure, colour balance and saturation. Some required more adjustments than other but it was all the same process. Firstly I spend time adjusting mainly contrast, highlights and shadows. I played around with the settings until the image looked correct. I also wentContinue reading “EDITING”
UPDATE!
Due to Corona Virus and university closing I am unable to complete this project. As there is a lockdown where you can only go out for shopping and exercise, it is not possible or safe to go to other peoples houses to shoot. This is gutting as this project was going well and I hadContinue reading “UPDATE!”
SHOOT 12
In this shoot I photographed Tom in the gym. He spends a lot of time in the gym deadlifting so it makes more sense to photograph him at here rather than at his room or work. In this shoot, the relationship between me and the subject was completely different to my other shoots. It wasContinue reading “SHOOT 12”
GROUP TUTORIAL
We had a group tutorial were we displayed our work on the wall. We would guess the context of peoples work without them saying anything about it. Afterwards they would explain their project. This was interesting to see how others interpreted my work. I printed mine off mainly in 8×10 as I was unsure whatContinue reading “GROUP TUTORIAL”
Lucy Davis 