Locating Unit

To help develop my work in a new direction I decided to try use an old fashion film camera. My intention was to expose a roll of film to a collection of images using the camera, rewind the film and then re-expose the film to a second set of images. I had an induction into the black and white dark room so that I could develop the film myself, after discovering how difficult it is to get black and white film expose now. This was the outcome of my first black and white film.

Some of the images were blurry and not many had signs of being double exposed. I realised that the only areas that came through were the sections where the second image was lighter than the first. I had not initially thought about this, but I realised it is because the film can only be exposed to more light, it cannot be taken away once exposed (meaning it cannot get darker). Therefore, from this I learnt that my first set of images needed to be generally darker than my second set. These are the images from my first film that showed slight signs of a multiple exposure. 

Locating Unit

Back to my self-initiated locating unit I developed some more double exposed images, trying to be more considerate about the images I would layer together and how I would chose the sections to pull through. I have decided to push further the idea of desaturation and so more of my images have now developed a more reduced colour palette.

From this point I began struggling, I like the images I have been creating; however, I am confused about what area I want to develop. I feel like I have focused more on the photography side of things and didn’t  given much thought about where I can progress with it. I decided the best idea would be to try to move it back towards textiles in a direction with which I am familiar. So I started creating repeat designs from the images I have.

After doing this, I still could not decide what direction this project was heading, after talking with friends about my work, one of the girls said that these patterns seemed underdeveloped and that I should carry on working on this idea, so I just kept pushing forward, creating more repeat designs, hoping that a suitable area would emerge through the designs. I decided to work this way and let the outcome emerge rather than trying to design to a specific area because I felt it would complement my work better, I did not want to limit my designs or myself.

I showed these designs to my tutor, still a little confused about whether to pursue interiors or fashion, and looking at each individual design we decided that some designs were suitable for upholstery whilst some had more of a fashion feel. My tutor suggested doing upholstery designs with a ‘mini collection’ of fashion fabrics. She also suggested that one of my designs (bottom left) would be nice on a large scale, for example, a whole wall commission piece. 

Locating Unit

After My tutorial last week, I decided to research architecture photographers. I knew that I wanted to find an artist that used bold contrasting shapes, which is when I found Kevin Saint Grey. His work is very clean and striking, precisely the inspiration I needed. I think the images are emphasised by the fact that they are monochrome. The different shades of grey stress the highlights and shadows.

https://uk.pinterest.com/Beckyleanne0473/

After looking at his work, I went out and did an architecture shoot, I decided to shoot in Black and White like him and these were my results. I am really happy with how my photographs turned out and I am excited to start layering them up with other images.

Locating Unit

Over the christmas holidays I used to time to collect all the photographs I could, capturing the essence of christmas. I did a range of shoots, and for one day in the holidays we were lucky enough to get snow. So I went out and took as many pictures as I could, making the most of it, knowing it wouldn’t be around for long. I was impressed with how these images turned out, getting close ups of the snow, capturing the flakes of frost. I also took images of ‘Christmas foods’, for example; mince pies, hot chocolate and little snowmen biscuits I made. I kept in mind the research I had found and the intended customer, trying to ensure I captured high quality macro photographs. These are some of the images I took.

I carried on through the holidays taking and editing my images. I had to narrow them down to my favourite ones, as we are only allowed to submit 5. I tried to pick a range so that there would be something that could appeal to anyone. These are the 5 images I chose and submitted.