What my project is about:
My journeys project is about showing my journey as i travel around different places. The places i decided to travel around include London, Brighton and also my local woods. My idea as a whole was to show two different perspectives of life by showing city life as well as country life and to show clearly how they differ. The way i did this was by taking pictures of buildings as well as famous landmarks in both London and Brighton. I then took photos around a woodland area to show a less populated area with just nature around.
What did i achieve overall?:
I think that overall i was able to discover new ways to shoot my photos and to travel to different locations in which i usually shoot at if i wasn’t completing this project. I was also able to successfully portray a journey through the use of photos.
What skills did i acquire? and what can i approve on?:
When completing this project i was able to learn to plan a journey and to complete research on it to help develop my ideas further so I’m able to successfully shot my photos. I was also able to learn how to successfully shot my photos in black and white. I was also able to show leading lines in my photos as well as close ups to give a different perspective on the surroundings. This is mainly visible in my photos that i took when completing my journey in my local woods.
What skills do i want to investigate further?:
The skills i want to investigate further is my use of showing horizontal lines in my photos. The reason before this is because when i was shooting my other photos which contained horizontal lines i didn’t correct proportionate my photo which then made some buildings in my photos appear as if they are toppling over.
What aspects were useful?:
Being able to plan my shoot was very useful because it allowed me to decide where i want to shoot my photos and also what days. by doing this allowed production of my photos to run very smoothly and it also allowed me to be less likely to experience issues when shooting such as weather disturbing my shoot. Planning also allowed me to know when London would be less populated allowing me to keep myself and others safe by going at a less busier time and day of the week. Planning also allowed me to keep organised when conducting my photos.
Being able to conduct research was also very useful as it allowed me to further develop my ideas for my shoot by looking into other peoples work as a way to gain inspiration for my work. Research also allowed me to discover what time of day will be better to shoot and what locations will be best to shoot in. Doing this allows my photos to come out successfully due to it allowing me to keep myself safe and to also gain the best natural light for my photos to allow them to come out clear. My research also allowed me to figure out what type of shots i’d want to take in a certain location.
What did i learn?:
Overall when shooting my work i learned what time of day is best to shoot to gain the best lighting for the type of shot that i was doing. I also learned to keep taking multiple shots to gain my best photo and to also allow me to get a lot of comparison photos to show how they improved as i kept shooting.
When completing my journeys project overall i decided to go on 3 different types of journeys however i only included one as my final journey. The three journeys i went on included a walk around Brighton/Worthing, a walk around my local woods and finally a walk around London.