Are We Normal: How You Feel About Yourself.

This shoot was my initial shoot about how People feel about themselves. I wanted to take an image of a person and have a short desciption about how they feel about themselves under/ next to it. This way they have an image of how the show themselves to the world byut underneith how they actually feel about themselves. For example someone might present themselves and confident and happy but in real life they are shy and worried. I dont really like the image as i think it is a pretty standard portrait with high key lighting. But I do like the meaning of the image and what it is standing for. If i could improve this image then i would have made the photo a little more intresting.

 

"I am really Self concious on my looks. I try my bestto speak and look nice. I love mens fahsion and i love the classy lifestyle. Love luxury. I'm always a happy person and am funny and i respect everyon. I am shy but when i get to know someone i can talk for England. I try not to let anyone upset me though sometimes i have high opinions on people and will speak my mind. I love spending time with my family and friends and going out for meals."

 

Are We Normal?

This project is all about finding out; ‘Are we normal?’. I want to explore photography and also look at it in an educational perspective. During this project I want to also incorporate fine art into it to explore and alternative way of looking at photography. I want to explore the effects of magazines, stereotypes and the effect of the media and create some work that represents that.

I am doing this because I think the question is very much in everyday life. Though people will say that they aren’t affected by it at all but this isn’t true. Unless you live in the middle of the sticks then it’s hard not to be even slightly effected by the media. I think not only will it be interesting to not only photograph about this but also research it.

There are some really good artist’s that I want to look at and I will be really inspired by including; Jenny Saville, Eloise lambert, Tara Bogart and many more. I have chosen these artists not only for the look of their work but also the meaning behind it. For example Jenny Saville is all about showing not only the modern world but the modern women and embracing what is a modern women.

For this project I want to look into self-image, fine art and what the media would see as ‘abnormal’. I think it will be an exciting and interesting project to do as I can link the research and work I do not only with this project but with my essay. At the end of this project I want to have achieved a photo book with a few larger prints. I think I will expand my mediums and location as I don’t want to do work based only in the studio and I also want to use some medium format and digital to create a variety of final work.

I am going to spread out my work and try and do at least one shoot a week to make sure I have a variety of images. I also don’t want to concentrate on just one thing as I have to spread time out on my project and my essay so that I don’t fall behind on either. I also want to create a mixture of location and studio prints so that I am not tied down to one form of photography.

Overall I want to try and create a piece that really expresses what I feel about the question; ’are we normal’. I also want to learn new things and maybe look at the subject in a different light and maybe even change my perspective on the matter. For a final piece I want to create a photobook plus a few larger pieces.

 

harvard system

Welcome to the Harvard System!

A system specifically designed to site and reference sources accurately and consistantly when producing a written document.

The Harvard system is used to:

• organise bibliographies
• reference sources accurately
• make accurate quotations from sources

The system is used to inform your audience of your own understanding of a subject and to support your own views regarding the subject.

Tasks:

• Create a bibliography with 2 books/ 2 website/ 2 journals
• Weekly blog of current project

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Are We Normal: Frederike Helwig

Frederike Hekwig is one of my favourite artists that i am researching from my FMP. I am looking into

 

 

 

 

http://frederikehelwig.com/

Landscapes: Dartmoor

These are the photos I took out on Dartmoor. I wanted to experiment with HDR, silhouettes and Panoramics.


PANORAMICS:

HDR:

SILHOUETTES:

Landscapes:Marsh Barton

Here is a couple of photos from some of the Landscape shoots I have been doing. These are the photos were taken in Marsh Barton. When taking them it was really heavy rain. So that i decided to look at the silhouettes of the trees and shapes. I really like these photos because they look really spooky and especially with the trees they look fairy tale appearance. if i could improve these images i would have gone a brighter day so i could get more variety.

Tassia Bianchini

 

When looking online for a portfolio website icame arcoss this artist. I really like the way her work is so free and beautiful. I love the colours as well and how experiemental it looks and i think i could recreate this with a bit of card and acrylic paint.

 

 

http://www.tassiabianchini.com/