There are lots of documentaries on television at the moment of families looking into their past and finding out what happened with them and what did they do. I think this makes a really nice link with my work as I am looking at what happened and how society has changed it.
There is also a website which you can type your family name and it comes up with your family tree which was advertised on television to.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13142174
This link here is a video on the bbc news website talking about finding your past family and what has changed since then with Davina Mcall.
Tuesday 17 April 2012
Final Piece/Evaluation
My final piece has been inspired by Joseph Cornell who has been the context and back base of this exam for me. I wanted to re-create his memory box (picture below) with all kinds of memories resembling me. This box would be filled with memories of my past family, images I have taken from this exam such as what I have re-created but also to have myself in their and memories of myself.
Things I would put in their from myself would be pictures from holidays/places or from my cousins wedding in 2003 when I was a bridesmaid.
These are my images I took. I did one in colour and one in black and white.
When taking this final shoot I experimented massively. I tried out the box in a studio with a black background and lamps but it was quite hard to make it look perfect as where ever the lamp went parts of the box look to over exposed and bright. I then eventually tried out a main lamp over the whole thing and used a colour and black and white dynamic effect on my camera. I also experimented with the ISO. I put it up to 1200 but I wanted the picture sharp and effective so I kept the ISO at about 400/800.
I am really pleased with these photos as this is something completely different to what I usually do. I like how I experimented not with just memories as I looked at landscapes and documentary to. If I had more time I would like to further develop this and go way back into family history to see what my family was like and how I could make into an art. These final images I want to blow up on glossy paper (size A3) and maybe put onto a thick canvas or put in a frame.
My memory box
This is a picture of my memory box. You can see the difference of mine from Jospeh Cornells one and the one I will be creating as mine is much more modern. I have always collected my memories such as pictures or gifts what have meant something to me so I can look back on in the future. That's why I am really interested on this subject matter for my exam as it means a lot to me but also is very different to what I usually do.
Urban inspiration
As I am doing a shoot of what my grandpas shop now looks like on Gloucester road, the new shop which has been replaced is much more urban by the colours such as red yellow and green also with graffiti around it which is in contrast my grandpas shop.
This next link is some inspiration from Scott graphics which has some urban photos of graffiti. I really liked them because their quite quirky and different. The colours stand out really well but also the photography has added human form to the concept of making movements naturally like the graffiti it's self. A slow shutter speed would have been used here to show the concept of his movement and to show his difference against the graffiti.
Sunday 15 April 2012
Joseph Cornell 5 (with urban inspiration)
These photos were taken at Gloucester Road to show what my grandpas shop is now like. It is much more urban style to what it used to be like and I thought I got some nice shots. I tried out a black and white mode with an ISO of around 2000 to see if I could get an old-fashioned effect to represent what it used to be like. Picture number 3 i really like as I used the rule of thirds with the garage and shop which I think came out quite effectively and unique.
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