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I’ve been attempting to raise some money for Alzheimer Scotland as part of my project this year. I only have £10 left until I reach my target on my JustGiving, so hopefully I’ll reach it before the Degree Show!Â
https://justgiving.com/fundraising/ashleigh-falconer19
Getting Ready Evaluation
I'm very pleased that I decided to do this project. I've definitely avoided doing freelance stuff in the past because this isn't the career path that I want to go down, but I've definitely managed to add more variety to my portfolio as well as gain a lot more confidence. I'm very happy with the new additions to my portfolio, and I think they look good on my new website, which I am also very excited about. I think it looks very professional and I'm glad I know have my own domain. If I could do this project again, I would have pushed myself to do more shoots, or do work for a company so I had more experience. I've definitely improved my editing over this last year too, and I'm very glad about discovering VSCO because it has cut my editing time in half, which means I can get images back to people much quicker. I feel a lore more prepared for leaving university now.
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Project five: Rome I found it very difficult to take photos while on holiday, so I wasn't overly impressed with all of my images. I did really enjoy getting to be more creative when creating the postcards though, and I was very happy with the outcome. I was also very pleased with the way that my guide book turned out. I'm glad I got in touch with a graphic designer, because Dan done a great job of making it look very progressional. I love the use of the addresses for keeping everything simple, and the contrast of the messy images against the minimal layout. Project six: Intimacy I'm obsessed with photographs who can capture intimate photographs well, without them looking cringey. Unfortunately, I don't think I managed to do this. I think the areas that I explored were well thought out, and I done a lot of research to figure out what I wanted to look at. In hindsight, I shouldn't have used the disposable camera because I think the loss of quality made the images look messy. Overall, I found this a very interesting topic to look at and I think that the images I produced do communicate what I was trying to explore. This is definitely a topic that I want to continue looking at though.
Memory Evaulation
oeHow I am very glad that I decided to focus on memory this year, because I’m proud of the knowledge that I have developed about dementia. Prior to this year, I couldn’t have told the difference between Alzheimer’s and dementia, and know I feel as though I have a good knowledge about the subject. This has made me very aware of how much we need to raise awareness and money for charities like Alzheimer Scotland.Â
Project one - Reconstructing A Memory:Â
I enjoyed doing this project. It really made me think about how much memory we all associate with photographs, even though we might not remember everything that was in it. I thought that my new memory structures were very interesting, and stood well on their own, without having to be in a book as I wanted them to be looked at if they were just a normal photograph.Â
If I were to do the project again, I think I would have talked to my mum and dad more in depth about what they could remember. I did like the informal tone of the text though, as I thought this created the impression that you were sat looking through photographs with someone, reminiscing.Â
Project two - Objects:Â
This project was very interesting. I found it interesting that all but two person chose something from their childhood as something ‘nostalgic’. Is this because we associate nostalgic with our past and feel inclined to chose something we owned then?Â
I liked how each photograph looked totally different because of the VSCO filters, really adding personality to the project.Â
If I were to do this project again, I would photograph more people. I think a variety would have made the project a lot more appealing. I would also find out more about the object, so I could add more text. I feel like I didn’t have enough in some.Â
Project three - How A Memory LooksÂ
I wanted to do this project all year, and I was really underwhelmed by the results. I think I had an image in my head that I wanted to achieve and didn’t manage to. Saying that, I did create some really different outcomes, which were very interesting and I liked the concept behind my project. With memory loss being one of the most known symptoms of dementia, highlighting that allows people to understand better.Â
I was very pleased with my book. I kept the design simple, but I think it turned out well. I like the way that the text draws you in at the top of the page with one quick fact, then it’s explained in more detail on the other page.Â
I also think my adverts turned out quite well too. I was really pleased with how the image looked as it faded on screen. I think this was an effective way to do it, because it also highlighted the progessive aspect of dementia.Â
Project four - Help Them RememberÂ
I wasn’t overly pleased with my printed outcome for this because of the quality. On screen though, I liked them. I’m not entirely sure that the colour scheme worked, but I liked them nonetheless.Â
In terms of the imagery, I really liked them and I think that I managed to capture the concept of remembering and forgetting well. I stuck to a house setting to make the photographs feel comfortable and as if they were really in the house of someone with dementia - which I thought went well.Â
I feel like I know have a much better understanding of medium format photograph, which I am pleased about.Â
Project three + Project four:Â
I used expensive materials for these two projects (medium format film, which is £5.50 a roll and £8 to get developed and polaroid film which is £15) which meant that I was very limited in terms of how much images I could capture and I think this affected both projects slightly.Â
As part of my memory research, I used this app called 1 Second Everyday, which allows you to take a one second video each day and put them all together. Although I didn’t manage to do it every day, I still think the effect is great. It creates a visual diary to look back on. I really like the interactive aspect of it, rather than a still photography.
Finished degree show!Â
I was very happy with the different aspects that I managed to get into my degree show. The fact that the disease is progressive and affects your memory, and the fact that your past is clearer. I also managed to set up my plinth for collecting money, so hopefully I will be able to collect more money for Alzheimer Scotland!Â
I decided to change my font, so I investigated which font Alzheimer Scotland use and they use Verdana, so I decided to use this font so it would look like something created by their charity. It also works well with the logo. I made the font smaller, so it wasn’t as in your face.Â
I decided to add the text in two parts, because there was quite a lot of it and it looked too bulky coming up at once. Splitting it in two also gives you a chance to read each bit.Â
I created this by adding white boxes over the two pieces of text and changed the opacity one at a time. I recorded it on screen, then changed the speed in iMove.Â
I also added music to make it sound more like an advert. I got the song from audio network, and I went for something quite sad to highlight how horrible dementia can be.Â
I love the way that this allows the images to switch, but both still be there. It demonstrates that these two sides happen at different times. The black and white is highlighted due to the constant changing. Happy with this.
I have been experimenting with different ways to present these two images that show that there is a public side and a private side to a relationship.Â
VSCO
Because the ‘Objects’ project is so intimate, and personal, I didn’t want all of the images to look the same. I wanted them all to stand apart from each other, so I decided to use VSCO filters on them, but also different ones on each image so they would all look different.Â
‘Most children have an unusually intense relationship with a specific ‘attachment object’, usually a favourite blanket or a soft toy.’
I was thinking about a better way to display my nostalgia project, and I thought that it would work well up on the wall of as part of a nostalgia project. If you were to print off all the portraits and have the text, and had heaps of different people contribute then it would be really interesting to look through it. Pieces that are similar to what people pick could also be displayed on the wall.Â
Why do Alzheimer's patients remember certain things and not others? Alzheimer's patients tend to remember things that happened longer ago better. Past events
‘Alzheimer's disease affects recent memories first. The retention of new information is most affected, while recollections of things that happened in the past are much more resistant. The loss of recent events is often one of the first, if not the first, symptom of the disease.’