Kara Photography

NC Photography @ City of Glasgow College

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Post - Production plans

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Shoot 1 - Textures

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Textures Pre-Production

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Shoot 2 - Landscapes

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Landscapes Pre-Production 

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Shoot 3 - Studio Portrait

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Portrait Pre-Production 

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Shoot 4 - Still Life

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Still Life Pre-Production 

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Shoot 5 - Global Warming

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Global Warming Pre-Production 

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Shoot 6 - Macro

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Macro Pre-Production 

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Botanic gardens film

Glasgow botanic gardens

Botanic Gardens 3 minute video

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Story boards for my moving image

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Glasgow Moving Image Research

I have decided to do the Glasgow Botanic Gardens for my moving image. I chose this because after researching different topics i felt that this would be the best topic for me as I have a passion for photographing nature and I felt I could express this more through a 3 minute video. 

Glasgow Botanics was founded in 1817, making it 202 years old, by Thomas Hopkirk with support from local dignitaries and the University of Glasgow. It was owned and ran by The Royal Botanical Institution of Glasgow and agreed to provide University of Glasgow with teaching aids and included a supply of plants for medical and botanical classes. It was originally an 8 acre site. Glasgow Corporation took over the gardens in 1891 and agreed to maintain links with University of Glasgow.

I feel like the Botanic Gardens has a lot of history which is evident from the old abandoned railway station placed to the left of the entrance. It was opened in 1896 and closed between January 1917 and March 1919 due to wartime economy and was permanently closed in Febraury 1939. I feel this plays a big part at the botanic gardens as it plays a major role. The line is now shut off however, onlookers can view either side through fencing. 

I decided i would make a mixture of both the railway and the buildings as well as the plants themselves to show all aspects of the gardens.  

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Micheal Wolf 

Born in 1654 in Munich, Germany. He died in April, 2019 aged 64. He was German but raised in the US.

His work was mainly focused of the daily lives of people in the city. His career began in 1994 working as a photojournalist for a magazine in Hong Kong but he soon decided to stay with fine art photography projects. 

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Looking for light final images 

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Looking for light contact sheets 

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Helping global warming

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Global warming video 

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Final portfolio images part 2

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Final portfolio images part 1

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Portfolio Research

Portfolio Research Kara Stirrat Printing Processes C-Type Printing C-type is a print that is usually made from a colour negative and the material has at least 3 emulsion layers of light-sensitive silver salts. Each layer is sensitive to a primary colour; red, blue or green. It records inform...

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