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Exhibition

My project has finished and my work is up. here are a couple of photographs of my work up in the gallery space at my university. My photo is printed A1 and mounted onto foam board, i used adhesive velcro to attach it to the wall. Alongside my image i have my project synopsis and my supporting material which consist of my other photographs from this project, these are printed A3 and displayed in a folder in plastic wallets.

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Project Synopsis - The Lakes

My journey with my major project has not been an easy one, my first project ‘Where I Stand’ went slightly downhill, I felt I had no interest in that project anymore and I didn’t feel that I could take it further. But after some tutorials with my tutor after the Christmas break I decided to change my project entirely, my new project was going to be based around landscape photography as this is a much stronger area for me. Now that I had the bases of my new project I had to quickly come up with some ideas and start looking at locations I could visit to shoot. After much research into various locations, I did look at going to Europe but with my limited time frame I stuck to areas in the UK. I looked at various location from Scotland to Cornwall but I finally settled on the Lake District, so I did my research into the lakes pin pointing all the areas I thought would be good spots for shooting and I booked my tickets and went.

I must admit that even while I was at the lake district taking my photographs I still didn’t have a clear understanding of what my main concept was, I was more focused on getting the photographs done and then I could come up with an idea based on how my photographs looked. I didn’t know where this project would take me after actually taking the photographs, I did all this planning and traveling but I still had no idea what the message or meaning behind the work would be. I brainstormed a few ideas of what I thought my project could be based around such as: my love and adoration for nature, it could show how nature and the beautiful green lands can still strive in ever changing urban country, it could have been about environment, seasons even the colors of nature; All of these would be a good reason behind my project but as my photos developed and after my own experience of the lake district I came across the idea of how simple places such as the lakes can and have inspired people through words or art such as Williams Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter. Going to the Lake District in person, wandering the hills and rivers it’s no surprise to see how anyone can be inspired by its beauty.

I hope that when the viewer sees my work they are filled with a sensation of peace and tranquility. I want to viewer to feel as though they are there with me, to make them almost want to be there physically to feel the cold air, to hear the noises of the wind and the calmness of the waters. My experience of the Lake District was a truly amazing adventure, doing this project somewhere completely new to me and going on my own really enhanced the way I experienced the lakes. The peaceful seclusion of some of the locations I visited was a mental more than physical experience, I could almost connect myself to the place with no distracting of people, social media, phones, and it was just me and my camera taking this journey of the beautiful Lake District.

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Exhibition Design

This is a little mock up model of how i would picture my images if they where to be exhibited in a gallery. I also added a little figure just to show the scale of the images.

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Final Photos - The Lakes

After much experimentation with layouts i have finally chosen my final trio of photos. i have decided on these three photos below as the one i would exhibit in a gallery or exhibition, when i actually submit my work i will not be displaying all three as there is limited space so to represent my work i will be printing and mounting the first photograph, this is my strongest photograph by far and i think it embodies that tranquility of the lakes perfectly.

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Layout Ideas

As part of my project i need to imagine how i would present my work if i where to exhibit it in a gallery. If i was given a space in a gallery i would ideally like to present three - below i have played around with a few ideas of which photos work well together and in what order. I was trying to make the trio so each photo showed a different lake, this wasn't so difficult as i did manage to see quite alot of the lake district so i did get quite a variety, the only issue was trying to match tones and colours as they need to tie together in some way. Overall i think my first layout works the best as each photo is representing a different area of the lake district, there is also a deep blue tone traveling through each image which helps bring them together which my other photos did not contain. Now that i have my final selection i will go on to experiment with exhibition layout and how i would ideally like them to be displayed.

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After having my portfolio reviewed as part of one of my modules some feedback i was given was to make sure i watermark and copyright my work when posting it to social media. so below are a few examples of some ideas i was laying around with for watermarks. the first one i like as it's simple and subtle but if my photo where to be stolen they can easily crop the copyright out so i then went on to experiment with adding the watermark across the whole image.

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Why Be Inspired By The Lakes

Why chose the Lake District?

The Lake District of one of many beautiful natural lands in the UK. Most famous for its lakes and mountains, It's the perfect destination for backpackers and family trips. Why i chose the lake district specifically was A. because i have never actually visited the lake before and B. from what i researched this location just stood out and screamed perfect location for landscapes. Before i even chose my destination i did alot of research into various possible locations, so for the lakes i researched every inch from journey times, walking distances, bus timetables, the different angles from each lake etc...

How will i take this project further?

With this project i didn't know where it would take me, i planned my trip i went and took photos but i still had no clue what the message or meaning behind it would be. it could show my love and adoration for nature, it could show how nature and the beautiful green lands can still strive in ever changing urban country. all of these would be a good reason behind my project but what i want to focus of is how areas like this can and have inspired people through art and through words. its no surprise that i mention Williams Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter two of the most renowned and admired people whose works have both been inspired by their time in the lake district. going to the lake district in person, wandering the hills and rivers it's obvious to see how anyone can be inspired by its beauty.

What will the viewer take away from my work?

I hope that when the viewer sees my work they are filled with a sensation of peace and tranquility. i want to viewer to feel as though they are there with me,to make them almost want to be there physically to feel the cold air, to hear the noises of the wind and the calmness of the waters.

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Finished Photos

Below i have my final finished photos that have been edited and refined, not all of these images will be included in my final project either because i don't like how they have turned out or they just don't fit with my idea. I mainly used lightroom to edit my photos, i find lightroom is better for landscapes and nature type photography as it gives a better outcomes. I did transfer them to photoshop once i finished and in photoshop i sharpened and resized and from here i will print my photos. I did the basic edits like brightness and contrast etc... You will see my previous posts of a few screenshots of the process of editing my photos. There are a couple photos here that really stand out to me. You will notice that the last two photos are the same this is because my original idea was to use film and have B&W photos but in the end i chose digital so i did experiment with my images seeing if they looked better in colour or B&W and the last image was the only one where i actually couldn't decided which version i prefer (continued at end of page).

Both images give a different feel, the B&W photo highlights the shadows and dark tones which i really like but then with colour you can see the beautiful blue of the lake, i will take this photo forward and maybe once i have done a few test prints it will help me chose which photo to include.

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Editing Day 3