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// ONE WEEK & A HALF TO GO...
(still) to-do checklist & due dates:
+ final presentation (TUES, WK 8)
+ draft report due (TUES, WK 8)
+ final report due (WK 9)
// FINAL PRINTING, BOOK & EXHIBITION HANGING....
....this week has been non stop....and I mean non stop!
MON:
+ printed final five portraits & quotes (all day - 8PM)
TUES:
+ practise presentation (done)
+ prepped wall ready for hanging (filled in holes, cleaned etc.)
+ measured, marked and hung my work (yay!)
+ book arrived from blurb (yay! yay!)
THURS:
+ painted a plinth for my book to stand on for presentation day!
+ adjusted lighting for hung prints
...needless to say I was pretty tired by the end of the week! But the long days and hard work was definitely worth it!
I have to say a special thank you to @carolinelymajorproject and @jekophotography - without their help I definitely wouldn’t have been able to pull it all together this week!
....we have helped each other, been a great team and I’m so proud of what we all have achieved ♡
// first print done! - four to go (I think I’m in love)
// blurb book arrived - I was pretty nervous and excited all at the same time...
// after suicide - edition 1 - page 1
// measured, marked and masking tapped ready to hang prints (lazer levels are life savers)
// apple boxes are fab when it takes three people to hang each print...
(WK 7, T2)
// TO DO:
...with only three weeks to go, I have definitely got a lot to complete before I finish. I feel pretty on top of everything, but by no means can I stop! Below is my to-do checklist & due dates:
+ print final five portraits & quotes (MON - TUES WK 7)
+ practise presentation (TUES, WK 7)
+ hang prints at college ready for final presentation (TUES or THURS, WK 7)
+ final presentation (TUES, WK 8)
+ draft report due (TUES, WK 8)
+ final report due (WK 9)
(WK 6, T2)
// test printing my edited & scanned polaroids before I sent off my book to blurb
(WK 6, T2)
// EDITING, TESTING & PRINTING......EDITING, TESTING & PRINTING!
.....this is what I have been doing, pretty much non-stop, for the last few weeks!
Before beginning this term I knew that my book design and the editing of all the elements that I wanted to include were going to take a long time to complete, refine and perfect in order send it off for printing!
I have printed a lot (and I mean a lot) of test prints on A3 paper but with the help of a special few (you know who you are) I FINALLY SENT OFF MY BOOK THIS WEEK!
I am really proud of what it has evolved into and I cannot wait to the final result when it arrives next week! (I will definitely be posting about it)
So, so, so much time, blood, sweat and a few tears went into creating my book and these are the stages I completed to get there:
+ typed up all of my subjects my handwritten answers - checked for grammar and made minor adjustments...
+ selected, culled, scanned & edited my quotes
+ culled, arranged, scanned, edited & test printed my polaroids on my photo exhibition paper
+ many adjustments to layout, design, font size & placement
+ edited my final five photographs (for hours) & test printed them on my exhibition photo paper
The countdown is officially on & with only three weeks until I finish college I am on the home stretch....
// editing, editing, editing
// finally sent off my (nearly 80 page) book to blurb late Tuesday night (WK 6)
// testing the size of my handwritten quotes on A3 paper & placing them on the wall to gain a visual understanding of what they are going to look like...
// testing the size of my handwritten quotes on A3 paper
(WK 4 - 6, T2)
// 11/05/17
2 years today…
you are the reason I am doing this project
you are the reason I have so much passion
you are the reason I wanted to connect with others
you are the reason I want discussions to be had
you are the reasons I want stories to be heard
you are the reason
r.i.p my girl
♡
// BOOK LAYOUT
// book layout, test one and two
// polaroid selection for my book
+ three polaroids per subject (5) - with a few alternatives on the right hand side!
+ will be shot in studio on Canon 5d Miii later this week or next week (WK 4, T2)
// polaroid placement - ROB B
(WK 3, T2)