As I made evident and described in my previous post I have decided that I will compose 6 A3 prints of my Photo-montages. This post will be a plan of how I intend to display these prints. So firstly I needed to lay out some simple compositions of the images which I intend to have printed to scale. Here are the 5 options which I have come up with…

After laying out these compositions on Photoshop, I decided that simply based on what I believed to be most aesthetically pleasing that I would pursue option 4. However I have various options as to how I could display these prints such as many ways of: Framing, mounting and foam board. However after ruling out framing as an option due to the fact that it would over-complicate the display, from mounting or foam board I have decided that I will create a layered foam board display.

I intend to have each print on its own piece of foam board to the right dimensions, and then proceed to use double sided tape in order to attach the 6 prints to 2 full sized boards of foam. These two boards will be held together using support pieces of foam taped across the back of the two boards.

I have experimented in a variety of different ways, creating different shapes and types of lines. I have experimented on all of my photographs because I want to have a variety of options and a large range to choose from, this will make sure there is nothing I’m missing when making my final selection.

These are the images I edited from my Photo Shoot 5.

I firstly edited all the photos to make the easel and mirror be symmetrically in the middle in all the images. I also altered the lighting and contrast of the images to get them all to a consistent level.

I then experimented with laying the images out in a typology style in different formats to show how their appearance could change. I also changed the images into black and white to see how their look changed. I preferred the images in black and white as I think it adds to the old feel of the images as they do not contain any modern objects.

To take this image I went to my desired location of the rural cliff-paths and found a area with a backdrop that I liked. Once in this area I located the easel in a flat place where it was stable and horizontal to the horizon. Once I was happy with this, I locked the mirror in place so it couldn’t fall out or be blown over by the wind. I chose to take this set of images without a tripod as it would be easier to position and angle the camera like this. If I had to categorise this style of it would be a conceptual landscape as it is not oblivious as first the meaning of the image.