I have experimented with cropping to make more abstract images of of a few of my favourite photos from my initial shoot.

I was originally planning to display each of the crops separately but had the idea to combined them into a photo montage to create repetition in the patterns. This created a more interesting image rather than the original documentary approach.

Whilst exploring our area on the photoshoot I decided to collect interesting things that I found which either reflected the location or stood out as different and out of place. I found a variety of objects such as a bike brake on the pavement, a Christmas decoration and warning tape outside a church. I wanted to use these items as part of my image making and final outcome. Using photocopier I placed the objects in different arrangements and layers before closing and scanning it into an image.  The scanned images turned out different to how I was expecting due to the distorted areas which were further from the glass on the photocopier. Although this was not planned I like how it turned out because it gives the image a more interesting and abstract effect with the contrast between focus and blurred areas. These photos show an alternative way of capturing a photographs and also display elements of the area I also captured in my photographs.