At this point I knew i had the majority of my final images, and i knew what specific shoots i had yet to do to fill in the gaps, so i decided to try and experiment with organisation and building my narrative through the images. Drawing from the work of Katrien de Blauwer, who uses images with similar forms/structure to pair together, I chose to go through all my images and match up those with similar lines or shapes. Obviously not all matched up perfectly, so I also used their colour scheme and how they fit with my project idea (winter->summer). In the end I only had a few images left, and I worked out what sort of images i needed to resolve the problem. I also chose to keep some images solo in the photobook if i felt they just worked best that way.
The images below are sorted into a rough order of what i expect them to be in the photobook, but i know that i’ll probably change this around and switch it up as i add the final images, so for now it’s only a placeholder. They start off with the “winter” photos, and progress through to summer.
SOLO IMAGE
SOLO IMAGE
same darkness and cold feelsimilar pattern of circle in bottom rightcolour scheme, same coldnesssame subject (footprints) in different seasonal environment, shows changeKEEPsimilar dark green coloursvines/branches in bottom half of image, blue colour in top half, but diff seasonal vibesoft light, single plant stem in centre foreground w light coming in from behind, similar crowded backgroundsimilar round close up as main focal point, pink/yellow huessame colours and shape (upwards lines)same subject (tree) in different seasonal environment, shows changeyellow colour,two figures, one taller/one smaller, close to each otherblue background, small circular shape as main focal pointcontrast of lines criss-crossed with circles (bubbles) everywhere
same darkness and cold feelsimilar pattern of circle in bottom rightcolour scheme, same coldnesssame subject (footprints) in different seasonal environment, shows changeSWITCH OUTsimilar dark green coloursvines/branches in bottom half of image, blue colour in top half, but diff seasonal vibesoft light, single plant stem in centre foreground w light coming in from behind, similar crowded backgroundsimilar round close up as main focal point, pink/yellow huessame colours and shape (upwards lines)same subject (tree) in different seasonal environment, shows changeyellow colour,two figures, one taller/one smaller, close to each otherblue background, small circular shape as main focal pointcontrast of lines criss-crossed with circles (bubbles) everywhere
winter
spring
summer
solo image (?)
SOLO IMAGE (MIDDLE OF TRANSITION)
images that need pairing-
two heads together, m&p
three trees or smth structurally similar
same lines
shadows of trees
similar main focal point standing alone
solo image (?)
solo image (?)
Some of the images above that still need pairing won’t be used in the final book if they just don’t work, but some could also be individual images.