Still Life

Still life is an arrangement of objects, typically including fruit and flowers and objects contrasting with these in texture, such as bowls and glassware. I found this project enjoyable to work with as I was able to take photographers images, from past and present, and produce my own photos inspired by them. I could photograph things that represented me, or intrigued me, making the project feel more personal.

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Environmental Portraits

An environmental portrait is a portrait taken in the subject’s usual environment, for example, in their home or place of work. These types of photographs can reveal things about the person photographed, such as where they feel the happiest or most content. Since it’s in their natural environment rather than in a studio where photographs can be forced, the photos can almost tell a story of the subject as they’re being captured in their own, personal element. This was an interesting project as it was an opportunity to explore photography in another way. I had to take photographs of strangers, in their place of work, their natural environment, rather than in a studio. I like that for this photoshoot, my photographs could represent the strangers life, and the only thing that I controlled was taking the image itself.

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Femininity Vs Masculinity

Femininity and masculinity are binary opposite, meaning they are a pair or related terms which mean the opposite to one another. Femininity and Masculinity can be described as the qualities or attributes of women or Men. The typical stereotypes of women tend to be kind, loving, helpful, nurturing, emotional and others related. For men, it’s being strong, powerful, scary, violent, assertive and others. I really enjoyed this project as I found it to be very inspiring. I knew my photoshoots had to be around ‘femininity vs masculinity’, however this was just a topic rather than a set photoshoot, so, I was able to take photograph of what inspired me and stood out to me, making m feel more motivated and involved. Which led to me producing a set of images which I am proud of.

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Landscapes

A landscape is defined as all the visible features of an area of land, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal. The term Landscape originates from the Dutch word landschap which originally meant ‘region, tract of land’ but then took on an artistic meaning of ‘a picture depicting scenery on land’ in the early 1500s. This landscape project was an interesting topic to learn about especially the history of it. However I found the practical side, taking the photos, to be not as inspiring as other projects.

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Street Photography

I enjoyed this project and focusing on Henri Cartier-Bresson as I find this style of photography appealing. When taking my own photographs I found it interesting and found that the photographs I was taking went really well.