• What you want to explore?
• Why it matters to you?
• How you wish to develop your project?
• When and where you intend to begin your study?

statement of intent:

what do you want to explore?/why do you want to explore the topic?:

the topic I want to explore is landscapes, but more specifically how its effected us how we have effected it and are absence in are innovation to help preserve are planet. I believe I will be able to make images that portray the messages that I’m exploring for my personal study by capturing images that show we’ve effected the for mainly are personal benefit without giving thought to the things there before us. The reason I want to explore this personally is because although its spoken about its not paid attention to enough to the point where everyone is doing their best to change the world positively, which is why I believe that it would be an interesting subject to do my project around as its something different. This project will allow me to not only learn more about this topic and enhance my skill with taking landscape images. My aim for this project is to produce a piece of work that can educate not only myself but others as we all live in the same bubble on the importance of what we are doing to the landscapes around the island but also the world and how we should be more ethical with what we do and if its all necessary. I believe by using photography I will be able to portray the message that I want to push as how else is better to see how we effected the landscape by showing people images.

how do you wish to develop your project?:

I will develop my project by making sure I take images in specific places such as through out town and some other more rogue places throughout the island and certain weather conditions that make the image look more appealing such as foggy weather or rainy days, but obviously this isn’t something I can rely on but would make the image more aesthetically pleasing. Certain techniques I would like to use would be long exposure panoramic shot as this will help me focus on the smaller elements in the image as well. to further enhance my photos to make them even better I will edit them to look more how I want them to which means some photos will consist of more warm colours popping in the image, then some would feature a more cold atmosphere in the image.

with the combination of my knowledge of the topic and using my photography skills, my intention is to create a series of images that show you the landscapes in multiple different angles view points and perspective. this will also help me show if we have really changed the landscape for the better which is going to help me link it to the idea of are the majority of people happy with their living conditions and the location they live? and if the answer is no why we destroying land for people to be unhappy?

when are where do you intend to begin your study?:

For this project I intend to begin my study by taking lots of images that are inspired by the artists i studied such as Rut Blees Luxemburg and Edgar Martins. would probably start my project by taking images throughout the night around town and possibly around the island trying to replicate some images from the artist I have studied and some photos from my own creativity, this is because I believe that it will be able to successfully show what I’m trying to portray by doing this sort of photoshoots. For example i would like to take images of things that represent damage to the environment and things that in my opinion that are wasted on the island. more specifically things such as abandoned places and things such as deforestation, industrialization and air pollution and overpopulation. which i believe some of these to growing problems in Jersey such as overpopulation which in hand has led to more industrialization around the island to provide for a growing population.

My first three photoshoots are based on landscapes within Jersey which relate to legends and myths.

1: Dolmens

I will take photographs of the Dolmens within Jersey, these include the ones in St Andrews park, and Dolmen de Faldouët. I will do this because it is thought that there is a link between dolmens and witches. This is because in Guernsey there is a legend of the devil coming in a form of an animal and standing on top of a rock in a dolmen, it is then thought that witches danced around the dolmen to worship this beast. Therefore I will photograph the dolmens within Jersey.

2: Devil’s Hole

Next I will photograph the Devil’s hole, this is because of the way that it got its name. The story of the Devils hole is:

As winds increase, booming growls and roars emanate from the caverns of the great hole, created by the rush of air and water through the underground passages. The colonists, superstitious in the 17th century, believed the sounds came from the devil himself, so it came to be known as The Devil’s Hole.

3: Gorey Castle

My final landscape based photoshoot will take place at Gorey Castle, also known as Mont Orgueil Castle. I will take photographs outside of the castle, as well as inside of it. This is because Gorey castle holds a lot of Jersey’s witch trial history. This is due to over 60 witch trials taking place in this castle.

I’m going to take photos in my grandads favourite locations when he used to come and visit the island, I’m taking images of the scenery and then taking restaged images using my dad as the subject so re creating images that were taken years ago in the specific locations

This is my photoshoot plan for my final piece, I’m going to use images that I’ve taken from my grandads favourite places when he used to visit the island and also re stage images using my dad in the photos. Originally I was going to take photos of still life and change them into black and white but I couldn’t think of a way to link the images together so the idea changed.

The locations I’m going to go

I’m going to go to 5 different locations for this photoshoot St Brelade’s bay, La Mare Vineyard, Gorey Pier, St Ouens bay and Corbierre lighthouse. I’m going to these specific locations because these are the places where my grandad loved the most when he visited and where his favourite places on the island where.

When and Why

I’m going to these locations when the lighting is at dusk when its not dark outside but the sunlight is starting to fade and when the sun is setting to get the light perfect for the shoots I’m trying to achieve. I’m going to these locations because they were the most important to my grandad and they hold memories that are the most powerful to recreate, I’m going to use my dad as the subject for the images to replace the space in the images where my grandad was.

Concept

My concept for the photoshoot is to go to these specific locations but then to also take the restaged images and edit them in photoshop and change the opacity of the images and my dad to show that he was fading away and that he isn’t really there in the images like it was his ghost.

when considering my favourite image from my rear screen experimentation I noticed I could create a similar effect with studio lights and coloured gels

photoshoot

studio set up

using two flash lights with varying different coloured gels, with the intention of creating harsh shadows and interesting lighting combinations. this photo is less about story telling and more aimed to present a clear and impactful image of the creature

editing process

favourites

Concept

The original idea was to use projection to create silhouette images of my sculpture with landscape backgrounds to create the perception of a large creature when in-fact my sculpture was about the size of a doll

Inspiration

for this idea I drew inspiration from Cindy Sherman’s rear screen projection

Studio Set Up

Using a projector and a my sculpture propped up i began this process, at first I was manually taking the photos but after experimentation I discovered a low shutter speed would create the highest quality images, in light of this I began using a tripod to prevent image blur and in order to capture the highest quality image I was able too

Photoshoot

favourite images focussing on silhouette

next steps

After experimenting with silhouettes I next began projecting onto the sculpture instead of behind and I found this far more successful

these images will be fundamental story telling images in my picture book, in order to portray the size and supernatural nature of the creature.

photoshop experimentation

using photoshop i then began to experiment with the camouflage effect i was able to create through projecting onto to sculpture with higher quality photos of local woods.

Results