Title Of Personal Study: Normal Becomes Abnormal

For my project, I would like to explore Night Photography, I’ve always been interested in how different lighting and weather gives new perspectives that change how we see the world, especially during the night. The aesthetic of the night, where the normal becomes abnormal, the change that happens at night is mysterious and gives off this feeling of loneliness which has always had me fascinated.

My personal study will focus on the dichotomies of the characteristics between the day and the night. During the day, the natural sunlight brings elements such as energy, clearness of the landscapes around and life to the world around us, however, at night the same landscapes/spaces give a sense of mysteriousness, loneliness and emptiness. These changes not only alter the location/setting itself but the emotional impact it has on those who experience it.

There are a variety of photographers/artists which I will take inspiration from within this project, such as William Eggleston, Todd Hido and Pierre Putman. William Eggleston`s mainly known for his powerful use of colour within his images, this will guide my approach to capturing the colour which is brought by the sun during the day or artificial lighting during the night.

To successfully create this project, I will use a variety of equipment including: DSLR Camera, tripod, Shutter release, Artificial Lighting (Torch and LEDS) and coloured gels. As I go on with the project, I will experiment different ideas and possibly use different equipment to the equipment I had listed earlier however that is my initial plan of equipment to use

Finally, I will present my personal study project as a photobook so that I can showcase my images and also tell a story through the way I lay out these photographs. I originally had planned to put the book in a chronological order, with the front of the book consisting of images taken during the day and the end of the book having night photography images, like the cycle of the day. However I have decided to take a different approach and will mix the book, so it will start with a night photoshoot then a photoshoot taken during the day and then keep that pattern going on throughout the whole photobook.

Night Photography Inspiration (Pierre Putman, Troy Paiva & Todd Hido )

Natural Light (Day) Inspiration (William Eggleston)