And whilst these experiments were initially unfocused, they ended up giving life two the two major ideas I would take forward to use in my final proposals.
Grids
These photos were taken with the intention of showing grid systems in play in the real-world, and how they essentially construct nearly all of the facets of our modern lives.
While not overly useful to my end project, it is at least good to touch ground and connect the secondary research I did into some more relevant, real world and primary examples.
Frame (where the good work is)
This work is a slight emulation of an experiment I saw completed in 'the new basics', regarding how pictures in picture frames were held up and photographed.
Because largely had no help when conducting this work, I needed to improvise a little...
Here, a picture in a picture-frame of an old age market, with the backdrop of a present day market behind it. This work is much more structured and related to an idea I had, regarding time and perspective in places.
Though, because of the limitations I faced (being the one man show I am) I feel improvements could have been made, such as a more purpose illustrated piece of art, or a more stable and processed photo-shoot.
This is one of my favourite pieces, where I turned an object already present in the environment and turned it into a 'frame' for the photo I was taking.
The bin's 'frame' captured the high-street beyond it almost perfectly, and created the necessary borders to become its own frame.
The work itself is pretty self explanatory.
In this experiment I introduced frames that weren't already present to capture certain elements within an already framed image.
This allowed for a lot of experimentation and depth to be added to what might have otherwise been a stale image, as well as draw the viewers eyes directly onto what you want them to see, without having to crop away all of the potential image.
The only problem I have with this method is how broad the focus needs to be for it to work correctly, as well as the necessary element of the person holding up the frame, which frankly detracts from the overall image.
(It should be noted, also, that all of these images are framed, in their own way, by the camera that took them, as the outer edge that the lens captured borders the image unlike our eyes would do, creating a frame around any photo or illustration created.
Micro Macro
This experiment messed around with the concept of perspective, to create false senses of scale. In this way, I turned an object that may have otherwise been micro and positioned it in the camera as though it were macro.
This compositional relationship isn't perfect, however, as due to how extreme these differences in depth need to be to create the required effect, focusing on both (or even just one) subjects is next to impossible, without a purpose built lens (which I just don't have, I'm a student)
This effect, whilst visually interesting, also failed to truly convince someone a cigarette butt would me the same size as a bin, as we all know their actual sizes... but this doesn't mean the style is a complete waste of time.
