What to do, what to do..

I've finished and rendered both of my animations, yay! And started my research log for photography!

This is kinda what this blog is about, I'm hoping to just do my research in the form of blogs and then use them to make a pretty research log at the end! Figured it would probably be easier.

So, this is the beginning of my environmental portraiture project. I have to produce 12 photographs displaying someone in their 'environment' as it were, I also have a word to base this project round which is 'craft'. Initially, I thought about doing the most obvious and literal which is arts and crafts, but when I really thought about it and what craft actually means I realised that I could have quite a bit of fun with this! Straight off I decided I wanted to do candid style images, as I feel that these are the most effective in terms of environmental portraiture. I absolutely love Rosie Hardy's wedding and event photography, some examples on the right. What really stands out about them is the post-production editing and just how she captures the reality of the relationships between the people in the photographs. These are both factors that I want to include in my own work, although rather than capturing the relationships between people I would be capturing the love that the person has for their craft.

As for stimuli 'craft', throughout the project I need to constantly research different forms of what is considered a craft and perhaps unearth something that people do not instantly consider under this category, which is something that will definitely appeal to me throughout the project. I already have a good idea of what I would like to do, which is look at a category underneath the umbrella of 'crafts' and highlight two different practitioners through photography. Before I fully decide on this subcategory however, I will research into photography of crafts as well as more possible photographers to inspire me!

Beki

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