Statement of Intent:
Throughout this project, I am basing my images and ideas on different aspects of "Man vs. Nature" which is a very broad topic and will allow me to expand my ideas and take a varied range of images throughout the topic. The themes of my photography will include some shoots being night photography, capturing light trails etc. I also intend to include some sort of architecture within some of my images to show different aspects of the different types of contrast people witness in everyday life such as man made objects in natural places, or light trails when its dark etc. Furthermore, i also have ideas to incorporate models into my images. However, I may not use all of these genres, as the ideas for this project may change over time. Moreover, within this project I intend to maintain my strengths with my written analysis and my quantity of images taken per shoot. I will also maintain my experimentation and take it further by experimenting with different and more advanced techniques. Also, throughout this project, I am going to work on my weaknesses and try and improve them within the work that I will produce. I am going to develop my ideas as much as possible throughout, and I am going to look at more Photoshop tutorials to expand on my Photoshop skills, I will also focus more on my research.
Initial Ideas:
The initial idea of my project is to use a range of genres to link all of my shoots together. I am giving my project the title of "Man vs. Nature"; this allows me to develop my ideas as much as possible and will enable me to change the genre of photography if I do not feel that my shoots are strong enough. By choosing this title, I am planning to try different types of photography genres, such as still life with my first shoot when i am taking photographs of flowers with a naturalistic background - my first shoot will also include landscape images. Furthermore, I also plan to try night photography, as this will reflect the view of night along with the lights which man has created. Another shoot I have in mind is to shoot road signs and link this in with the contrast of natural and man made, as well as taking photographs of man made structures that juxtapose with the natural environment such as pylons and piers on the beach.
I have decided that my ideas of Man vs. Nature will be linked with the idea of reflections in my images, I am going to experiment through each of my shoots with different types of reflections such as mirrored or through water, I will then develop my shoots with the stronger techniques of the different types of reflections. The reflections in my images will represent different ideas as the shoots go on, however my initial idea is that the reflections will represent a contrast in the images, for example I plan to take a shoot using a mirror as the reflection which will show the contrast between a natural landscape with man made aspects in the reflection. I plan to develop this idea throughout.