Reflection...

1. What have you done?
2. Why have you done it?
3. How did you get there?

These are the questions we are ponder as we close in on our photography unit.
I have continued on with a folio I have been working on for the past few years. I chose to portray images of that explore the isolation, decay, destruction and abandonment that can be seen in various locations and objects. I wanted my images to resonate a sort of chaos and show the human side of destruction and intervention. I focused on working with wreckage's, mass messes, rust and textures. My photos appear to have a grain, granule particles that appear once edited. Digital photography does not exhibit a film grain so I edited my photos to have that appearance. I decided to do this for two reasons. The first is I love film photography and the grains that you can get from it. I wanted to resonate that look as it adds an older dimension to my photos. Secondly I wanted my images to have the appearance that they are on the verge of being a image of a painting. Through the grain and use of colours some images can be seen borderline artwork.
I have enjoyed this unit. I have enjoyed being able to pick a subject matter that I wanted to explore, especially because I have such great interest in it. I enjoyed that this pushed me to make sure I went out and explored. I have always explored, ventured for my photography but having course work and other life importance's finding time came be an issue. This unit gave me the time.
This unit has also opened me up to styles of photography that I want to explore and styles that I would like to stay away from.