Throughout the project I faced inescapable adversity of time and place. Being limited to just one weekend to take our first role of film, I had to use the resources that I had to get new and not-so-normal pictures. I therefore decided to base the series on a sense of normality, allowing me to use everyday objects, photographed in a new and unseen way.
One of the photos that I killed was a really intriguing photograph taken through a window, viewing the variety of plants outside. It had a very unique look to it, for the borders and surrounding areas of the window, which was an unusual thin vertical rectangular shape), a stark black. I really enjoyed the high contrast of the dark surrounding of window, versus the lighter shades looking through the window, outside. Although, however much I enjoyed the image, it did not play into my mood and the ongoing series as I could have hoped, so it was necessary that it be killed.
The photograph I selected for the display in the library foyer was executed in such a way that it played with the mood of normality that I explained earlier, while still being unique and new. It also went quite nicely with the forming series of the class' compilation.
Yes, I believe that overall I had similar views to those of my classmates. Someone suggested that I reprint some of the images in an attempt to get the lighting and whites and blacks just right. I completely agree in the sense of adjusting the colors, for some of the images demanded a bright, bright area of white (from the sun), and it was interesting to hear others' responses on how they took this.
