Transport Project - Test Shots

To find out how my ideas would look I went out on the 27th and 28th of March and shot a few test shots.

The first idea I looked at was road signs/traffic control. Unfortunately I didn't have enough time to venture further afield to look for roadkill or roadside tributes, so just shot the signs and effects of traffic in my local area.

I think some of these shots are interesting. I may experiment with a slow shutter speed at night and try and get all 3 colours of the traffic light at once. I feel maybe shooting some of the road signs from different angles or closer up will also look good and give them more of an abstract look, as they look a little boring just straight on.

Next up was my shoe idea. I took photos of various shoes I use for different aspects of my life, and put them on different floors to represent where I wear them, for example home, work, nights out, bedtime, etc

However, I don't think this idea works terribly well, it doesn't really say what I want it too. I may experiment further but I don't think this will make it to my final idea.

Transport Project - Initial Ideas.

My latest assignment is on the theme of 'Transport'. Rather than just take photographs of usual forms of transport, I thought about how I could represent it in other ways.

One of my first ideas was to take photographs of shoes, as 'self-transport'. I thought about photographing different pairs of shoes on different backgrounds, to represent how I have a different pair of shoes for each aspect of my life - for example, work, college, days off, bedtime, etc. Part of the inspiration for this was a project by Elizabeth Gordon, called 'Born To Recover', where she photographs women's shoes and titles each photograph with the year that the woman stopped drinking. To me, this shows the shoes that took these women on their journey of sobriety. Elizabeth's work can be seen here:

http://www.elizabethgordon.org.uk/BR/index.html

Another idea I had was after seeing a bicycle painted white at the side of a road last year, doing some research I found out that this was a 'Ghost Bike' - a bicycle painted white and left at the spot where a cyclist has been struck and killed by a motor vehicle, as a tribute. In keeping with this theme, I also thought about documenting different floral roadside tributes. The 'Ghost Bike' idea appears to have been started by San Francisco artist Jo Slota. His work can be seen here:

http://www.ghostbike.net/

From the ghost bike/floral tribute idea led me on to the idea of photographing road kill. This is something I hate seeing so thought it would be interesting to make a poignant project and maybe a comment on driving safely. More inspiration for this came from several television adverts for 'Speed Kills', as bad/inconsiderate driving is something that really irritates me. An example of the adverts can be seen here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7fhzDUOsxI

I then thought about photographing traffic control/road signs, to try and get the point across to the viewer to really think about their driving and be aware of the road, other cars and pedestrians.

24th September 2009 - 30 Minute Assignment

On Thursday September 24th we had 30 minutes to go out and shoot 'shadow and light'. The first one is my favourite :o)

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Below are the final images I chose for the Telscombe Cliffs guide sheet for my first assignment, 'My Neighbourhood Guide.'

Neighbourhood Guide Project - Newhaven Final Images

Below are the final images I chose for the Newhaven guide sheet for my first assignment, 'My Neighbourhood Guide'

Dartmoor Photographic Competition 2009

Below are the images I submitted for the Dartmoor Photographic Competition 2009

Books Words And Letters Competition

Below are the images I submitted to a local competition where the brief was 'Books Words And Letters'.