These images, all taken by myself, are all ones that I am pleased with. This is mainly because at this point, I have undertaken a lot of research into ideas and concepts, as well as the different ways in which other photographers have portrayed these concepts through their work. I have analyzed what has gone well and what hasn't, and have also been given much feedback over the previous weeks of where my class and tutor feel my project is heading. I have combined these influences to help me produce this work and to gain a better perspective on how I wish my images to highlight certain ideas. The result of making images at this time of day (which I have continued from previous images) is particularly effective here. It has created a sort of nostalgia, a rose tinted view on my hometown. This is important to note because my project is based on memory, and while there are good and bad points to this area , it seems (after discussions with my friends and my fellow students) that many of us tend to take this rose tinted view when looking back on childhood memories- we tend to chose what we wish to remember which would usually be a mostly happy time and this use of lighting highlights this idea. I believe the composition in these images has improved a lot in comparison to my previous works too, as these images have become much more structured. This to me suggests that when looking back on my memories playing in this neighborhood as a child, it is clear and precise- there are certain places that I distinctively remember and want to cherish, therefore it is these places that I have photographed. Obviously memory is a difficult topic to discuss, as we can never remember every little thing that we have ever done or seen, and many memories are fairly vague and distorted. This is why I have chosen to photograph particular places that mean something to me, places that I hold dear to my heart and remember clearly, although photographing a distorted memory could be something I look into after this project, in comparison with the works I have produced here.
Although I am happy with these images, more so than my previous ones, again there is still room for improvement. I now need to start thinking about my final piece which will successfully present my concept through my photographic works during the final critique. To do this, I really need to analyze here what my tutor is always asking; "what went well, even better if". I have already discussed what I believe works well in these images, namely composition, colour and my choice if lighting used. However, there are small details that need to be refined for my final piece, in order for it to impact my viewers in the way I would like. Firstly, I need to be careful of exposure. This lighting works beautifully when shot correctly but I need to be careful of colour casts and aiming my camera towards the sun, as this can cause blue reflections that imprint on the negatives and onto the prints. I also need to be careful of the images becoming a little too repetitive- there is no point in me narrowing down my images to 4/6 if they are all conveying the same thing. Similarly I need to start thinking about the layout and relationship between different images and how I will set them out. In particular, after practicing shooting both portrait and landscape, I have decided that it needs to be one or the other because having both when laying the images out collectively denotes the impact on the viewer and to put it bluntly, is not effective. I think I will continue to use only images that I have taken through a landscape viewpoint as I believe in comparison to all of my works so far, these are by far the strongest. They also provide me with a further focal range, meaning I can focus more on certain aspects of the image whilst others are slightly distorted and blurred- linking to the idea that memory is never truly clear.
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