Image Selection

With my choice of number and size in mind, I have whittled down my vast thousands of images into 20 which can work together in diptychs. These are purely to show off the images in their untouched default form before editing, pairing, cropping and resizing. So in no particular order, consider the slight transformation these images will go through in comparison to the eventual blog post of them in their final diptych form.

Final Number/Sizing Justification

For my final collection of images, I have decided that it must be fairly substantial in it's proofing of the concept. For where I am looking into multiple locations and multiple angles, it is entirely worth showing more, than showing less. Too few, and it'll seem I am focusing too much on one location. Too many, and I risk repeating myself unnecessarily. This is why I've come to the final decision of 20 images, which equates to 10 diptychs.

"20 images / 10 diptychs"

This number is appropriate for my project because there isn't one location or one example of a facility overbearing these beautiful fragments of nature. I believe we are far from green energy in this country, and certainly haven't tried hard enough to camouflage these power stations into their environments. Visually, they are a distraction, and the implications they present towards the future of surrounding nature itself is questionable.

As to how I am to present these, considering the sheer number, I am left with a limited choice (whilst being aware of available space). I see no reason why they would have to be A4-sized, especially if there are only 20. A4 would be just a little too small for people to see details. A2 would certainly be edging out of available space, which naturally leads me to settling for A3, which I am happy with.

"A3-sized images"

With little else to work out but the chosen images themselves, the next task on my blogging agenda will be to choose the final arrangement and which diptychs should sit next to each other. That will be possibly the most exciting part of this all.

Portfolio Images

These are all of the images I have chosen to print off for my portfolio, as they best described the most aesthetically pleasing images, these are the images that are likely to sell in places like galleries, where a lot of the work is there to show off the beauty of the world. I will attempt to create more work of this manner, to garner more interest as my photos improve. I will also give them significance and meaning. So here they are, in no particular order (as blogger isn't very good at moving images around):

Heather Angel: Macro Nature

The development of my project has come to a pinnacle point of defining the close-up shots with the far-away shots in an attempt to fuse them together for a diptych style. This was made more apparent as my tutorials went on, and it was up to me to find a way of looking objectively at nature's subjects on the ground, and therefore I needed some visual inspiration. I soon stumbled upon Heather Angel, whose work greatly captured the intricate details within nature at a macro level. 

As you can see above, Angel has captured vibrant colours without completely saturating the frame and distracting from the subject itself. The slightly obscures shapes of nature have been made more prominent in this work, and it's something I wish to incorporate into what I'm doing for my final edit as I pick the final images for my own project.

Angel perfectly captures the fragile patterns and details within nature and showcases them without distractions. Although the black background suits the photograph, I believe in shooting on location without tampering with the subject at hand - this will mean blurry backgrounds, as successful macro shots often means having a shallow depth of field.

The beautiful patterns within these above images show a central focus where leading lines naturally flow towards. These carefully planned captures show a truly observant eye for nature, especially within macro photography. These weird and wonderful life forms are the exact subjects I have been on the hunt for whilst out trudging around the energy facility locations.

Design Process: Logo Redesign

As part of my project development, we are required to resubmit professional practice associated items which include branding and relevant forms etc that all stem from a design brand. Thankfully, I have completed such a task, my design brand is all branching out from my newly modified logo below. As you can see, I've kept the same yellow colour and general concept but I've gone back and attempted to bring it in up into a more professional use of text and placement. 

I replaced the original font which was Century Gothic into something a little more universal and attractive. Helvetica was my choice, and I felt like it fit the design a bit more after plenty of reflection upon my submitted work from last year. It's also much more of an industry standard. I have also gone ahead and created two versions of my logo to save myself the trouble of limiting the alignment to one side of the page, so I have this version below too.

I have mathematically designed the new rectangular-styled yellow bubble which stems from the square logo, with the bottom protrusion being a perfect 45-degree angle where it sits. The size of the triangle will also perfectly fit into the carved out space of the opposite corner where the smaller black triangle sits. The black triangle purely sits there to keep the rectangular feel of the whole yellow block. All of this work has been built upon the unchanging square logo (top-right, bottom-left), as I felt this design was successful in what it was attempting to achieve. The logo itself can sit on a photo as a watermark wherever appropriate without having to display any words.

Sizewell (Photoshoot #5)

As a way to be completely sure I had all of the photos that I needed for my collection, I decided to do a final shoot in Sizewell, near Ipswich- this was to safeguard the amount of images and variety within the photographs. This location was very successful for it's array of subject matter and advanced the concept significantly. I had plenty of images in this photoshoot that were applicable to my idea, just as I did with the others, which made the selection process a little longer - but in the end it gave me more choice. Just as I've done before, I've only selected a small fraction of the actual amount of images taken to save repetition and similarity within displaying my test images.