Lens Based Project

From the 15th of October, my work will be in the Ngā Ara Auaha student art showcase at the Gallagher Art Academy among the work of other creative practice students (if you wanted to go have a cheeky look).

Made some intense changes from mock up to final project. Fell out of love with the idea of text (commentary, poetry, quotes) and decided to go for minimalistic. I think it really paid off, really proud of the work I've accomplished. I also ended up with a couple bonus photos to make the printing process run smoother. YAY SO EXCITED TO SEE HER PRINTED.

I tried my darnedest at making the title appear as though it was sharpie. Implying that inside was self recorded tapes of all my favourite cinema and music videos.

Some pages from Tom Pallant’s All My Friends Are Deserted photography book that I’ve used as inspiration for my own layouts.

Here is my very detailed, very specific, very professional layout plan for my final book hehe.

A couple of pages of my mock up. I'm struggling to find balance between design elements and showcasing the photography. I have much more design experience than photography experience so I'm trying not to let that shine through too much and take away from the photos.

Same image edited two different ways, a little trial and error process. Many times where I wanted to rip my hair out editing these XD

Trainspotting inspired photo raw vs edited. Worked with content-aware fill for the first time, did a bit of masking to get all the items to similar exposure, and added a... uh.. yk.. in post after I realised the objects weren't centred around her head. This one was tedious but fun to edit.

With the work that I've done at the nexus and in my WIL, I have fallen in love with photoshop and design so am looking forward to putting together a final design.

Went into this class with no photography experience and thinking that I would hate it, but every time I pick up my camera I absolutely love taking photos.

Yungblud is doing amazing things and he keeps going up and up. This film has made me want to include concert photography I have taken in the past, even though the quality of the pictures isn't there, the soul and art behind them is.

Had some fun in class playing with photographic paper. This is defiantly a design element I am considering including in my final project

Defiantly going to aim for edit heavy work with my project, trying to turn mundane photos into art though colour and design elements.

So, I created a little mood board. Drawing from the colour plates from films like I Saw the TV Glow and Lady Bird as well as albums covers from Boygenius, Phoebe Bridgers, and The Cure. There's also a few shots that I love and want to try something similar with.