LensBasedMedia - Art Of Cropping

Beginning the Lens Based Media Transition we were asked to photograph six things that reflected our environment e.g. Home, room, journeys etc... I chose to photograph a variety of different things : 

Images 1 − 3 show part of my journey to UNI

Image1- Sunny street full of trees that i walk down 

Image2- View from the bus stop i sit at

Image3- An interestingly decorated lampost

Image4- Layers of my bathroom wall as it is being decorated

Image5- A piece of graffiti near my house that interests me

Image6-My bedroom wall

 6 Photograph of My Environment, Author's Own

Once we had all six images we were asked to draw on an A1 sheet of paper the image of our choice, i chose to draw my image in a mixture of charcoal and pencil because i could draw detailed in pencil [Bricks] and fill in shadowy areas quickly. Once we had finished this task we where then asked to crop our images in several different ways but to be creative with how we choose to crop them. I decided it would be interesting to stray away from the popular way of cropping an image into a perfect rectangle or square, so i experimented with triangles and various other odd shapes. At the start of the task i was not convinced that i would achieve anything particularly interesting, but the majority of the results i achieved were really dramatic and fascinating... I also think the way i have grouped together all my cropped images into one collage exaggerates the captivating nature of the work.

 Photos of Manual Cropping, Author's Own

A quick task we completed at the end of the first day was to walk around the school for half an hour and compose photos that could reflect the words Happy, Sad, Echo, Fall, Jump, Crush. The aim of the task was to not be to literal when composing our photographs. The task proved difficult because there were not enough interesting and diverse things to take pictures of. Looking around the school i found empty cupboards with minimal items in, a washing machine, vending machine etc... 

6 Images Representing Words, Author's Own