"FORMAT is focused on developing opportunities to platform the work of international photographers and to provide links for local/national practitioners to show work, exchange opportunities, skills and knowledge and for audiences to see, debate, develop and engage in the best of what photography is and can be ..."
(Format, 2012)
The main theme for FORMAT this year is factory. This year the students of the BSDC Photography, are going to be submitting their work into the yearly held festival which is known as FORMAT. We had to look into the different aspects of factory for example in work, at work or out of work and then produce a piece of work which was going to be shown at the festival .
For me, i found that this theme was very challenging as i am not really into photography which includes people at work or photographing old factories so it took me awhile to think of a idea on what to do to put towards the festival. For me the most significant element of the festival was to do something i had never tried before and which was totally out of my comfort zone. Looking into different artists, arose ideas in my head and once i found that one idea, i got to work on it straight away as it wasn't the most simplest of ideas. At the time, i thought that i wasn't going to get the work complete in time or that it wouldn't be good enough to put up along with amazing photographers world wide. This maybe because of the lack of concentration i had whilst doing this project, as it wasn't something that i was entirely into, i didn't give it my all. In the end, i did like the work that i had produced but there were certain aspects which have could have been better, for example; the editing process could have been a lot neater and also a lot tighter, for example; the shapes didn't match up correctly, either one was too high or the other was too low, this was maybe because of how much i had rushed the piece of work. But if i was to produce the work again, i would take a lot more time and effort into making it a lot better as i did enjoy the overall effect it gave to the photographs.
This work that i produced, was similar to the work of Jelle Martens. He was a huge inspiration to me whilst working on this project and every time i looked at one of his images, it really made me push on forward as i wanted to create something as abstract and interesting as his. I tried to focus on which photographs would work well together and also to see what pattern i should follow in my work.
Below is a few examples of Jelle Martens work, which was my main inspiration for this project ...
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Having applied my new skills into my newest work, i now realise in which path i should take with my style of photography, that is one of the beauties with experimenting with different projects. I now ask myself on how much further i can take myself to see what other effects i can put into my photography to make it better. I have learnt about what colours work together and when working on an image which holds other images inside, how to pick which images would look best to make the image the best it can be. I have significantly improved on my skills which makes me feel so much better about my work and it also gives me the confidence to do something i have never done before. This knowledge and understanding will make me a better photographer and be essential to me as a learner, as i can make mistakes and change them as i go which will make me prepared for what holds in the real world.
References
References
Format 2012 (2012)
About Format | Format Festival
[Online] Available from: http://www.formatfestival.com/about-format
[Accessed: 20th November 2012]
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