Lyndsey Blezard

UAL Awarding Body - Level 3 Diploma

Unit 8 - Project Proposal

Rationale

During my time on level 3 extended diploma in photography, I have gained confidence in myself and to prove that I can better myself in something that I thought I wouldn’t be able to do.

I have learned how to use a digital camera in a manual mode, controlling my images with f-stops, shutter speeds, and iso. I can use the studio with continuous, natural and flash lighting and being able to use the reflectors to create the images. I’m able to use different types of film cameras with different kinds of films, then able to process and develop them in the darkroom. Watching the images develop before your eyes, this part interests me the more I use it.

Being able to use the computer to gain knowledge about Photoshop, light room, bridge Microsoft word and being able to put my work on a blog which helps with the presentation of my work.

Researching about different photographers and applying the inspiration that I get and putting it into my own work. I like Irving Penn still life, Colin Grey and Tony Ray Jones who are documentary photographers which I’m hoping to use with this unit

Project Concept When looking around Blackburn Museum I found a piece of embroidered cotton, that showed King George V and Queen Mary who came to Roe Lee Mills in 1913, the cloth was made especially for this day with a steel grey cloth with portraits of King George V and Queen Mary, as well as a picture of Roe Lee Mill and Blackburn Coat of Arms. This is a beautiful piece of work with a lot of detail. On my project I want to use this piece as my starting point. I would like to go and see where the mill is and document what’s there now. Also I would like to see if I could get some of the tools that they used then and use them in a still life project. I would also like to go to Burnley’s Weavers Triangle that Prince Charles has a connection with, by the princes trust which has given money to develop the area. I would like to photograph the mills in the area as, some have been redeveloped and some have been left, would like to go and see the museum there. There also a material shop that has rolls and rolls of material like that had in the factory shops.  I’m going to be looking at landscape, architecture and documentary photographers. The Equipment that I will be use will be different cameras digital and film, using transparency film, black and white 33mm film colour film, I could also use the 120 film and a 4x5 film. I’m going to put some of my final images on different colour materials and present them a way that fits the theme of the images

The Embroidered cotton from 1913

Evaluation

I would like to critically reflect on my images after each shoot following my action plan. Then to see what problems have arisen, and how I solved the problems. Then I can take this information into the next shoot, or if I need to change the direction that the project is going in.

Project Action Plan and Timetable

Week

Date WeekBeginning

Activity / What you are intending to do - including independent study Resources / What you will need to do it - including access to workshops

1 16/03/2015

Complete task 1 and task 2, wed; Going back over to the Museum at Blackburn to take better images and take more notes Friday hand in. Take to Sean about how I want to produce my images and maybe talk to textiles about how to achieve this

At 1 going Museum Blackburn take note book and phone

2 23/03/2015

Research the mills in the areas that I have chosen and plan visits. Get research of photographers. Get some primary images.

Laptop and phone camera to take images

3 30/03/2015

Visit some of the mills and get some photographs using digital and film camera using transparency film

Bus time table cameras film

4 06/04/2015

Review images make notes more research getting ready to shoot in studio next week also options to reshoot But should have all my location shoot done by this time and then I can get then in the dark room

Get items that I want for studio and the camera film that might be needed for the reshoot if needed. Tell Neil that I will also need the darkroom

5 13/04/2015

Shoot in studio using both digital and film camera review images. Dark room to proses the images that I have got and to experiment with materials. Plan for next week and interim assessment

Cameras sync leads or triggers, flash lights, soft boxes, snood, film if needed of Neil

6 20/04/2015

23rd and 24th interim assessment Shoot in studio or on location depending what I find in my review Wednesday. Then can review and plan the next around the interim assessment

Cameras sync leads or triggers, flash lights, soft boxes, snood, film if needed of Neil

7 27/04/2015 Take on board and reflect what has been said in the interim assessment Then plan for next shoot and darkroom

Dark room Tell Neil

8 27/04/2015 Reflect on what I have done and what still needs to be done This is when I can make a plan to get everything done .Going in the darkroom to get my images ready and experiment with other materials

Dark room work need materials that I want to use

9 04/05/2015

Get images ready and presentation of my final images and also check to make sure I have included all that I need to do

All images workbooks in so can get this ready