Experimentation:
Initially, my project focused on minimal space. I wanted to create an eerie atmosphere through my images and focused on abandoned sheds around our house and farm. I used a black and white edit on my images as I felt that this made them more uncertain and added more character to the images. The lack of colour in the photographs created a detached, cold sense of feeling.
From this concept, I began to consider buildings that my Father had built, whilst still focusing on the overall theme of liminality.
However, I then decided to distance myself from the liminal space theme and started considering my Fathers work, more in particular the tree-house he built for us. I loved how there were so many memories linked to that one thing he built, and how special it was to me. I decided to focus my project on that, as i wanted it to be personal to me and my own experiences. I decided to stop editing my photographs as black and white as I wanted them to be more warm toned to resemble old memories and that feeling of fondness. I also started focusing on smaller details opposed to trying to capture the larger scale of things.
I really enjoyed this project. I loved exploring how one idea lead to a completely different idea and I feel as though I have grown as a photographer.
(please see blog post titled ‘final Work’ for my end project)