Pitch.

Pitch Presentation.

These screen shots below are of my pitch which i presented to the tutors Jamie and Jo, which agreed on the idea of my project. This explains all about my project and what i aim to produce and how to go about it.

Evaluation

Evaluation.

When approaching this project I began with aiming to document the whole of Blackburn and how it has changed over the years, I had planned to show different means of transport which have change dramatically over the years, I was aiming to show this through capturing photographs of the modern transport and comparing the photographs I capture with older photographs of the past means of transport. Also I wanted to look and work closely with the architectural designs within a building this lead me to photograph different buildings such as public houses and shops as these were the social hub of the working community within Blackburn. As I embarked on documenting Blackburn I photographed different variety pubs, architectural features within civil buildings, Street names, shops. After capturing these images I found that this project was too broad to concentrate on the whole perspective as the subject was to large (Blackburn) to full fill. I studied the photographs which I had captured from my shoot and one photograph stood out to me and inspired me to follow a new path of documenting local corner shops as this fitted into my original idea of how Blackburn has changed. With my new idea i decided to document Corner shops within the Blackburn community alongside photographing street names and documenting the history behind each street name.

When I began to document street names I found it very intriguing how each street has its own historical and passed to each individual street name. I also found it interesting that the street names were named after people or things with meanings such as gem stones, trees etc. Within this documentation I focused on the historical facts such as dates of when it was built, the structure of the streets, the meaning of the street name. I also included historical research into these street names. I worked closely when capturing these images with the composition and the negative space within each photograph as I aimed to fill the frame with the street sign to ensure that the viewer’s eye was not distracted. The challenges that I faced when capturing these images of street signs was the location in which the signs were positioned for example on high terraced rows of buildings making the angle challenging to photograph to the full potential, also the signs were located In busy built up area’s which made it challenging to fill the frame with just the sign without having distractions to the viewer’s eyes.

In my assignment i documented corner shops and how they have changed over the years I furthered this by capturing over 70 different shops to help achieve evidence of how corner shops are still thriving in Blackburn despite the threat of the multi-national retailing outlets. I also furthered my documentation of these traditional shops by researching the history, the goods within the shop, the location of these shops, I also worked closely with the architectural detail within each of the shops fronts. When I had planned to capture these images I concentrated on capturing and showing the traditional shop fronts, by capturing these images this is showing how important the shop windows were used to display and advertise goods within the shop. I have aimed to make this the main focal point of my photographs. I also want to show within these images the modernization of these shops over the years. I look closely into the goods that the shops traded in and what they would have traded in originally to compare the old and the new changes within these local corner shops.

When I first started my assignment I looked closely within documentary photographers as I was aiming to document my assignment. The research that I had found and inspired me the most was John Londei, who produced the book ‘shutting up shop’ John Londei worked closely with in traditional corner shops for over fifteen years and captured all his images on 10  x 8 plated camera, where he only included shopkeeper and took great detail into never including the customer. This series of work has helped me further my Idea’s with in corner shops and capturing my images. I have also looked in to other photographers such as Richard Billingham, Martin Parr, Denis Thorpe and Ian Beasley these photographers have also made an impact within my work as I looked closely into Richard Billingham and the structure of his documentary work. I have also included Pablo Picasso the artist within my work as when I looked closely to the images I had produced of each corner shop when you look closely it is made up of all different shapes and lines to produce an image and when I had looked closely with Picasso’s cubism work it was made up of broken down objects and restructured into a painting which you could make out clearly but with the usage of shapes and lines. On furthering my research I wanted to gather information from a generation when corner shops were essential I gained this information by asking people’s opinions on how the corner shops have changed over the years I found the most appropriate way of gathering this vital information would be to but this question out to the people of the face book groups about Blackburn’s past and history. I had a great response from this which has gained me more knowledge and information from people that would have once relied on their local corner shops.

On finalizing my assignment I had many tutorials about how I was going to present my large amount of my suitably for this commercial project. One of the problems that I had come across when deciding how I wanted to present my work was the limited space and the funding’s, I worked around this and decided to produce a 16 Imaged Collage at A1, and alongside publish a photobook with all my images in as when I had looked into separating these image it would of given my final images the potential they hold as each image works alongside each other as a series of images which tells a story without any words. I framed my A1 Image and presented my book within my exhibition space.

Bibliography.

Bibliography 

Bibliography

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Clough, Dean (1998). More Memories of Blackburn, Great Britain : True North Holdings .

Duckworth, Alan (2005). Blackburn, Blackburn: The Francis Frith collection

Londei, John (2007), Shutting up Shop, Stockport: Dewi Lewis .

Moynahan, Brian (1997) The British Century, London, Wiedenfield and Nicholson

Ruhrberg et al, (2005), ART of the 20^th Century, Taschen, Cologne

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Proposal

Proposal.

Candidate Name	Louise Woodhead
Candidate Number	4470
Pathway	Photography
Project Title	21st century Blackburn.
Section 1: Review (Approx 150 words)
I worked on my unit one and two to gain more knowledge about other types of pathways such as fine art, textile, wirework, as I thought this would be useful when I decided my pathway. I learnt many techniques some of these were spot welding and screen printing. I have learnt a great deal throughout this course.  I have improved and gained more experience within photography I have also put all my previous experience of photography skills into practise within my work this year. My assignments will expand on my experience on the course and as the year progresses by the knowledge I will have gained and learnt over this year.  I will be taking a great amount of critical reflection within my work from tutors and my peers to improve my work when needed. My project will also build on the idea’s I gain through experimenting through this year.
Section 2: Project Concept (approx 250 words)
Throughout this course I will be looking closely at events that have impacted on the community such as trams and the closure of the royal infirmary. I am also looking closely into architectural detail of the buildings within the Blackburn area. I am going to make a large part of my assignment based on the cotton and weaving mills which were the hub of this small town. My aim is to experiment with using different techniques to incorporate the use of angles within my images. Using different mediums within this project would help to improve my outcome, as I aim to interview the ex-mill workers from the era of when the cotton and weaving mills were thriving, I will be looking to incorporate this audio sound interviews into my work. I want to explore different printing by researching different techniques such as layering images on top of each other, I will further this investigation through using these influences to produce my own  experimental pieces of which I would layer my photographs on to old survey maps of the Blackburn area. I will reflect these ideas through having peers critics to see which outcome works best. My main thought with this project is to document how times have changed over the years. I am going show this by layering new modern day Blackburn photographs over the top of old survey map of the town.
Section 3: Evaluation (approx 100 words)
I am intending to provide layered images of Blackburn to help show the viewer’s how the town has changed over the years. I will be evaluating my work as I go along through this project, I will sustain this by evaluating my work thoroughly I will do this by getting one to one tutorial feedback and peers critics, I will also update my blog as a means of a self-evaluation and reflection throughout this project.
Proposed Research Sources and Bibliography (Harvard Format)
Having being influenced by various photographers ranging from documentary and landscape photographers some examples of my influences are; Richard Billingham, Mary Ellen Mark, Martin Parr, Denis Thorpe and Ian Beesley. I took great interest in Ian Beesley series of photographs named ‘’the street’’ as this is who influenced me into documenting Blackburn’s history. I need to visit a varied amount of galleries and museums to gather as much information. Also i will need to loan books out of the library for research and back ground information for my project. I will gather a small amount of research from the internet which I can’t access anywhere else.

Project Action Plan and Timetable
Week	Date Week Beginning	Activity / What you are intending to do - including independent study	Resources / What you will need to do it - including access to workshops
1	27/03/2014	Develop Idea’s for FMP proposal with pathway tutors.	Notebook, writing equipment
2	31/03/2014	Exploring Idea’s and starting to gather different sources of research. Create blog posts starting with this research.	Visit Blackburn Library, Internet connection for updating my blog. Sketch book.
3	10/04/2014	Start to photograph Blackburn, edit photographs, and experiment with angles, evaluations.	Camera, sketch books, blogger updates.
4	14/04/2014	Evaluating images, gathering research from the library.	Sketch book, Blog, a visit to the Library.
5	23/04/2014	Photographing, update sketch books evaluations	Camera, sketch book
6	30/04/2014	Photographing, update sketch book, evaluations	Camera, sketch book
7	07/05/14	Photographing making final images for fmp. Updating blog/sketchbook.	Camera, computer,sketchbook.
8	14/05/14	Thinking of idea’s of how to present work	Tutorial feedback.
9	21/05/14	Decided on collage final image, and book to present my photographs in.	Internet connection for looking at prices of books, collage images together to make my final piece.
10	29/05/14	Develop book and send away for it to come in time for the show, and start to print images ready for the show	Internet connection to buy my book, look in to pricing my images up to be printed reprographics.

Exhibition space.

 Exhibition space.

Floating shelve 

My final piece of work is gong to be my book with an A1 collarge framed and hung above this shelf.

This shelf is to use to stand my book stand on with my final piece of work my book 

this glass floating shelf is just a shelf made out of glass and attached to the wall with a metal fitting this looks really professional.

Book Stand.  

Image number two is of my book stand which is constructed by two piece of wood  angled together to make a 90 degree angle with a hinge like mechanism with the use of silver duck tape. I gave this particular book stand five coats of white paint to disguise the silver duck tape which would of distracted the viewers eye from the subject.

Framed out mounted photograph

I printed my image at the size of A1 then i decided to mount my image on white board which is the back of the frame then I hung  it delicately onto the wall within my space to make sure it is level and all wires are hidden.

Printed book.

I prepeared and ordered my book which i had constructed on www.blurb.co.uk

This book is to present my final images in a series, along side my 16 image collage. 

Framed and presented with my book.

This photograph shows my final framed 16 image collage of corner shops with my published book underneath on the floating shelf.

Book on it's stand 

This is my book on it's stand all ready for the end of year show I used sticky pads to secure my book stand to ensure that if people pick my book up it wont fall.

Production of my book.

 Production My Book.

This is my final piece of work which works along side my 16 image collarge at size A0 which will be framed and hung professionally.

This is a screen shot of  the front cover of my book which is all about corner shops.

The image I used on the front of my book i also used on the back put placed the image showing its on a corner terraced on the front of the book.

 This screen shot of the back of the cover on my book i used the front cover but I changed the position making the center of the image the main image.

I do think that this way of presenting my images for my unit 7 for my  final major project is a unique and very professional way of presenting my work and the most appropriate way with the amount of final images i had produced.

This screen shot shows the dust flaps which protects the hard back book, I have wrote a paragraph about my project and added two images to either side so when you look into the book you will see one then when you further through the book up until the back you will find the other with another paragraph with my contact details on.

To design and print this book i used www.blurb.co.uk

this cost £68.00 and gets delivered on 12/06/2014.

Developing My Final Photograph.

Developing My Final Photograph. 

This is the step by step screen shot that i have produced when I have collage my 16 images together producing my final image.

Step one.

I Opened a blank page on photo-shop and then drag down the measuring lines making it 16 equal rectangles at the size of A6 105 X 148 mm making all the 16 images equally spaced out.

Step Two

 I Open an image by clicking file-open  then choosing the appropriate image I then opened this into a new blank page. I then selected the image then I re-sized this  images to 105 x 148 mm i furthered this by clicking on image - image size which brings up the box which you can see in the screen shot below were you type the sizing in then click ok. Then you press command A then copy and paste the image on  the girded page which I had already constructed.

Step Three

I then pasted the images individually into this grid. were I then selected and lined up into the top left hand corner of each A6 blank area. Then clicking on transform scale then using the shift button whilst dragging the image to the correct size I in the correct rectangle. I  continued this process until I changed the size of the DPI  to 600 so that the print quality was good.

Experimenting With Final Photograph

Experimenting with final photograph

This is my idea for my final image along side a photo book i am aiming to produce. My final Photograph is made up of range of 16 of my final images of corner shops which I have sized at A6 105" x 148"mm. These images I have made all the same size to able me to collage them together precisely to make up a A0, 841x1189 mm final image. When I  produce this final piece of work which will look like the one I have shown below, I will be deciding on whether a themed outcome for my photographs, for example all shutters down or all shutters open will make it look more sustained. I have used photo-shop when collageing these images together to make sure I place them accurately. The challenges I sustained when collaborating these photographs together was the decision on if to use a themed image all the way through the collarge or if to have a variety of different kinds of shop fronts, I worked through this by tutorials and looking at which way would be the most appropriate way of including all these image.
I am framing this A0 image and hanging it displayed along side the book I am producing.

                                                       

When re-collarging my images together, I need to ensure there is no white lines in between images I will be doing this by making sure I place images close enough together so they touch on all four sides.

Photo labs prices/printing

Research on Photo labs prices/printing.

My idea is to print my final image at the size of A0. This image with be a collage of my corner shops as i have 75 final images but don't have the space to display all of these photographs, and also the price of printing is quite a high factor to take in to consideration. I have combined my 16 images to produce my final piece of work along side a book which I am producing so I can use the whole of these series of images as they work along side each other. I have done some research on what I want and I am aiming to also look into having a very high standard of photo quality, I am also going to look into having my final image printed on a textured matt paper to bring the image alive. I spoke to martyn before I decided to collaborate these 16 images together were we discussed printing and suggested Paul graham's 

Printing Labs/Prices.

Metro Print 

Metro-printing.co.uk

Ao

Matt

£63.00

DSCL

DScolourlabs.co.uk

A0 

satin 

£49.99

The print space

theprintspace.co.uk

A0 

C-type Matt

£54.56

Blackburn college reprographics

A0

Matt

£11

Professional photo prints

professionalphotoprints.co.uk

A0 

Matt

Rectangle large format print

£32.00

Paul Grahams 

A0 

Textured matt

£50

Developing My Idea's.

Developing My Idea's

These are my Idea's for my starting point for my final major project. These are idea's such as the things i'm aiming to photograph and also the structure of the images and also the way in which I am aiming to capture the images. I made this mind map to help me concentrate and keep Idea's forming for my final major project. 

I formed this mind map to help me plan out the area's I am going to photograph around the Blackburn area, I will be adding more area's to this mind map as i go along to show the area's I visited to captured  photographs of street names and local Corner shops.

The mind map below shows all the street names i will be aiming to capture to produce my series of street name photographs. I have used a large range of street names which are in all different parts of Blackburn such as areas like, the town center, roe lee, revidge and many more.

These on the below mind map are the goods that a traditional corner shop would of traded to the locals of the area. These have changed over the years, but some have stayed the same.
This list helps me gather information about these goods so i can compared the change in the goods which, are sold now to the ones that was sold as some of these are still sold in our local corner shops today.

Experimenting With Angles

Experimenting with angles ''Bulls Head''

1)

2)

Evaluation.

When planning to go and photograph this pun ''the bulls head'' i had planned to concentrate on the angles and the lines which make up the photograph in which i did and you can see in these photographs.

As you can see i decided to capture this photograph central with the main door. There are many shapes within this one building some being triangle, rectangle circle windows and many others. In photograph number two i think it is alot better composition and i thought it out alot more thoroughly this is shown from the angle which is just of center to the bridge i did this to make sure i captured and filled the frame fully and to the best of my ability.

This image is made up of many shapes/lines which are shown through the yellow lines on the road shapes within the iron work on the railway bridge and also within the building itself the use of black and white within photograph number two shows greater characteristics and somehow makes it have an age about this image in my opinion this bottom photograph works better than my original image.