Something that was picked up as an interesting feature by my peers in the feedback group was how I had thought about composition very intently with each shot.
As part of the experimentation process of my FMP I wanted to see how I could both physically and digitally alter my photos to make some more successful outcomes. I started to experiment with my physical printed photos by cutting them up and looking at the images through a viewfinder. I did this to see what difference it would make to the overall photos whether the outcome would be better or worse.
I wanted to experiment with different shapes as I thought that would be interesting. I began by taking a rectangle shape and adjusting it to each photograph as I found some had much more content to crop rather than others. I then decided to try a whole new perspective and use a triangle viewfinder and the typical shape of photos are usually rectangle or square and never usually triangle. I found that it definitely gave everything a new perspective and changed the photography greatly. These photos are now displayed in my sketchbook.
I then decided to make digital versions of what I had physically created however this would be slightly different in Photoshop as I wouldn't be using a viewfinder to decide what I wanted to be in shot, I would be using the cropping tool instead. I was interested in exploring different shapes so I chose to crop my photos into an equal square shape to begin with. I found that these photos were very interesting and what I feel is the most successful part of the experimenting with composition process. I also then decided to make digital triangles as well however this was a little more difficult as I wasn't able to use the cropping tool. I chose to cut around a triangle shape instead however this worked very well none the less. I was very happy with all of the outcomes from the experimental process however I feel that the digital square photos were very interesting and were the most successful.
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| Here is a contact sheet of my square images which I digitally cropped using Photoshop. |
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| Here is a contact sheet of my digitally cropped triangles using Photoshop. |
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