recemntly i have been taking some landscape shots for a module at uni, i have focused my efforts on times of day. I have been up in the morning magic hour just before sunrise and during, the light is fantastic so soft and fresh. You get a real sesne of being the only person in the worls at this time. As well as the morning the evening offers some fantastic light too. Long beams and shadown with golden light. The top image with the bright sun was taken at my local common at about half past four.

Just some shots i took at a local boat yard in stone. Something about it just appealed to me!

The last two images i produced for my Dream series exhibiton!

So last semester I wanted to produce 4 images for an exhibition being held at Stafford College. I decided document the intensley vivid dreams i suffer with most nights due to medication i have to take daily. This medications gives me dreams in which i feel a huge sense of loneliness, depression, anxiety resulting in me waking up two or even three times a night in cold sweats. I wanted to protray the cold feeling, the fear and isolation i deal with in my sleep. Its an intense experience and one i wanted to voice to other people. This is where i feel my photography is strongest, When i voice something that is personal to me or i believe in strongly. There are two other images which i will post a little later...

Well i have my ideas for my two responses for my brief, but i am always talking about colours and complimetary colours and wanting to add warmth and texture and a comforting atmosphere. But how do i portray this feeling through colour???
   Colour theory works by using colours that compliment other to prooke feeling and emotion. Different colours portray different emotions and feelings, such as Orange which can portray warmth or Enthisiasm, or green which portrays Freshness and peace. So working what your idea is and what you want the viewer to understand will dertermine what colours will be used in your images. As the colour examples state each colour also represent different meanings, so if you want to portray a particular idea you have to work out what colours produce the meaning you want alongside what emotions you want viewer to feel. Getting the balance right in your final image is imperitive to create the right meaning and feeling.

Example Whisky advertisements:

So i have been set an Advertisement brief as on of my semester modules. We have been given 5 catergories To choose and create a new advert for a hypothetical brand, which we will create, shoot, market and produce for the end of term. The 5 catergories are: 1. Alcohol, 2. Fast Food, 3.High Street Fashion, 4. Confectionary, 5. Coffee.

   I have chosen to focus my advert on advertising a brand of whisky aimed at the people 30 years plus of age. This age group tend to appreciate flavour, smell, brand, and rather than consuming large quantities of the liquer, they indulge for pleasure and relaxation. I want to show the high standard of the whisky as well as the quality. In the advert i want to emphasise the flavour and aromas of the spirit within a warm relaxing atmosphere. I want the viewer to imagine themselves in the situation with a glass of the whisky.

   As well as this, we have been asked to promote a negative side to the industry we choose and the advertisements within the sector. As mine is producing this wonderful whisky with which you can relax and unwind, I have decided to show a side of the industry in which people rely to heavily on the warm relaxing feeling and atmosphere that a product like this creates. The idea is that people take drinking to relax to far and become dependant, I will show in my images the effects that drinking to much has on the individual.

Documenting a nearby abandoned social services building in Stafford...