Visual Ideas
Here I have put together a mood board of visual ideas for different things that I could do for my final piece. Ranging from physical products like calenders and photobooks to more digitally based images using more effects and layering. I particuly like the way that some typography has been used in some of the images below to help make the text morph with the images.
Mindmap
Below shows different aspects of my final piece that I need to consider like the presentation, materials, shoots & edits and contextual influences.
Inital Ideas
Below shows my inital ideas where I have drafted up some very inital ideas of 3 different things that I could do to present my images. I have spoken about magazine, photobook and a gallery wall as possible ways of presenting my work. I have then added some technical details
Image Selection
Consolidation of Ideas
Idea 1 – Photobook
My first idea and my favourite idea is making a photobook, this would consolidate my work beautifully and allow me to show all of my different images rather than just one particular theme. A photobook would also allow me to show my images bigger and as the main subject rather than a magazine where it would be distilled by lots of information around my images. Below is a sheet of research that I did into existing photobooks so I could make creative decisions on what I wanted my final photobook to look like and feel like in the hand. This also allowed me to discover different content styles found in photobooks.
Below I have discussed possible layout ideas, content choices and media choice too, including the paper that I want to use. I have also spoken about how I will group images if at all.
InDesign Photobook
Experimenting with Front Cover Typography in Adobe Photoshop
Below is a few different choices I had for the clipping mask style, including using difference screening types, applying effects and blending options to the text layer, which can be seen from the bevel and emboss. Trying out adding a heavy blur to the rectangle object behind the text to see what it would look like if the text just has a glow behind it rather than a clear box and then experiementing with that by changing its colour, which can be seen in the final image in the gallery below, this ended up being my favourite style here.
Process of making the clipping mask for the text
Working on the Photobook in Adobe InDesign
Even though I find InDesign a bit difficult, I wanted to make my Photobook in it for it’s sheer versitality and amount of tools that when used correctly can produce an amazing result. It is also amazing for safe printing.
Idea 2 – Magazine
I have also considered the idea of making a magazine, probably one about different nature walks in North Yorkshire. I have consolidated some ideas already that I could utlise for a magazine. I have also included a page of research below into magazines and different examples that I have found that could inspire my magazine.
Below I have discussed possible layout ideas, content choices and media choice too, including the paper that I want to use. I have also then spoken about the content of the written content and how it will relate to my selected imagery.
Idea 3 – Gallery Wall
The following is research into different galleries that will effect my artistic decisions for a gallery wall. I have tried to find a range of different galleries for me to discuss and then use as examples for my contextulisation of my different images.
Below I have discussed possible layout ideas, content choices and display choice too, including paper/print media choice, fixings and lighting. I have also spoken about possible written content next to the photographs like discussed in the previous screenshot.