Within this assignment I have produced numerous photographs showing the way in which I view the city. Having started at the same point of everyone else I developed my own ideas, showing how I specifically think about and look at my surroundings through the photographs that I have taken. When I started with no real idea of what I thought about the city, I noticed that on the first walk through the city I was focusing more on photographing the small things that were lying around having been left or forgotten about by people. Therefore this is the directing in which I decided to carry on going in, exploring different approaches and trying to find a variety of different items to photograph. I think this direction was both good and bad, this is because I really liked the direction yet I was struggling a little bit to find anything that would be interesting and capture the viewers eye making them think about the composition and contents of the photo. However I did really like the idea of looking for the things that go unnoticed by people, I found it interesting mostly because I was now noticing things a lot more than I was before, this assignment has made me view my environment differently than I did before which I really like.
Within most of my photographs I have used a shallow depth of field, either making something within the foreground or the background the main focal point of the photograph, I think this works well because it drops everything else from the composition out making the item that I have noticed within my surroundings the most noticeable area within the photograph.
I think the research that I did helped me with the direction I was going in, some photographers inspired me more than others. The main photographer being Richard Wentworth this is because of the way he photographs items that people leave in unusual places within the city. This was similar to the direction I was going in therefore his photographs enabled me to get ideas for my own photographs.
Although I am pleased with my final photographs as well as some of my other photos, I definitely think I could improve on my results. I was unable to capture some of the things that I wanted, I focused a lot on discarded rubbish that was left on the streets, however now I don’t think that was a very good direction to go in. It wasn’t very successful in portraying what I wanted to show being the things that go unnoticed within the city; however I do feel that some of the photographs were successful due to the use of composition and depth of field creating strong impacts. I would of like to of done a few more shoots exploring different areas of the city but due to the weather I was unable to go out when I needed to which has meant that I haven’t been able to develop some of the ideas that I had, so this is something I need to plan for within future assignments.
I have enjoyed this assignment and I think I have done well in showing they was I view the city. I feel that everything I have learnt and developed on within this assignment will help me in the future from the use of my camera to the way in which I now view the city and my environment. I have learnt to see things differently, having opened my eyes to viewing things in a new way than I have done previously. I am very pleased with my results and feel I have taken successful photographs which show things that go unnoticed within the city as well as showing how I view the city and the items that I now notice.
