Anomaly

In this project I attempted my first experiment with film photography. This was a challenge as it is a format I have never used before and it took away the security of shooting digital. I used a Lomography Fisheye 2 camera and Superia 200 film in this project.

I wanted to explore the different effects the Fisheye camera could create, so I tried to capture exposures of a wide range of landscapes, buildings and shapes. The closer to the subject it is, the more effective the skewed perspective of the Fisheye lens becomes.

I had a feeling that the film I was using would have too low an exposure, and when I got around to having my photographs developed I found that I was correct. This combined with generally overcast/dark weather meant my photographs were quite dark.

Though I was not as pleased with my prints as I would have liked, I enjoyed experimenting with a format completely new to me and felt that it fulfilled the brief.

Seven Deadly Sins

In this photographic project I had to create a series of images representing my interpretation of three of the seven deadly sins. I chose lust, greed and gluttony. Early on in this project I had the idea to photograph only hands, using them along with various props to represent each sin, a concept I stuck with throughout my project.

I shot these photos with studio lighting using the Canon 550D.

I think photographing only hands was effective as it kept my concept simple but effective. I did not want to overcomplicate my photographs in this project.

I knew during the shooting and editing process that typography was going to be an important part of my final pieces. I kept this in mind throughout. I feel that the typography brings this work together, especially when presented as a triptych.