Feedback presentation

During my presentation i asked for feedback on whether or not the audience believed that this idea of 'faking'the ghost images would work, so i asked them to try and spot anything in the images. Using this theory of eye matrixing i was actually shocked at the amount of results i got (results are in notebook)  They all seemed very encoraging of the idea and actually found it fun to do. this is a great positive to my work and allows me to move forward knowing that the idea and theory behind it works.
I also asked there opinion on a selection of images, very obviously distorted images, or images that u can still tell what they are, and the general consencus was that those images that were less distorted didnt have the same effect when looking for 'more' in the images. they said it was hard due to the shapes being more apparent of what they were. this helps me to make my final selection ofimages because now i know what works and what doesnt!
thank god for feedback!

Idea for fakery

i did have an idea to go along with this idea of faking the images of creating small 'originals' of the images to make out that the images i had taken were found. My idea was to print small 6x8 images or of random sizes and shapes, and say that i found them in an old box *presenting them with this small box* however, when i went to talk to andy in the darkroom about printed on textured paper to try and get the old look he informed me that u dont get them any more and my best bet was to print on 'art paper' using the ink jet. i did try a mock up on my own printer using textured card *see notebook* however the image just looked new. i dont think i would be able to create images with the correct feel and then if i did include it for the sake of it, it would give away the game as it were to my fakery.  While it was a good idea, i think i would need more time to experiement to make sure i got it really right and i dont feel i have enough time to get it finished or to an acceptable standard by hand in.

Richard Page- Suburban Exposures

The work of Richard Page reminds me strongly of the work of Paul Winch-Furness as they both use tiltshift to portray places in a different light.
The work of photographer and artist Richard Page presents luminous images that collectively depict an unsettling and unsettled landscape. Employing shallow focus, the buildings and spaces he photographs appear reductive, where scale becomes deeply deceptive, and our scrutiny can become more intense. The images are taken in areas on the fringes of cities; anonymous places which reflect a new breed of generic architecture, familiar across cities throughout the UK.I find these images alot darker then those of Winch-Furness. Page’s subjects provoke a sense of unfamiliarity, yet the dramatic ambience of the imagery which is somewhat reminisant of Bmovies, a crime scene or something unusual – yet we cannot be sure of what that may be. This imbues the illuminated pictures with an underlying sense of anxiety, which mirrors the climate of fear from our media-driven culture.

Paul Winch Furness

What i like about the work of Paul Winch-Furness is how he creates this world for the audience to reside in. Taking images of seemingly ordinary on a tiltshift lens, he manages to create the impression that these places are not real and everyday. His work is interesting as its a different take of a  seemingly boring subject matter, taking around housing estates and general architecture, and making it look completely different through the use of a technique. Its funny how a simple technique can change the impression the audience gets on a location, such as in my work and well as that of Paul Winch-Furness. Often the impression given by the use of tiltshift is to make the objects/places look more like models rather then reality and in a sence these images still do the same thing.

Brenda Pelkey- Haunts

Formerly a documentary photographer, Brenda Pelkey turned in 1994 to a category of subject matter that currently manifests itself spatially as landscape–pyschic landscape. They have ususual colours and shapes with a mix of mirrorings and creation of unusual dytpics. The exhibition is composed of large-format prints some grouped in panoramic assemblages, others incorporating cryptic text fragments that hint at tragedy. The most recent were photographed in the vicinity of Havre Boucher, Nova Scotia.

None of the fields, forests or seashores contain figures. Photographed at night (or at twilight with a long exposure), Pelkey’s eerily claustrophic landscapes are illuminated with movie lights. The unnatural light and deep shadows transform these ordinary locales into the mise-en-scènes for melodramas

They in a way look like they are from horror movie sets, or even from a drug induced state.
The lighting creates a large part of the atmosphere.

Grace Dieu Shoot 1

With  the shoots at Grace Dieu i wanted to be more presise with my images and what i was doing with the film. The problem with the process that ive chosen it is very experimental and while i like that, it does make it abit annoying when workikng to a deadline and not knowing how your images will appear till after. however by using specific films for different things it may allow me to with ease create the images that i want.

Some of these images came out really well, the main question is if they will work in team with the other images ive taken as part of a flowing collection of images rather then lookign like they were randomly thrown together. alot of the images on this film were more in focus but i still stand by the fact that i like the blured and distorted images better. they are more ambiguous

The priory of Grace Dieu

“Beneath yon eastern ridge, the craggy bound,
Rugged and high, of Charnwood’s forest ground,
Stand yet, but, Stranger, hidden from thy view
The ivied ruins of forlorn Grace Dieu,
Erst a religious House, which day and night
With hymns resounded and the chanted rite.”

Grace Dieu Priory near Thringstone in Leicestershire, is a location with a vibrant past. Who is the 'white lady' that haunts the ruins?
The priory was founded between 1235 and 1241 by Rose de Verdon for 14 Augustinian nuns and their prioress. The nuns at Grace Dieu lead a solitary life and were forbidden to leave the walls of the priory.
They elected to wear white habits as opposed to the traditional black that was worn by nuns of the Augustinian order. The women went on to call themselves the 'White Nuns of St. Augustine'.Rose's remains were exhumed and re-interred at nearby Belton Church. Was Rose's spirit disturbed when she was moved from her original resting place?
The white woman in said to walk the grounds, and with reported more and more frequant activitys.