So this project is based on 'The Landscape'. Usually known as a picturesque scene of mountains with a pretty stream and a some Trees and Bushes scattered around. Although this is classed as a 'Landscape' the term can be used in many other ways to describe a picture.
I'll use this blog to investigate how professional photographers stretch the boundaries of the term and turn it into amazing photographs with narrative.
I have been tasked not only to create a body of work relating to the 'Landscape' genre of photography but also to use a 5x4 film Camera and to shoot in black and white.
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Having only used and processed once in my life (my street photography project) this was going to be interesting.
This is stripping photography back to the very basics and really making the photographer consider everything before pressing the button and creating the photograph.
Having previously used medium format Hasselblad with a digital back, I was prepared for the way everything in the viewfinder was backwards but the 5x4 had a little something extra up it's sleeve. Not only was it backwards but the whole image is upside down. It's a little strange being stood under the cape and looking at the world upside down. Your life changes for that little time you're under there, concentration is so heavily emphasised on staying stood up and working up from down and vice versa nothing else matters.
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