To help inspire me and generate some more ideas for my assignments, I took to Pinterest to look at other people’s photos that may positively influence my work. I have saved a wide variety of examples for each assignment to look at whenever I need motivation and ideas. Pinterest is a very creative platform, therefore I chose this website to create my mood boards because it is most effective at helping me generate creative thoughts, with the added bonus that there are useful articles attached to some of the images with handy photography tips, such as successful poses for portrait photography.

 

Light and Shadow

I find the images of buildings and fences on this board very interesting and they are similar to the work I produced in my previous photoshoot for the Light and Shadow assignment in Hanley in the abandoned bus station. Moving forward, I also find the images with reflections very intriguing and this was one of my initial thoughts for this project. I may take this direction next and see how successful the outcome is. Reflections can be found in many places such as bodies of water, windows and reflective surfaces such as the pair of glasses above. I also like the idea of the shadows on the wall which interact with the physical subjects in the images above, such as the woman watching the scary movie on the sofa.

 

Everyday Geometry

I found a lot of inspiration for this assignment as I was particularly struggling to find ideas for what to photograph, due to the 2cm height limit for the images and the flat lay style. From this research, I have decided to separately photograph slices of fruit, some pencils and some biscuits that will all be below 2cm and will be placed on coloured card to create an aesthetically pleasing background, especially when the colour of the subjects contrast against them. The items themselves will be shaped geometrically, but I will also arrange them in other shapes to further carry the theme through the images. Fruit is particularly interesting because there are natural shapes hidden within them, such as inside kiwis, lemons and limes. I was also inspired to look for more geometric shapes around me within daily life, such as buildings and in the objects we use around the house daily.

 

Who’s Who?

This mood board is a mixture of aesthetically pleasing images and ones that hold a deeper meaning, such as the old gentleman looking into the mirror with the reflection of his younger self. I like the idea of having a deep meaning behind my images, as I would like to use photography to communicate ideas and get people thinking. However I also like the idea of not having to include any deeper meaning, and simply produce images because they look nice. I think adding a deeper meaning to my images may be more difficult for this assignment as I am required to photograph people I don’t know, and therefore I don’t know their stories. I am initially very nervous and shy about approaching people, so I will experiment with taking simple, pretty images and see how much my confidence grows. Very effective images can still be made, simply by using an effective background or location.