On Wednesday 28 October, the class had a group tutorial as scheduled. The session was carried out via Microsoft Teams due to our tutor’s requirement to self isolate at that time.
After three weeks of working in my own isolation, it was great to see everyone’s progress and show my own concepts and process so far.
The concept of the hawthorn in connection to Bushy Park was well-received and garnered two useful suggestions by my classmate, Sofia:
- Jean Luc Brouard’s tree portraits for a different perspective
- A later, similar project by Simon Roberts
Sofia also stated that she thought the hawthorn connection to the history of the park was a good place to maybe focus the project. This thought was also seconded by another of my classmates, Abi.
As I had already made that decision to focus on the hawthorns before they made the feedback, I knew that I was progressing in the correct direction at this stage of the project. Our tutor, Åsa, mentioned that it was a good way of creating a case study that could be used as a model for future projects.
Åsa, also made a comment about the angle of perspective of the shots and the difference they made to the images. I definitely should continue to take photos of the hawthorns from a lower point-of-view as this makes the tree appear ‘larger than life’ and more significant in relation to its environment.
The other aspect that Åsa mentioned was the Black & White conversions of the images. I agreed that having the images in monochrome highlight the details of the trees better than in colour.
The resulting actions I will be taking between now and the Interim Review on 18 November 2020 are to:
- Continue with my research in regards to hawthorns (folklore, ecology, the environment, Bushy Park, etc.)
- Take further photographs of particular trees
- Refine the Black & White conversion technique
- Produce a series of test prints to see what works and what doesn’t
Jennie Meadows MA Photography 