Photo mood boards

A few examples of my photography of light and colour, I really enjoyed experimenting with this theme and have more ideas that could be used. For example, Over easter I intend to either wake up and arrive at my village church before sunrise or rahter at sunset which is probably more likely as we as students are of a nocturnal nature. Anyway I want to photogragh the light through the stain glass windows, hence light and multiple colour. I think this will be a real success. Watch this space.






Here's a mood board I put together that I feel portrays an insight into part of my identity. For example, I have used photographs that are of intrinsic value to myself. Whether it be in showing a place I've visited, friends i've made or work i've produced. They all contribute to my personal identity.

Ideas for my enviroment!

There is a clear contrast between this photograph I have taken of the sunset out of my room at Norton and the others below. Firstly I feel that the colours evoke totally different feelings and the focal points are different. The subtle sky blue colour portrays the feeling of peace and relaxation whereas the deeper orange colours are more moody and upfront. The focal points of the photos are also different as the dark sunset lead the eye into the distance and gives a sense of depth and meaning. Whereas the lighter photos taken at midday don't particuarly have a specific focal point as it is of neutral coulour.





This was taken In Nakuru national reserve whilst I was in Kenya over the summer. For me its one of the most breathtaking views I had ever laid my eyes upon. Its one of those places that if you could you would wish your self back to. Regarding my passion for the outdoors I think it be the most appropriate environment for avatar. Since I've lived in Nottingham I've certainly missed living in the countryside.



This photo was taking from our house where we were staying in Uganda that overlooked the rive Nile.

The Sharkman, Thursday, February 28, Channel 5, 9pm.

Oh my gosh I'm so excited am I'm currently waiting for a channel 5 documentary to come on about a man that works along side great white sharks. Im abit of an animal fanatic so this is right up my street. The Sharkman is renowned worldwide for swimming with these predators without a cage. He was a former fisherman and is on a crusade to show that the huge fish are not bloodthirsty killers but are intelligent and sensitive creatures.
That was the most nerve racking documentary I have ever watched. Now I'll tell a little abit about it.
He swims with these sharks by mimicking their movements and is seen as neither prey or predator, so they happily glide past. It was absolutely amazing watching him swim calmly alongside these great sharks. He has a phenomenal ability to read sharks and doesn't jump straight in the water with any great white, instead he waits for the less agressive females to turn up.

His mission was to immobilize the great white through the process of tonic immobility, this is a natural state of paralysis induced in sharks by massaging their snouts, close to the eyes. The effects last for about 15 minutes. This was one of the best documentary programs I have watched, as It revealed that these mysterious and misunderstood creatures aren't just mind less man eaters and that they actually have a gentler side. This was evident when a female great white allowed Mike to catch a ride on her dorsal fin...wow! It hasn't quite persuaded me to willingly jump in the deep end with them but ill always want to cage dive.

More ideas for my identity.

Above I've put in a drawing of my idea of representing my shared identity in being a twin.

Above is a photo of my twin and I when we were around the age of one or two. I suppose this is also an important part of my life. In a way he's like my other half. So at the moment I'm thinking half an identity on myself and the other on my twin, I think this would be a interesting and different idea.


A great deal of my personal interest and identity in day to day life is to do with photography. Its something I love doing and I also feel dependent upon it as a form of comfort in the way it shows me a past memory. It is a quality that no other piece of technology or object can offer us, it has the unique ability to trigger past events that wold have been forgotten without this visual record.
I feel that my second self wouldn't be complete without photographs of my fond memories as these are the one thing I wouldn't change for anything in the world. I will go about narrowing down a few favorites that would work well with my indent.
More to come...

Cool colour accented photos I took.

I have a Canon IXUS 900 Ti, which has a brilliant setting where by I can take a photo and highlight one colour out of the frame. The rest of the colours are dulled down into a black and white theme. This is what I have used to take these photos above.

After looking at artists insight by Philip Straub about colour theory

More light and colour shots

After my recent attempt at taking a photo that screams of colour and light, I felt I needed to experiment further with different techniques so here are some of my more recent attempts. I really like the photos where I have focused on using only one colour, the colours quality is far clearer as it doesnt merge with the rest.

A few more examples of what kind of wings I would have.

I browsed the corbis website and found these rather beautiful images. Looking at the image above I think I would now consider being a child in the alternate life as there are far less impications and pressures. To me my memories are of pure joy and happiness, although it was a time when one is most vulnerable and naive it was also a time where our parents would do anything to proctect us from harms way.