Final Blog of year 2

At the end of this project I’ve got to say that I’m happy. I like the look of each of the circular bridges, I achieved what I set out to do being taking a bridge out of it’s normal look and am just generally pleased with how they look. I would certainly like to push this forward, even if its just more bridges, ways of transport or different structures, I think it could be a very good project to push forward. Over the past two terms I've only gone to three locations for bridges, being Hertfordshire, Leicester and London and I've only really looked at bridges going over rivers however this is kind of a narrow selection of bridges, if I go to villages then they would have a different, much smaller look and then driving on the motor way I would get a completely different look. Spaghetti Junction for an instance could look awesome, also if I could find a suspension bridge could be brilliant.

One thing I do need to make a comment about is that this was the first time I got anything printed bigger then A4. I went to a printing shop that I went to in my first year that gave me some brilliant A4 prints however the prints this time around on A3 just didn’t look anything specials which is extremely annoying. I would have tried to find somewhere else however it cost me over £20 and I couldn’t afford to go somewhere more expensive.

Presentation of work

Coming to an end of this part of the project, one thing that I am still contemplating is how I would want to present my work in a gallery environment. After thinking about it over the last week or two I've come up with three ways that I feel would suit the work the most. Two ways would be very basic prints, the only difference is the size and wall layout. First one would be the size I have printed at now (A3) and just have in one long line. The problem with the technique I use is that it stretches everything so even if the files are good (shot in RAW) it will still look like it's ever so slightly pixelated which is really annoying so I think anything printed over A3 wouldn't look very good even if the files are good.

The second way I would like to do it is square light boxes of about an 20x20 size. This is just a 'nice idea' as it would cost a fortune to actually achieve this but with the light I think it would be the best way to get rid of the low quality look.

Thirdly is one that my lecturer was saying could look good. This would be a video display, two projectors next to each other, both aimed the same way so both displays are next to each other (maybe even a bit of overlap) however both showing something different. The first would be an extremely quick slide show of the bridge worlds, say less then a frame a second so it would hard-ish to see exactly what each bridge looks like but would have a really interesting look. The second projector would be a lot slower, around a frame every 3 seconds and this would show a very classic look of a bridge, all from the same kind of angle and maybe all in back and white (35mm scans). Also what could be a interesting idea would be to add with sounds to help the atmosphere. For the slower projector just have a simple sound of a slide projector however for the faster display have some kind of beat or just a single random noise ever frame.

Something to contemplate for the future however at this moment in time I would think that the first way would be better as the other two are a bit to over the top.

Also just a side note, the order is not at all important and if I did do a video it would allow me to do a lot more pictures, standard A3 print would be around 10 and the light box would be around 5-6.

Final Image 7&8

So here are Images 7 and 8 both of which are from my trip the of the largest viaducts in the UK. I decided to use two of the pictures from this shoot as I found them so intriguing and both of these Images have a good look. The reason why I like them so much is that I was able to get them almost perfect, the sides are connected perfectly and with the white background they stand out brilliantly. This is I suppose every image should look like with the bridge perfectly connected and there being a white background but then I don't mind it with the busier background.

Final Image 6

This is the first bridge from back in Hertfordshire. What's different then all the others in that i actually underside one of the larger bridges in my area. It gives a really interesting look, the colours are all nice and bright and due to there being so many support pillars I'm very happy with the patterns.

Final Image 5

This is the biggest and possibly the best bridge I got from my trip to London. If you couldn't tell this is Tower Bridge with the HMS Victory in the foreground. How it's one sided heaving gives a good look, the two main towers works brilliantly. I'm pretty happy with this, I would of much preferred a nicer blue background but I think the grey helps to make the bridge world stick out.

Final Image 4

This image is one of my most preferred out of the 10. The reason being is that everything fits almost perfectly. The bridge connects perfectly at both ends, the actual look of the bridge is a good pattern and the train also works well. Also the main suspension supports give of a good look with the lines.

Final Image 3

This image I really didn't think much of first however when I was just looking about the look of different but then I realised that the two cranes where almost perfectly opposite. I thought that the look was really interesting, also the blue netting that was on the bridge was also giving a really interesting look. Unlike the other two I didn't capture anything going over the bridge ore any kind of boat going under the bridge which I was happy about as I didn't want everything image to look too much the same. What I do like though is double arch in the centre which again is look I'm happy about. Also unlike the other two images the background is a lot more basic, I took the picture from a lot further out and didn't zoom in much to capture the top of the cranes the building are pretty small and the sky was just grey so is a lot more basic. I suppose I do kind of prefer this look as the bridge would is a lot more stand alone but I'm still happy with the outcome of both.