Shoot 1 - Wollaton Hall - 11/1/14

Wollaton Hall

When shooting at Wollaton I want to use a similar photography technique to that of last term, free lensing. I want the images to reflect the movement of the ballroom dance creating a more rounded viewing experience.

Wollaton Hall Ballroom

I am going to visit wollaton Hall to photograph the ballroom and look at the use of space and decoration and the grandeure it suggests. I want to explore how the room creates an experience and massively influences the atmosphere. 

Nick Knight Isabella Blow Interview

Nick Knight Isabella Blow Interview Link 

Nick Knight Photographed at Doddington Hall as that was a place Isabelle Blow aspired to live and was a huge influence to her work and creativity. There is a beautiful symmetry used. 

Knight looked the ball room and how it was built and decorated to be inviting and exciting, connoting the fun and pleasure of dance. 

I wanted to explore the relationship between the room and the emotions it conjures and how it influences what occurs with in. I want to explore this in relation to the dancers and the event, the space they are in and the space and context my images are viewed in.  

Chris Nash

These images were particularly influential to my work last time. I was drawn to the way the the image had a slight blur that reflected the movement of the dancer. It transformed it from a frozen moment to a trail of the dance and the time scale. I also like the use of the sequencing as it again shows time scale and movement making the work more engaging and dimensional.

Pierre Debusschere - Fade Into You

I found this video Fade Into You really interesting. The mixed media and the effects created are really interesting. I would like to use similar techniques to in my work to create an engaging video. although the subject of my video will have more of a sense of journey or travel.

Stills from the film:

Nick Knight - Isabella Blow:Fashion Galore

I went to see the Isabella Blow Fashion galore exhibition at somerset house and found the Nick Knight images really interesting. They had an an etherial feel similar to Ori Gershts Images, the soft blur created by a long shutter speed. Its a really interesting effect that again created another dynamic to the image encouraging the viewer to look longer to understand the image and furthr engagement. The technique is also similar to the free lensing technique I used in term 1.