GLASS

The other day my friend Bonnie Whitehead passed away at the young age of 19. This was a massive shock to everyone. She was a really lovely down to earth girl, always looking for fun. One of the most loveliest people iv met. out of everyone I know I wouldn't have expected this to happen, especially someone so lovely.

Life is unfair, random and cruel.

Our lives are so fragile and we really do take it for granted, way to much.

This got me thinking that maybe I should have my images printed on glass. Reinforcing the idea that we are fragile. The slitest bump could smash us or put a crack in us.

Another thing about the glass is that its see through. What we see our lives as, is a solid state but really its so temporary. What we think means a lot to us is nothing.
Over time we vanish into thin air like everything is, see threw......

I could have the images overlayed in such a way that all the eyes much up creating an overal image of what seems to be one person. This one person representing humanity.

Instead of having split images of people doing things they like, I will have a basic portrait of a person.

Class Q's

1. Ellory: Who are you making your book for?
 Im making the book mainly for myself as an expression of my feelings and thoughts. I want to do something deeper and more meaningful but if I do that I think it will start to become more selfish.

2. Lori: Have you started photographing?
hmmmmmm no not really............. iv done the class exercises but i havent really started!

3. Elise: What inspired you?
Rude,selfish, arrogant,pig head,douche bag,slobs,king shit,SNOOTY and shit head people. People who think they deserve to live the life styles they have, when truly they dont!

4. Kayla: How does the way you are presenting it reflect your idea?
The wooden frames and box are going to reflect life. The wood is from a tree that died to make the wood. Trees are a massive part of our lives they provide us food,shelter,air,warmth and most of all LIFE! We never, EVER stop enough and look and appreciate what they do for us. I also love wood to! The images printed on glass will represent how fragile our lives are.

5. Sue: What are your current thoughts on your concept?
Up and down a lot, my moods change and my ideas change. When im happy I want my folio to be happy, when im sad I want my folio to be sad. It all depends on my mood at the time really. I like where it is going but im just worried it wont look good!

6. Sam: What does your concept mean to you?
To make people realize be happy! its not going to be their forever!

7. Ryleigh: Is anyone else going to find your work interesting, other than you?
Well i hope so! other wise my message wont get across :( I think when its done it will be good!

 8. Jordan: How will others relate to your concept?
Hopefully they will look at their own lives, and see how they live and if they are truly happy with themselves, where they are and what they have.

9. Zhi: How many photographs do you have?
none yet! but im looking at around 6-12

10. Phil: Do you fear people's reactions?
yea sometimes, thats like any work you do. We always want to get praise for our work, but sometimes negative feed back can be constructive feed back.

11. Scherry: How has your concept developed?
first it was mainly based around my beliefs and really one sided. now it is much more broad and has more open ended ideas about it.

12. AJ: Is your concept resolving a deeper issue for yourself?
Yes and no, I sometime feel as though im not as happy as I could be. I really dont understand why, I have an amazing girlfriend and amazing life, I have good health, good family, Im not stuck in a third world country with no food or water, I have a roof over my head! why am I not over the moon happy!
This is why I think its a bit more of a deeper issue

13. Sarah H: How do you think you'll feel at the end of it?
Relived! all the work will be done and ready to kick back for holidays! :D

14. Sarah W: Have any particular people influenced your concept?
My lovely girlfriend amdree :) she's the only person who makes me relise I should be happy no matter what.

15. Ryleigh 2: What's your biggest concern about the process?
Printing! expensive and time consuming! ahah mounting the images in wood frames shouldn't be to hard! hopefully?

16. Terri: Is there anything holding you back with your book and is there a way to get around it?
Mainly time! their is never enough during the day.

 17. Dylan 2: What was your first reaction when you got the assignment?
Excited to get into it!

18. Andrea: Have you spoken to anyone outside the class about your assignment.
Yes and no, iv asked if some people could model for me! but thats about it.

 19. Dylan 3: What do you hope to gain from making the book?
Better skills at shooting portraits and having things flow better.

20. Sarah 2: What have you already gained from making the book?
An insight to thinking about thing differently. Less technical and more "arty"

21. Alex: What will you do with your book at the end?
Hopefully hang it on the mantel piece haha

22. Nick: Have you thought about your concept before starting this class?
Yes quite a fair bit really, Iv always wondered of how to get people to stop being douche bags and be happy!

 23. Belinda: After answering these questions has your premise changed or developed?

 24. Belinda: What is your book about on the surface?

 25. Belinda: What is your book really about underneath?

Looking at myself....... procrastination

waring only my undies I spent half the day doing this, waiting for Andrea to come pick me up.
 Watching TV

I got hungry so I Raided the fridge

The healthyist/easiest food I had. While enjoying it in the sun. Bless the lovely weather :)

My lazy days normaly spands out like this, which is rather bad just beacause we have so much home work. Lazyness is something that I would like to change, but this is how I get most of my inpirational ideas.

ways of presenting

Something I really love is wood, the texture, the smell and the look. Their is just something about it that cant be matched. Tress are marvelous life forms. We don't stop enough and appreciate them. They provide us with food, air and shelter. We owe our lives to them.

I want my work to be presented in such a way that it creates a physical sensation. Either with the texture

 I love the look of thee books,

 interesting style

 This is cool to. 

overall i don't want to do a book but I'm rather just looking at textures.

In class, Brian our teacher showed us a folio of work he did. It was a simple box looking shape. That opened up to be another box inside with images in the other box.

I made a mock up of  this idea in hope to get soe inspiration

This is the box

 This is whats in the box

This is whats in the box of the box

 rough sketch of how they could be joined? 

Change of Idea "little things in life"

Everyone is different and they all enjoy different things. some people consider sky diving to be suicidal and other consider it as a adrenalin rush. everyone moves and lives at different speeds.

The last idea I had was based to much on MY idea of others and their lives. to me they may not seem like they are living their life, but in fact they are! Just in a different way to me. I wanted to do something that relates to everyone.

This idea of life is still the same, but my approach has changed to look at things from a different angle.

At the start of the movie Ameili, it has some scenes where it covers points of what some characters like and dislike. It really helps to paint some pictures of who the characters are. Their likes are the small pleasures in life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmllotLUU38

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sppkUL6fqDI


I like these ideas because some people can't enjoy the larger things in life, instead they enjoy smaller things like smelling flowers, popping bubble wrap, getting mail, enjoying a fresh spring breeze, drinking icy old water on a hot day. These are just some rough examples of what some people might enjoy (i love all of these things).

Not looking larger but smaller instead.

The the way I could portray this idea, by having a portrait of a person and have a corresponding image showing what the person really enjoys.

I absolutely love a pot of fresh tea!

 The hard qestion why am I doing this?

Well beacuse, I want to tell people ENJOY LIFE! be happy where you are! and who you are! you could be in a 10000000 times worser situation then your in right now.

Some times we just need a little kick in the but to remind us to be happy and that where not going to be around forever so....... enjoy it!