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Media 1, Week 2 Tutorial Reflection

Today marks a week until our first project is due. I’m not going to lie I’m struggling for ideas. I have a big brainstorm but I’m not entirely sure how I want to work things. For the self-portraits I think I have nailed it down to working on silhouettes and abstract reflections, and then for sound and video I have thought to aim that at my work and my home as these are both considered family to me, which assists in representing my true sense of self. Today, I researched different self-portraits and I came across some amazing pieces of self-portrait work by 18-year old photographer, Laura Williams. Below are few examples of her work:

Photographed by Laura Williams

Photographed by Laura Williams

Photographed by Laura Williams

Photographed by Laura Williams

 

I have planned what days I am going to work on what part of the task, now it’s just up to me getting up and completing the actual assignment. Hopefully it all goes accordingly to plan.

Media 1, Week 1 Tutorial Reflection

During today’s tutorial, the tutor, Daniel Binns, provided the students with an overview of the course, a step by step process on the blogs, and he then elaborated on our first project of the semester. I found the blog very simple to use and I easily set it up, personalising it and creating new posts. When Dan was explaining project 1, I became really excited as photography is my favourite hobby and millions of ideas came rushing through my mind on how to approach this task. I love the idea of trying to avert from the traditional idea of a self-portrait to create something abstract that questions the meaning of what a self-portrait is by only using raw material.

Seems like a challenge, but who doesn’t love a challenge? #letmetakeaselfie