Project View - The View Throughout The Season.
This was an ongoing mini project of mine showing the view from my window when I lived in Les Houches, France in its change and in date order throughout the winter season, starting from December 2012 to May 2013... So winter to spring. I Captured icey moments, beautiful sunsets, snow blizzards, blue skies and sunshine, snow clearance, greenery scenery and yes MORE SNOW. Ideally I would have liked the same image captured weekly at the same time and on the same day but due to work demands, skiing sessions and all round exploration of the French Alps, this became impossible for me to do but its not far off. Also I only discovered that my image taking device had a panoramic option half way through the season and it would of been great to have all the shots in the same format, but never mind... Maybe next time.
The View Throughout The Season
December 2012 - May 2013
The next stage of this project was to attempt to do some imagery binding which is now complete and ready to share with all you lovely people. As well as having individual shots of the season change I wanted to combine them as one piece -
'One View'
I particularly like the combined image the most because of the contrasts between the weather change, which is more noticeable this way.
The Black and White Project
I decided to set myself a mini project by gathering a collection of my favourite images which I took myself from within the French Alps and converting them to black and white, this way I was able to improve on my converting skills as this was my main goal. I've never been a big fan when it comes to full colour photography and if I could convert all my images to black and white I would, but if I did that I would change the complete purpose of this site. Colour can be quite distracting in some images and can sometimes take the focus away from your subject, so by choosing black and white the image is able to speak for itself. It's also remarkable comparing the same image in colour to black and white, you tend to see more detail if the image is stripped of its colour, more tones, shades and for some reason the image becomes quite powerful and stronger.
I decided to set myself a mini project by gathering a collection of my favourite images which I took myself from within the French Alps and converting them to black and white, this way I was able to improve on my converting skills as this was my main goal. I've never been a big fan when it comes to full colour photography and if I could convert all my images to black and white I would, but if I did that I would change the complete purpose of this site. Colour can be quite distracting in some images and can sometimes take the focus away from your subject, so by choosing black and white the image is able to speak for itself. It's also remarkable comparing the same image in colour to black and white, you tend to see more detail if the image is stripped of its colour, more tones, shades and for some reason the image becomes quite powerful and stronger.
