‘Home’ Photography Assignment.

For this assignment I struggled for quite a while with an idea of what I could do. I asked my class mates what their ideas were but nothing was really inspiring me for this project. So, unsure of what to do, I began just taking my camera out with me whenever I could and just taking pictures. I was taking random photographs of household objects such as keys and door handles, when I had the thought of trying to spell the word ‘home’ by framing parts of our kitchen in such a way that depicted the letters of the word. This took some creativity, and once I had experimented with what light I had to play with, I began looking for what I could use to create each letter. The first image, or the ‘H’ of ‘home’ came to mind pretty quickly. I enjoy the fact that the middle part of the letter is missing, almost causing a viewer to think about what the hidden word might be in these pictures, without giving too much away. I really enjoyed showing this set of images to people I knew to see if they saw the word ‘home’ or if they simply thought they were random images. A few noticed the spelling, and most kicked themselves when I explained afterwards what I had done.

I enjoy the second image as although the in is overflowing and messy, it creates a sort of irregular circle which I used as my letter ‘o’. the different colours and reflections from the harsh ceiling lights are aesthetically pleasing, and create a very contrasting brightness to the otherwise grey images above and below it.

The third image is probably the most imaginative of the four. I struggled to think of a natural ‘m’ to take a picture of, without creating it myself by laying out items, it took a fair amount of pacing around the room before the lines on the radiator caught my eye. I enjoy how creative it is and think it works well as the ‘m’ of the word.

I had a similar issue with finding myself an ‘e’. Almost using the criss crosses of a tea towel, I noticed the Spotify sticker on the fridge. Slicing it down the middle, I created a white ‘e’ with the outline of the logo against the grey sticker.

After I had my four images, I used Lightroom to experiment with how I presented the four images as a word. After trying out multiple templates, I decided that vertically was the best way to portray them, so as to make the fact that they spell out a word that little bit less obvious.

Obviously the brief for this assignment details that we must include six images in our submission, so I decided to include two of the pictures I took while trying to come up with ideas, as I think it shows the steps I made and the journey I took in coming to my final idea.

I thoroughly enjoy the lighting on both of these images, the metallic surfaces of the keyhole and keychain both reflect away from the camera, leaving an array of colours on the surfaces captured.