evaluation of minor project

evaluation
well i have actually gotten a lot of enjoyment out of this project. i wasnt expecting landscape photography to give me so much enjoyment, iv done a lot of industrial landscapes in the past but not so much actual landscapes. i chose to use the 5" by 4" camera as that is what i feel most confident useing, and this being my minor project i decided to use what i know and employ it for this project. there hasnt been as many troubles with project, though the ones i encountered were out of my control i.e. weather and thin negatives, and as such dont really have many gripes. though there was a point when i was stood in the middle of a field my hands freezing noise numb, and just though to myself "what am i doing". but this was quickly overcome when on another shoot i was walking though some woods and couldn't help but get nostalgic. so as a whole i really enjoyed this project.

seventh print

sixth and print for my minor fourth shoot
problems with the other shoot mostly to do with the weather, didn't happen with the third and forth shoot, it was a little chilly and a bit windy but not near as much as the first two. this one went the most smoothly and i was actually able to get quite a few shots, but problems with the development process meant i only got one good negative.

first from the third fifth print for my minor project
a picture of Fir Rigg Wood, i remember playing in these woods and the nearby Errington wood as a kid, so going back after a good ten years brought about quite a lot of nostalgia. though walking through them wasn't quite the same as running around them or ridding through them, it was quite an enjoyable experience all the same. iv had a lot of fun shooting for my minor so far, going place's iv not been in years and place's iv seen and wanted to go but not had the chance, and i think it helped that all these places were right on my door step, hopefully i can transfer these feeling of joy into my major project.

forth print for minor project

five four landscapes minor project

so after my first and second shoots on location i processed the negatives and found them to be quite good, but then i had spent a total of approximately 4 days on those two shoots, getting the composure lighting and finding the correct focus take a long time with the five four field camera but most the time was spent on location waiting for the weather to make up its mind. the weather on when i got to the location was far from warm, and it was very windy so the sky would be clear one moment and then the next it would be overcast, and after a few hours walking around a field with freezing fingers and a numb nose i became quite fed up. i eventually found a few location where i could get good shots.

first shot from second shoot and third print from minor project
after an adventure through these woods and the surrounding woodlands i found a new appreciation for the woodland and the trees. kinda hard to explain in words, but i was and am in awe of the beauty of nature. i feel like i chose the correct medium with which to try and convey this, as traditional large format images really capture the details.