ASSIGNMENT 3: BUILDINGS IN USE update

Have made my final selection for this assignment. From the list of buildings I originally researched I have narrowed my choice to:

GOMA, The Briggait, The Botanic Gardens, Glasgow Climbing Centre and Glasgow School of Art.

I decided to add my workplace, James Watt College as it is a very modern structure which compliments my other choices quite nicely.

I am becoming mindful of the March assessement, so need to focus on the final assignments if I want to meet the deadline mid Feb. I have decided to leave writing up the remaining exercises on my blog for now (most of which have been photographed) to concentrate on completing the assignment work.

Ex 19: A single small figure

I really enjoyed taking the pictures for this exercise. Some are staged, most just captured as the opportunity arose. It's interesting to consider how scale can influence our perception of a space and how showing a small figure in the landscape emphasises how tiny we are against the grandeur of the world around us.

Each shot has either been taken or cropped taking the position of the figure in the frame into careful consideration. The moving figures work best positioned to the left, walking into the frame.

 

 

Ex 17: The user's point of view

This exercise asks us to consider a space or building from a specific, distinctive position.

My first location was the 3D maze at the Cream of Galloway Visitor's Centre. The maze is built high into the trees, so giving an interesting perspective, looking down from upon high to ground level, or vice-vera. It is designed for young children, so I played with the idea of taking the pictures at their eye level.

My second location was a golf driving range. These shots are taken from a evelated bay. The design of the range isolates each golfer into their own space to help them concentrate.

Both locations were taken with my compact camera. I used a wide angle to gain an overview of the location and zoomed in to get a closer angle of view.