Frogs

 Whilst finding my way through the exam theme I came upon some dead frogs within my nan's garden of which had died under the frozen pond. I found these very intreguing as I have never really seen a frog up close before and so now once they are dead I could get up close and personal.


I found that these photographs suited my exam topic of which I have chosen; Death, as I can see the form of the frog after it has passed on which is not that diffeent from the frog's form before death however they now have clouded eyes and malting skin, of which some are foaming at the mouth.

Death...

Death is the term used to describe the cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism. All known organisms inevitably experience death. Bodies of living organisms begin to decompose shortly after death however memories can last a life time and more.
In human societies, the nature of death has for millennia been a concern of the world's religious traditions and ethical society. This may include a belief in some kind of afterlife, reincarnation or that consciousness ceases to exist with an eternal oblivion.
Commemoration ceremonies after death may include various mourning or funeral practises. The physical remains of a person, commonly known as a corpse or body, are usually interred whole or cremated, though among the world's cultures there are a variety of other methods of mortuary disposal.

When looking at the theme of death I thought of many ideas that I could progress onto for the exam.
My initial thoughts were to visit a morgue/ funeral directors of which I thought would become a great project to consider both through the visual elements within the photographs as well as the thought provoking nature behind them. However when thinking more into this project I found that there would be many boundaries of which I would have to overcome to complete this, such as the respect and privacy of the families of whom the descendant were related to, as well as having sensitivity towards the subject and setting that I would be within.
I also had to think of myself and how I would be exposed to a subject of which many people would not feel comfortable with of which, at first, I thought I would be ok with as I have seen a couple of my own descendant once they have passed away, but when thinking into the concept more thoroughly I actually found that I wouldn't be able to complete this task as I feel that I wouldn't be able to expose myself to a subject with so much sensitivity as this.

Due to this, I have decided to complete a series of experiments in which will bring up ideas of what subject to complete within my exam.
For an intial experiment and jump start into the theme of death I decided to send 20 letters to people along my road in which I would ask them to share their past experiences with death with me as well as ask them for either a photograph or object that belonged to the person/ pet in order for me to correspond this with the letter recieved.
However this would probably take some time so I have decided to move on with other expriments and ideas.

Kira and Anya final

I chose this photograph to be my final image for this set task. I thought that this photograph represented Kira and Anya excellently and accurately by showing both of their personalities within the expressions and composition shown.

Kira is a very sensitive and reserved individual in which she can become very shy when interacting so I wanted to show her personality through the subtlty of her composition and appearance in which would appear more of a beauty shot with half of her face in the shadow to show her quite solumn facial expressions within that singular moment of thoughtfulness.

However, Anya, on the other hand is a very lively and almost crazy type individual who appears very hyper within interaction and playfulness. I wanted her to appear very lively and of high spirits within the photograph and so when she began pulling faces I thought, 'this is brilliant, completely showing her full personality'.

This photograph shows both the juxtaposition of expression and personality in which why I find it so fitting for my final image.  

Round 2

By our second visit we knew what we wanted from this task and how to go about getting these photographs. I decided that I wanted to obtain the very different personalities between both Kira and Anya and so I experimented more with the positioning within the photograph as to show the more dominant pesonality of Anya. However I also wanted to gain photographs of each of the girls so that they could show their personality through a portrait of themselves in which would look technically great when positioned next to each other, working almost as a juxtaposition.


Through out our second visit I also experimented with the use of a light in which I could have a play around with the lighting in order to create eeriness to a photograph or lighten a face/ feature of the photograph.