Coming Together
So, finally after weeks of processing and printing my Street Photography project is finally all coming together. After a strong few days in the darkroom I have lots of prints to choose from to choose my final 5.
After being unsure about using my original concept of creating street photography style prints of people who perform or work on the streets such as: market stalls, newspaper stands, buskers, traffic wardens ect I have decided to use it because as I have created more prints I have seen how this concept will work well as a series of prints.
I choose my concept due to the fact I began to see a pattern in my contact sheets and that was that my most interesting or successful images were of people who earn their living whilst working outside or on the streets but shortly after deciding this I began to struggle to keep with my concept as I would see things whilst on a shoot that would make a good street photograph but wouldn't work with my concept.
After making various prints I wasn't going to use a concept and was going to return back to just Street Photography to give myself a wider range of things and people to photograph.
To shoot my last 2 rolls of film I travelled to Liverpool in order to get photographs in a large City with a lot going on but after this trip when looking at my contact sheets I had many photographs of street performers and people working on the street that I wanted to use, since I have started making prints with my negatives from Liverpool I have seen my printing skills improving and my concept being reflected in my prints and therefore I feel my project is coming together.
The first roll of film I took in Liverpool:
I was happy with the results as I am able to use several of them negatives and they will reflect my concept and be the best quality they can be as they are from my final two rolls of film meaning the 5 I shot prior to this were mainly for experience and have made me a better photographer.
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