I’ve been enjoying manipulating my images a little more, zooming in and cropping to create a background or frame. I really like this post of my little cousin, as it fits with my interest in family and the colours work so well together. It’s light and fun and I felt it was perfect for the hard times we are going through. I’m looking forward to posting some current work soon but until then my archive has proved so useful and has made me feel more confident in images I have taken.

This is my most recent post. I took a week out as I didn’t feel very motivated or excited about my older images but I decided to look through some old holiday photos and came across these. The lovely thing about my archive is that the majority of the images I have always wanted to post but never found the right time or platform, yet now everyone is stuck indoors it feels nice to present some colour and sun. I am really enjoying the layout of my images and the process it takes to get there, deciding which should be bigger etc. I think this will all prove helpful for my book layout when the time comes.

I decided to post something a little different as i wanted to see how followers would react and also how this image would look on instagram. It was a film image taken in first year and I have an appreciation for it because of the harsh grain which contrasts so well with the different grey shades. Although I love the image it wasn’t as well received on instagram. There were far less likes and interactions, making me think that my followers perhaps prefer my portraits and colour images. This was a helpful way to find this out and will shape how I post in the future.

As the weather gets nicer I thought it would be good to reflect on past summers and the joyful memories created. I find the boys portraits comical and simple, the image in the middle separating the two and illustrating a beautiful summer light in the welsh town we visited that day.

I’m really enjoying making these tryptics as they allow me to examine old images and post ones that aren’t too serious, as well as exploring new ways to layout and combine images together.

I have tried to vary what I’ve been posting, sharing images from my personal archive that haven’t been shown before as well as fully considered projects. I have always felt nervous sabot showing this project as its quite personal and could also be seen in a negative light. However, I also think it’s playful and comical and that’s something that people need to see at the moment. I posted the images all merged together, as I have with many of my projects so viewers can swipe through and observe the different sizes and decisions. I got some great feedback on these images and am hopefully going to find and scan the zine I made with it so I can show it.

I have a new found love for combining archival images together. I wanted to post both the images above but was struggling with changing them to a square format and using the simple white border to decided i could try placing them together. I think it adds new life to the portrait and varies from my other posts. This technique also directly refers to my fmp and the poignant topic of nature and people, this instagram post allowing me to experiment with what i could possibly do to show my final images.

This is an image that I’ve wanted to share for a long time but it never fitted into my series when I initially took it and felt out of place on my old instagram. Now I am sharing archive work however, I feel it has gained its place. By posting this I hope I can share a new eye of photography, more veered towards the Thomas Ruff, Gursky deadpan approach. I really enjoy that kind of work and was so excited when this image was developed and scanned.

I have added a border so it stands out more among my images but I think the colours work well and feel positive, despite the image feeling so isolated. I stuck to the simple caption again, as it didn’t fit into a project but i enjoy giving a little away and asking followers to decide what they enjoy.

Due to the current circumstances, I decided to start posting some archival images that I have always loved but that didn’t have a place in my projects. I thought this would be a nice change for followers and also illustrate the more causal, playful element of my work. I simply captioned the work with the subject’s name and the date it was taken because that’s all there is. I want viewers to take their own view of it, not informed by a caption. i also think the pop of colour from this image made it stand out on my instagram and differ from the white borders.

Overall I’m glad to be posting work like this as I feel so many of my images are portraits taken in everyday life, without a concept and simply for aesthetical reasons. I also really enjoy looking through my images and deciding which I’d like to share and also view some that I had previously deemed rubbish as interesting and exciting.

Overall I found the takeover challenging but really positive. It encouraged me to share work that I probably wouldn’t have wanted to as I felt it wasn’t finished or ready for an audience. I also gained more experience with captions and engaging with an audience. The conversational tone was easy and comfortable so something I will try in the future. Although I don’t particularly enjoy hashtags, I will definitely try adding a few to my work as they help to expand my audience and could allow me to be seen by agents and potential clients.

I would love to do a takeover again, and if i were i would tag myself in my images so its easier for people to access my photos. I would perhaps post another post but I did share 11 photographs, some of which I was nervous about sharing. This experience has been successful and fun and I’ve loved seeing everyone else work.

This was my final post for my takeover. I decided to post my WIP as I feel its important to share what you are working on and illustrate that work sometimes takes a long time to come together. In these troubling times I felt that my work concerning nature has been so beneficial for me and would be nice for followers. I was pleased with the post as I was unsure which images I wanted to share but I feel I’ve shown a nice collection that present my style and work.