The brief for “Home” was to produce six photos that connoted the feeling or  idea of a home. The idea of home, and our interpretation of it, was creatively left completely up to us, which was fantastic for me as I got to really take hold of the project and take it in interesting directions.

For my original idea I wanted to take photos of my hometown, the place I grew up because at the time it seemed like the only place I could relate to home. However after living in Lincoln for the past university year, I get to call this place my home too. When I was trying to think of ideas that I could present as my interpretation of home, I struggled to find items or scenery back at my hometown because its not a very scenic place. Therefore I got the opportunity to use the streets of Lincoln and the Cathedral grounds because it really is one of the most scenic city’s that you can visit. Walking around Lincoln I decided to focus on the Cathedral, when I was roaming around with my friend at night, they had turned on all the night lights which made all the photos a lot more artistic and vibrant.

Below is my first photo of the Lincoln Cathedral –

 

 

The reason why I edited it the way I did in Photoshop was because you see a lot of photos of the Lincoln City on the internet so when I took this I had every intention of turning it into a kind of sketch like photo. What I like most about how it turned out is the shading in the sky, makes it seem really effective and also I like how vibrant the blue in archway is and how it stands out. The way I interpret this as Home is that the place, even though its very old Cathedral and you would think it would be locked off, you can roam around it like the couple are as if it your own. Just like you would in your home.

For my next I wanted to include my friend so the shot didn’t seem so ordinary and simple. The main focus on this photo was actually the grass and the lamppost, editing it in Lightroom I wanted to add a bit of warmth so it seems like it was coming from the light and it had made the grass light up a little bit more. Having the Cathedral in the background was completely intentional because it symbolizes a person who might not be the most attractive but has a glowing personality.

 

In this photo I wanted the viewers to interpret the photo as the girl in photo does, that shes seeing a symbol as such for Lincoln, the Cathedral. Everybody knows that the Cathedral is the biggest landmark for Lincoln and many people associate it with their home when taking about where they live. I know I did.

 

 

This photo is a bit different to my Cathedral shots because it is my own decoration in my bedroom back at home in Chesterfield. This wall was kind of my project to fill because we had just moved to this house and it was the first time my mum had let me design my own bedroom. As I wanted to be careful to what I put up on my wall, I had looked around many vintage stores and found the clock which you can see in the photo. I used Lightroom for this one and using the adjustment tool to focus on the clock as the subject, I want it to look more vintage by adding a warmer tone and for the other decorations I added clarity and upped the exposure to enhance the colours in the wave wallpaper.

 

This photo I really enjoyed taking because it came out a lot better than I had anticipated. The main focus is of course the little wooden Buddha, I loved how you can distinguish the different colours of wood when I thought it might struggle on camera. The reason this reminded me of home is because I had it for almost 9 years, I brought it back from a holiday I went on and kept  it since and it seemed to be the only ornament that managed to survived the past years, so I kept it safe on my shelves. Before I edited this in Lightroom it really didn’t look much, now using adjustment tool I could select just the subject and enhance it separating it from the background also using the adjustment brush on the background I was able to darken it making the subject the focal point of the photo.

 

 

The next photo is one of my favourites because the colour in this are just insane! I’ve told about this place by a lot of friends and it really was amazing to see and this photo isn’t the only piece of art their. The whole building is covered in this vibrant colours and art which makes you feel like even the darkest places in Lincoln have a little of bit of light and colour, which it really does. Going to this place made me appreciate Lincoln much more as a home because its a lot more artistic and interesting than I thought it would be when I first moved here. When I took the photo it wasn’t as vibrant as it is now, I used Lightroom from that and by using the adjustment brush I  was able to focus the vibrant, clarity and exposure on the graffiti itself, making it stand out a lot more than what it does in person.

 

 

For the first three photos I didn’t want to edit them as much because I wanted to keep them as raw as possible so you get more a real feel towards the photo whereas in the final three I had edited them a fair just to show you, the viewers the capabilities of editing suites like Photoshop and Lightroom. Both being used to help distinguish the subjects are the main focal point.