As I come to the end of the course it's time to reflect on what I've found a truly enjoyable process that has helped me to progress as a photographer learning a lot about myself and my view of the world. Focusing on the area where I live helped me to see the place in a very different light and when I look at what I produced for my Major Project I still feel that there's more life in this idea. By this I mean there's still different elements of the area that could be looked at and some of the sections could be expanded by looking say at the way thinks change for the better or the worse as the year goes on. One fact about my Major Project that did surprises me as it evolved was the very bleak undertones to the whole thing, maybe it's just because I'm heading towards 30 and already I'm looking at the world with the view that things seemed better when I was growing up and this is then reflected in my work with the changing landscape of my home village. I never original intended my project to be this way as I've said before but it was just how the idea matured and evolved during the process, having never done a project on this scale before it was to begin with a very daunting proposition but with the help of a very good tutor she was able to keep me on track and give me the support and encouragement that was needed to end up with a collection of photo's that I'm very proud of regardless of the mark I end up with after assessment. I'm even considering showing them to the rest of the village in some way which is a bit odd for me as usually I'm very shy about letting other see large amounts of my work, I'm my own worst critic but I feel much more comfortable about what I've produced here so I find myself asking why shouldn't I show my personal view of the village? It might even have an effect on how others who live here view the area and some of the problems I've highlighted might actual be resolved, so here's to the future and who know's where my photography will take me next.
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