Un-edited Photographs from College

Niall gave us each a camera on Wednesday and asked us to take a few photographs in and around the college and it's grounds. I enjoyed wandering about, constantly observing and on the look out for things I could capture. Here are a few of the images I took.

Experimenting with my printer/scanner/copier

I looked to my side and saw a photo of my Dad and I form when I was 1 (I think). Then I started to draw lines and I began writing random sentences along them. Anything that came into my head. I then used the word that Niall gave us on a bit of scrap paper for our group exercise on Thursday and scanned it into the copier. This led to a number of different outcomes. I messed about with magnification and scale whilst scanning and copying. There was no particular logic or plan - I just made it up as I went along. Whatever I thought looked 'good' or 'right' was included in the print out. Although this process was completely random and created partly out of boredom... I enjoyed myself! I can imagine people looking at it and taking away deep, emotional messages, interpreting outlandish symbolism etcetera, etcetera. Maybe that's how some historic, famous pieces were once created... who knows! 

Anyway, I loved playing about with the printer/scanner/copier - moving paper around, moving from colour to black and white, enlarging images and magnifying certain parts of images. It has proved an enjoyable and creative outlet and I will most likely continue experimenting with the process.