Reflections 20- My Photography Idea

When looking back on my original idea, and the comments Rosie had given me on my blog, I felt that I should change my idea and try to come up with something that isn't too common and isn't just personal to myself.

I thought of the idea of Typography and words in photo's expressing the meaning the photographer is trying to convey. I decided to research into typographic, more specifically the 'Light Writing' which I have previously roughly experimented with. (Picture shown below)

When researching into 'Light Writing' I came across an interesting PDF (http://www.cagrimmett.com/illum/lightgraffitiguide.pdf) explaining how to get the best result and it also posted examples of the work and linked several blogs that produced excellent light writing results, such as http://www.flickr.com/groups/lightjunkies/. The techniques however are too advanced for me as I am relatively new to the technique.

My idea was to research into iconic London landmarks/locations and capture light writing spelling out memories/events that occurred there that are important in time, such as The Olympic Stadium, which holds different memories for different people. I want to also ask people on the streets of any memories they may have of a certain location, or my friends and use what they say as inspiration for the words I want to spell out. This makes my project more interactive as I'm not just using my memories, I'm, collecting memories from other people too.

The 5 photo's will be of different locations, such as The Olympic Stadium, The 02 Arena, Camden Market and so forth. Originally I was thinking of making the project more personal by writing out emotions/memories that I had from a certain location such as my student accommodation or my local park at home, however when reading the comments I was given, I was informed to not make my project too personal to myself. I am yet to take tester shots, however I am going to test with the technique and familiarise myself more by testing with my camera. I intend on going home next weekend, so I plan on taking all my shots then, as I live in London.