I think that this first piece turned out really well as the images themselves are strong photographs which I had manipulated in photoshop. The ‘colour splash’ style of editing allows the colourful nature to stand out and draw in attention. Although the contrast between the coloured flowers and leaves and the black and white person is strong, it highlights both areas projecting the unity between nature and mankind. These images are mounted on foam surrounded by a border which really entices the viewers eyes to the photographs.

This piece connects to my artist research on Sian Davey’s project ‘The Garden’, in particular the image on the right of the piece. This is because her project consists of photographing people amongst trees, bushes and flowers in her garden and in my image the model is within the trees and captures her surrounded by them. The images also link to Agnieszka Lepka’s project that I researched as the focus is on both humanity in nature, although my style of image taking and representing this is quite opposite, it was her meaning behind her photographs is what inspired my images.

The photographs on the left is another colour splash image that I have edited in photoshop. To present this image, I have printed it in the size of A3 and backed it against black card to give it a black border. I found that this worked really well as the black border matches the black and white main images, while letting the pink flowers stand out. I think that this second final outcome is really strong as it has the right components to make a good image.

My third final outcome on the right of the virtual gallery is made up of six images grouped together. These six images work better together than they do alone which makes the final piece better. I think this is a really strong piece so I have printed them as A4 squares making the whole thing bigger.

Both of these final pieces show links back to Sian Davey’s images that inspired my own. I think I have successfully taken inspiration from her project as both of these pieces consist of people amongst the nature environment. However, for my photographs I have used ways the make them more my own such as the colour splash editing and presenting six images in one whole piece. I think this works really well when comparing it to my artist research as you can visibly see the link while still being able to see that I used my own creative skills to create these final outcomes.

This is my last final outcome which I think worked well when presented as a tryptic as the images are of the same thing however each one gets closer and closer to the subjects. This piece is one of my weaker ones as I feel that the other images are stronger and higher quality alone and especially when presented as a final outcome. However, I still find that this piece is good as are the individual images used.

This piece differs from the others as there is less of an obvious connection between this and the artists that I researched. This is because the image doesn’t consist of nature such as trees, flowers, and other greenery, this focuses on the beach and rocks, using the giant rock compared to the human that becomes more obvious with each image. despite this, it still holds a connection to Sian Davey and Agnieszka Lepka’s work that I research as the narrative behind mine and their own work is to do with the nature.

I think this photobook turned out very well as I successfully presented some of the best photographs from my photoshoots and it allowed me to share more images than just the ones I have printed and mounted. Within this book, you can also see visual links to my artist research such as the models of the photographs, in most cases being surrounded by greenery, similar to Sian Davey, as well as the pairing of specific images links to Agnieszka Lepka’s layouts of her photographs. Although, mine aren’t comparing anything, I took inspiration from her layout as it enhances the aesthetics of my own work.