I made a contact sheet with a selection of what I considered my best macro photographs, I then printed it onto acetate and cut it up to use as film strips. I printed them onto normal photographic paper and I was happy with the results so I decided to experiment with liquid emulsion to see how that would work. I printed a few of my photographs onto wood and I was very pleased with the results I achieved which is why I will go on to using liquid emulsion on fabric to help me practice how I will create my final pieces.
I decided that I wanted to gather more of a variety of nature photographs in different locations other than woodland/forested areas. I went to Burnham-on-Sea and walked down onto the beach to photograph anything interesting I could find. I took some close up macro photographs of small shells and pieces of seaweed along with wider photographs of sand patterns and the landscape surrounding the beach. I found this really helpful as it has given me a much wider variety of natural photographs to choose from.
These photographs are selected from three different photoshoots I did at Goblin Combe, I originally went to photograph the Bluebells and other natural details I could find however there weren't many Bluebells out at the time so I decided to go back a week later but still had the same problem. The final time I went back a couple weeks after that, there was a beautiful sea of Bluebells spread out underneath the trees which provided the perfect opportunity to use the 50mm macro lens.
This is the first photoshoot I did at the beginning of this project, it's inspired by the work of two artists I have researched; Ross Hoddinott and Alessandro Zocchi. I was really inpspired by their work as it links to my idea of photographing nature using macro photography.
