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helen williams

Inspired by children’s

building blocks

Isidro Blasco

leon’s pro blog

Proposal Intentions

• Lately I have been researching 'duality' - duality of nationality, (i.e. New

Zealander vs Australian) duality of language, (i.e. English vs. French) duality of

roles (i.e. student vs mother/wife) Because of this I am interested in finding out

about dual meaning in this project, and using these themes to inform the subjects

of my photography.

• My goal was to express duality in a way that others will comprehend and perhaps

relate to.

The strategy:

• The strategy was to research precedents for this theme as well as mini-world images

that inspire me.

• I photographed both at home as well as in Wellington to best express the two

'worlds' I inhabit.

The outcome:

• The ideal outcome would be a series of worlds (or at least two) that clearly

express the idea of duality.

Initial Block Panorama

titahi bay boatsheds

miniworld

blocks + bay

blocks + bay

learnt

All of this demonstrated how important getting the 360

degree view is. I went back to square one and started

listing the important things I need to do to shoot:

• Good light;

• 360 degree panorama;

• portrait orientation - to ensure a decent amount of

sky above and the same in the foreground;

• tripod - to avoid the dreaded blur and better chance

at lining about the images in the merge.

• Photoshop skills