As primary research into old meets new architecture, I was asked to go out around Bradford with 3 of my classmates and photograph examples of architecture which fit into four different areas. The four areas I was asked to photograph within this task were a building built before 1913, a building built after 2010, a reflection of all members of the group taken in a building and a photograph of one of the members of the group stood in front of their favourite building in Bradford. For this research I was asked to capture four photographs, one for each of these areas, however I decided to take a few more than this as I felt this would give me a selection of photographs to later choose from.
Here are the photographs I took when carrying out my primary research:
Once I had taken these photographs, I then decided on the best four photographs, the four photographs which I felt best showed off the four areas I was aiming to capture. Here is the contact print which contains the four photographs which I chose:
This contact print contains four photographs, one for each of the areas i was asked to photograph when carrying out my primary research about old meets new architecture. I feel that I have captured the essence of each of the areas I was asked to cover within these four photographs as the top left photograph, of St. George's Hall is a building which was built before 1913, the top right photograph is a photograph of Natalie stood outside of her favourite building, the bottom left photograph is a photograph of the new Westfield shopping centre which is currently being built meaning this is a building which is built after 2010 and finally the bottom right photograph is a photograph which was taken in a shop window and is a reflection of the entire group.
This is a photograph of St. George's Hall in Bradford which is a concert hall built in 1853. As this building was built at this time it means that it fits nicely into the "buildings built before 1913" portion of this research. I chose to take this photograph to fit in with this section of the research as it was built within the correct time and also because I find this building appealing to look at. I chose to photograph this building at a slightly different angle to what might usually be photographed as I chose not to stand directly in front of the building and instead to stand slightly off to one side and as I was stood close to this building and looking up at it when taking this photograph, it means that the photograph was taken from a low angle. I think that the angle at which I chose to take this photograph works well as because this photograph has been taken from a low angle it makes the building look as though it is towering above you and the low angle which the photograph was taken from makes the building look as though it has more importance. In addition to this, by not taking this photograph head on, I feel that this adds a bit more interest to the photograph as not all of the building can be seen within the photograph as some parts are hidden by others and this leaves a little up to the imagination to fill in the gaps on what the hidden part of the building look like. I think that this photograph works well as although there is not much colour within the photograph as the building is predominantly a sandy beige colour, the parallel lines where the brickwork on the bottom half of the building adds a lot of interest to the building and this is one of the most noticeable features within this photograph. That said, the brickwork which has been used within this building is quite blocky and does not include a lot of texture, this means that there is a contrast with the intricately detailed stonework which is features within this building which can be seen towards the top left hand corner of this photograph. The lighting within this photograph is solely reliant on natural lighting as I as photographing in an outdoor location during daylight hours with no additional lighting support. The day on which I took this photograph was overcast and cloudy and for this photograph, I feel that this worked well as enough light was present but it was not too bright as to cause harsh unwanted shadows within the photograph. In addition to this, the colours which are present within the building itself are quite muted and as the sky at the time was also a muted colour and not bright like it had the potential to be on some days it fits nicely with the colour scheme of the building and the colours within the photograph compliment each other well. In addition to this, I used a landscape format in order to capture this photograph as I felt this was the best format in order to include each part of the building which I wished to photograph. If I had been to take this photograph using a portrait format i think some of the features captured within this photograph would have been lost such as the row of the pillars fading into the distance slightly seen towards the top of the photograph.
This is a photograph of Natalie stood outside of the book shop Waterstones. This is the photograph which I took for the section of the research in which I photographed a member of my group stood outside their favourite building. Natalie told us that her favourite building in Bradford was Waterstones as it is related to her love of books and the building itself is appealing to look at. The building used for this Waterstones is the building which was once used as the wool exchange in Bradford and was built in 1864 and the intricate stonework which was popular within the construction of buildings at this time is present here making this building particularly attractive and I can understand why Natalie chose this building as her favourite in the area. If I could, I would change the angle at which I took this photograph at as looking back at it, it is clear that the photograph is slightly uneven and unsymmetrical. Had I have stood slightly more to the left so I was viewing the building and Natalie more head on, I feel that this photograph would look slightly nicer as the framing would be better and this would make the photograph look more symmetrical. In addition to this, the format in which I chose to take this photograph was landscape however I feel that this format is slightly limiting and a portrait format may fit this photograph better as it would allow me to get the entirety of the archway into the photograph and this would give a better sense of perspective to this photograph which would also help to frame this photograph more.
This is a photograph of myself, Natalie, Rebecca and Nicole taken from the reflection found within a window of a building. I took this photograph in order to complete the section of this research whcih called for a photograph of my group taken in the reflection of a building. This photograph was taken in a window of a building opposite Santander bank near Kirkgate and i felt that this window would be great for taking the reflection of the group in as behind the window were black blinds. The black blinds behind the glass of the window caused a dark background of the window and this then acted as a mirror making it easy to get a good reflection to take a photograph of. When attempting to take this photograph I found that windows which had lighter backdrops did not work as well as reflective surfaces as those with darker backdrops like this one did. I feel that this photograph would work a lot better had the window been cleaner at the time of taking this photograph as the dirty streaks on the window are very obvious within this photograph. I found that this was a common problem when trying to take this photograph as each of the windows which I saw as reflective enough to take this picture were all quite dirty and had a lot of marks on them and at the time of taking these photographs it was not possible for me to get the window clean in order for me to be able to take a better photograph for this section of the research which I carried out
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