PHOTOGRAPHIC SEQUENCE

I wanted to create a sequence of photographs that would show my love of walking, so a friend and I went to a location in the beautiful countryside of Rutlandshire, which neighbours Leicestershire. I wanted to show the Victorian house (which is designed to look like a small castle) from a distance and then my friend walking towards it. I also wanted to include details of the ramparted walls (to show how it was made to simulate the presence of a castle) — ending up with my friend singing and shouting as she stood next to the flag that is attached to the surrounding walls. 

I used my iPhone 6 on automatic settings and then played with the filter settings, opting for the 'noir' monochrome filter and adjusting the brilliance to emphasis the texture of the clouds in the background as much as possible. I then placed the six photos in Pxlr and assembled the photos into a sequence, using a black background to emphasise the monochrome images. I used the crop tool to ensure that all the images were in 'portrait' format. The first three photos were originally in 'landscape' format. See Figure 1. 

Fig. 1. Original photograph (in landscape format)

Fig. 2. Final photographic sequence

I saved the final work as a JPEG file (see Figure 2 above) using the 100% quality setting. This sequence was fun to make. I enjoyed the walk in the countryside AND the creation of the final sequence! Although this piece is very different to the Muybridge work in my research post (I couldn't find a donkey!), on reflection, I hope it may indicate some of my fascination with the development of narrative through imagery. This relates back to my work in film, video and television, which continues to engage my interest to this day. If I were to re-shoot the photographs, I would use a portable reflector to throw some light on the subject's face. These are really light, inexpensive and easy to use. But one does need an assistant to position and hold whilst taking the photograph!