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My name is Sinead McDonnell, I'm currently living in Dublin and attending Dublin Business School, For my class understanding the image, I have chosen to do my photography Project on water, I chose water because I wanted something that would be doable, and yet allow my work to be varied and appealing. Ireland is one of the wettest places in the world and is well known for its rich landscape, a key aspect of this landscape is water, not only is Ireland surrounded by water, but the landscape itself is saturated in both water features and rain, therefor i propose focusing my project on water. I intend to Highlight the beauty and power something as simple as water has on the Irish landscape and also how water plays a key part in the landscape and life in Ireland.
My main target area will be Dublin, however i intend to also include lakes and other water features form nearby county's such as Wicklow and Westmeath considering I frequently travel to those areas. My plan is to go around Dublin (Wicklow and Westmeath) with the camera on my phone and photograph features such as lakes, rivers, waterfalls, weirs, beaches, puddles and even something as simple as Dublin in the rain. I intend to use a variety of shots, ranging from wide landscape shots to close-up detailed shots. I'm hoping to predominantly take these photographs during the day to allow for an elegant natural light which I feel will add to the natural atmosphere I want to capture in my photographs.
Water can create such a variety of atmospheres and tones; rain can often be quite harsh and dull while beach shots are often serene and tranquil, I hope to show these contrasts in my project. living in Dublin I am surrounded by different types of water daily, be that the beaches on the coast or simply passing the Liffey on the bus each morning, this means my project will be very do-able as it will be very accessible and therefor very relatable to my audience. My project will show a softer side to Ireland, showing its not all crowded and packed with buildings, particularly in relation to the Dublin aspect of the project.
I hope to eventually gather enough photographs to crate a photo book, which will be aimed at anyone with an interest in naturalistic photographs, Ireland's landscape, or even just water or water features in general. I hope for the photo book to serve as an insight into the beauty of Ireland's landscape in regards to water, and offer a glimpse at the hundreds of lakes and rivers running through Ireland.
The parameters of my projects are from now until March 2014, I want to give as wide a time frame as possible to allow for variety and contrast in my photographs. The photo book will be exhibited in an exhibition at Film Base in temple bar during April 2014, giving me plenty of time to make any necessary edits to the photographs. the photographs will be taken with the camera on my phone, so I will always have access to it, giving me the freedom to take photographs daily until that point.
