Studying Constructed Landscapes, was my best time studying photography, even though it was towards the end of my journey of my GCSE. When we were first introduced to the unit, I was very intimidated by the word 'Landscape' as it has never been the way I captured my photos, I believed that I wasn't going to do well in this unit as I was so unconfident and unfamiliar with the style. However, I believe that Constructed Landscape helped me to completely leap out of my comfort zone. Luke Saxon was the artist that inspired me the most to start experimenting differently in Constructed Landscapes as his style is so similar to mine, Saxon helped me to incorporate my style with the unit. After I started to ease into the unit, I could see the progress in my work creating some of the finest work I've made. Constructed Landscapes drove me to become the best at photography I've been. I started sending hours at home going through my parent's childhood photos, analysing how they captured the scene, I attended outside of school photography workshops at Leica and I even started working with my dad at the Premier League, on his set to being exposed to professional photographers and videographers seeing how they created such amazing work. In the end, it all paid off as I soaked in so much information and experience that I become the most confident I've ever been, also growing up and maturing and seeing what my talent can do for me has given me more drive to fulfil my potential. I accomplished my first personal goal of my work being published in a magazine and I was ready to feel that feeling more. I started buying Fuji Film one use cameras and I brought and still bring them everywhere, school, work, out with mates, anywhere I find something interesting. This extra element to my work and practice perfectly and naturally taught me as I was so intrigued and didn't feel like I was learning as I was/ am so in love with this unit. As we were finally able to use our resources again, I started making use of the darkroom, learning how to print onto acetate and how to develop photographs as I was so fascinated and wondered what the process was going from the image starting off as a negative to becoming a beautiful picture that now tells a story. I began to refine all of my work by turning them into developed photographs, utilising the darkroom then taught me a skill for life as I am now able to develop and print my pictures from the disposable cameras. Even though in today's generation digital cameras are the standard, I enjoy using vintage/ disposable cameras as it creates a timeless effect and a physical print that I can refer to, I love the filter the cameras add and overall I just believe that it can make any picture look good. Furthermore, Constructed Landscapes lead me to grow an interest in media and creating videos using my photography skills. The '20vs22' video project was my favourite unit in Constructed Landscape as it was so technical yet meaningful to me, seeing as it was a time capsule.
I hope to one day to look back and reflect on the meaningful lesson this unit of photography has taught me.