The start.

My name is Jorja Jones; I have begun my journey as a photography student at Staffordshire University and this is the start to my creative journey.

This is my blog to portray the work I will be creating myself, alongside the research I will be looking into, to develop my ideas and to learn more into the history of photography and what other photographers have done that I find inspiring. I will be showing here how these potential photographers have influenced my own work in the process.

Currently, I have been given the module title for the first semester, titled “Visual Communication”.

Visual Communication is the way a photograph can be perceived in messages and feelings and due to this, I have been very intrigued on where this title would lead my work as a photographer.

The first brief is titled “Light and Shadow”, in which, this first task flared my creative eye in many ways as there are so many directions this title could take me.

The second brief is titled “Everyday Geometry”, this is a project to show in a creative way that geometry can be found wherever your life may lead you, even in places such as when you are going shopping, going for a walk, spending time at home etc. When looking into this second brief, I believe it could work well alongside composition especially, due to how the geometric shapes are placed in order to create a somewhat surreal effect with everyday objects.

Last but not least, the third brief is titled “Who’s who?” and this entails the idea of taking photographs of people the photographer doesn’t know personally, which is an interesting way of building my confidence throughout the project. This can be an extremely creative project, such as, throughout the images it could show the individuality of each person being photographed through their form, their outfit or even an object that they are holding.

In each of the three briefs, it is required to take four final images to match the title and the description, to be submitted December 10^th, 2018, and thus, this begins the start of my journey at university.