Evalution

To start with I found this project to be a little uninteresting though when moving forward and getting into the swing of things it became much more fun. Not the type of project that I would normally choose but I am quite pleased with the results.

Once I did get into the project it became much easier and much more enjoyable though finding locations and getting to them did proove difficult on occasaion and had to be let go and a new location chosen.

With the project I wanted to go down the more animal route showing animals, insects as well as the occasionally person aswell. Which again worked rather well.

The largest problem I ran into was the weather, being in the UK the weather was terrible so every time it was a nice sunny day I went out and photographed what I could. My reasoning behind this was photographing a rainy day did not reflect the bright and happy nature of the National Trust.

If I where given the chance to do this project again I would try to choose some more exotic and unique locations around the country.

Overall I actually enjoyed the project and found it quite interesting.

Research - Heritage Lottery Fund

After researching the Heathland Heritage Fund I found that about 70% of their funding comes from the Heritage Lottery Fund and their funding in turn comes from the National Lottery. The Heritage Lottery Fund is the largest benifactor of protected land and British heritage spending on average £375 Million per year. Which protects and helps to fund everything from National Museums to my local park. Since 1994 the HLF has donated over £4.9 billion in an attempt to protect many parts of the UK as well as keeping others funded.

One of their latest successful projects is the refurbishment of Lantern Tower at North Queensburry, in which the HLF awarded £40,000 to referbish the stonework, iron work as well as the installation of a working replica lamp.

Whitstable - Second PDF Layout

I have changed the main photograph along with the side photographs though still trying to decide which looks better. I believe both show sides of the National Trust Equally.

Research - Heathland Heritage

After travelling to Gilees Pond & Park I decided to do some research into what the Heathland Heritage actually was. Upon my research I found that in some aspects it is similar to the National Trust however a much smaller and more selective nature.

Heathland Heritage started in 1997 and finished in 2010. In that time they have accomplished the restoation of over 46,000 hectares, re-created 2,500 hectared and improved the conditions of the various habitiats has also benefitted species such as the sand lizard and woodlark.

However in 2010 after their final project of the Orkney Islands finished all applications and all funds have been allocated. This is where the similarities finish where as the National Trust still look for and still preserve locations if they need protecting.

Heathland Heritage has protected many locations within the United Kingdom everwhere from the Orkney Isles, Isles of Scicily as well as Northern Ireland and East Anglia.

Whitstable Portrait PDF Mock Up

Here is my first mock up of the InDesign layout. Still needs some tweaking and think Im going to change the order around and possibly the main photograph.

Trip to Whitstable

Took a trip down to Whitstable in an attempt to get some further out NT style photographs. Only thing was that there was some kind of smog or mist surrounding the coastal line which made it near impssible to get a decent photograph.  However when we moved further inland this alll changed and the lighting improved.

We found Whitstable Castle which was protected by a smilar organisation to the National Trust however this was the National Lottery.

Also moved into a wonderful rapeseed field which backed onto a church.

F/22 - 1/2000sec - ISO 400 - 17mm

F/4 -  1/3200 - ISO 400 - 17mm

F/5 - 1/1000 - ISO 400 - 100mm

F/5 - 1/4000 - ISO 400 - 17mm

National Trust PDF Mock Up

Did some PDF mock ups for the National Trust InDesgin Files. One is missing which I am yet to shoot.

Overall I am quite pleased with the result.

Theres a few bits and bobs to sort out and finalise before hand in.

New Location - Coolings Green & Pleasant Nature Reserve

Since the weather has been especially nice this week I decided to head out to a Nature Reserve based in Knockolt, Kent. I think it was a good location to go to as it is a similar thing to the National Trust however focuses more on the animal preservation aspect rather than buildings and locations.

Because of the amount of subjects in the area and the amount of photographs I could take I chose to use this location for the Panoramic & Brochure and have already started to fit it into the InDesign PDF.

Coolings Green & Pleasant consists of a six acre Nature Reserve which  is located on the old Whitelegg's Nursery land. Whitelegg's Nursery was a family-run business which ceased trading in 1997.

Location 3 - Gilees Pond & Park

Since the weather was nice I managed to get to shoot my third location, Gilees Pond & Park which is protected under London's Heathland Heritage. Similar to the National Trust.

The area was interesting and vast, much large than I anticipated. Though I believe I got some decent shots.

Second Trip to Holwood Feilds & Keston Park

Since the weather around the UK has been terrible it has been difficult to get some decent photographs that would represent the light happy nature of the National Trust.

However the sun managed to break through for a few hours which gave me the opertunity to take a second trip and get some better shots.

I am pleased with these photographs and believe the NT project is now going well.

Preliminary Photo Shoots & Locations

Preliminary shoot for National Trust, tavelled to Holwood Fields in order to photograph some animals. 

This day there where only a few horses, though still photographed them -

while pretty basic it is somthing I can look into further and improve.

Also went to my second location Keston Park, where the is a lake which I thought could be interesting to photograph, quite pleased with the results.

Shoot Ideas -

After looking through the National Trust website I did notice that they have many photographs of animals, wildlife and insects which could make for an interesting project.

Seeing where I live, just outisde of London, I have many feilds, forests and stately homes.

Using some macro photography and a shallow depth of field.

Preliminary Ideas - National Trust

While the National Trust project may not be the most interesting I will attempt to make it as interesting as possible.

The National Trust is all about preservation of old, important or special buildings. Everything from Stone Henge to the houses some of the Beatles grew up in. That said they also host events such as Weddings which could also be another option.

Another option which is a possabillity is to look into the work one of my friends mums does; Rachel DeThame. Who is a famous gardener who does some work for the National Trust, which could be an interesting route.

Finally I thought that finding and photographing Cold War bunkers could be interesting as a single page poster combined with one of the above. 

While I have only done minimal reasearch to start with I will be doing much more reasearch into the National Trust and what they do and what they stand for. As well as looking into a similar International organisation.