This assignment is intended to bring together what’s been learnt on the course so far, focussing on any theme. I put a lot of thought in to what to use as my theme and considered a number of options including doing a study on my local train station and our church.
however, i settled on BT Tower which is a building i see a lot when i’m in london. i could see BT Tower out of my office window when i worked in the centre of london for about 3 years, and i get to visit BT Tower for work meetings a couple of times a year, so i’ve had a connection with the building for a while. As a result i’ve got quite a number of photos in my archives of BT Tower, and this assignment gave me an opportunity to take a whole heap more.
A sweep through my archives show i’ve taken over 785 BT Tower taken from the ground and up the tower itself. I narrowed these down to a ‘usable’ list of 172. In order to get down to the required 8-12 photos, i broke down the photos in groups of categories:
Inside the tower:
- flower/food/catering
- people up the tower
- the lift man (sadly one poor quality photo)
- views of london
- rainy windows
Outside the tower:
- looking up directly under the tower
- reflections of the tower in building
- reflections of the tower in puddles
- views of the tower from a distance
- views of the tower with other street things
Next step is to narrow down the selection to the best few shots in each category and look what i’ve got.