Post-discussion thoughts with lecturer Barry Roberts

The original images by Kosoff may be too simplistic.

I am considering trying just one location as opposed to multiple ones, over the 8 month period the project runs, which will include three seasons.

The aim is to focus on interrogating light and the changes it has on the landscape, over a period of time. The images will seek to explore the beauty and romantic side of nature, using soft forms and light to enhance the pictorial qualities found within the landscape.

Post-production will aim to create a pictorial photograph. I previously planned to use colour, but feel this may now affect the pictorial quality of the image and may consider monochrome or sepia.

My first planned photo-shoot will take place on Friday/Saturday 15/16th October 2010 in North Devon.

The images have a deeply personal aspect, in that my Father taught me to view beauty in the landscape from as young as 4, prior to this I cannot remember any visits. His death still affects me greatly and always will, but it is at these locations, and only during these photo-shoots that I feel as I did when he was with me; alive, safe, loved and contented. This feeling can only be achieved in solitude, which is why I have chosen this subject matter as opposed to portraiture.

The landscape is a means of recording a moment in time. Visiting the same location at different times, days and seasons may produce variations in the imagery.

I have photographed coastlines regularly over the past two years, covering much of the Jurassic Coast and Devon. I am hoping that the project will consolidate the work I have already undertaken and produce some meaningful images, that others can enjoy escaping into, with dreams of retiring to the sea, and being at one with nature, to revel in its beauty. The process of re-visiting the site and exploring different light forms within the landscape is one of the few things in life which I truly enjoy and feel at peace, escaping the responsibilities that face us all as adults; in short I feel as I did when I was a child again. It is for this reason, I doubt I will ever give up this process of recording the world's beauty to share with others.