Final

I updated the site with new manipulated images. The html does not show the original pictures so I created another slideshow which would show all the images at a time so the viewer can see the transformation and manipulation together. The reason why I didn’t add all the images to the html file is because I was short of space and it ruined the layout.

Portfolio

I have been working on the site, been fixing the layers and text. This is not my main portfolio site so it only consists of one project. Other projects can be found at www.nimrajavaid.com . I have added a link to this site in there.

Manipulating

During the week I spent time matching the old and the new pictures using Adobe Photoshop layer’s option. At this time of my development stage I’m very confused about how to present my work. I don’t wish repeat a style in my work but want some quality work. Something I would like to see and admire.

Again I went out during the weekend to take more pictures. Spent the whole day getting lost and finding just a few decent ones. As long as I end up with 15-20 matching locations, they are enough for me to work with. I think after today I will require at least 2 more days’ trip to retake more pictures.

Taking Pictures

First day of taking pictures didn’t turn out too good as I thought I knew the places and just went out without any map trying to find the exact spots. Though I sorted pictures out and labelled them in a pack but finding a place in an area I once lived in seemed impossible. I ended up walking in circles for hours and only managed to take a few shots. After spending 4-5hrs of getting lost I decided to go home and prepare myself for the next trip.

I printed about 8 maps covering all the location I have noted down and placed every map in a plastic sleeve with the area matching pictures. This made my life a lot easier to find places. Thought I had the maps and the pictures but finding the places required me to use GPRS. Lucky my mobile has free GPRS which helped me and I spent 8 hours going to places and taking pictures. This one day I walked 22,820 steps and by the time I got home my feet were hurting me.

Competition

I have been suggested to write a doc based on the Single Project and hand in with the site which would help me get more marks. I happened to find the perfect competition just in time “Digital Manipulation Competition”
http://www.parkstonecameraclub.org.uk/pcc08/Default.aspx?pid=digiman

Glossary

Before going out to retake the pictures I decided to find the places on net by using Google map to see if most or some of them still look the same. I managed to find a where about of the places but pin pointing a spot was very difficult and this is when I realise that 50-60 pictures are just not enough. I needed to do more research which meant going back to the library.
This time around I was very sure of what I wanted out of them folder. I used their index book and browsed through the folder picking out most of the 1980’s pictures. Then I took pictures of those pictures and made sure I kept record of where the places were. I must have gone through 120 folders picking pictures. Some folder came to be no use but in most I found at least 2-3 pictures meeting my requirement. The glossary of the places I covered is listed below:

Box 23 – Docks

East India Docks
Essex Wharf
Gallions Basin
King George V Dock: 1950-1969
1970 -1979
1980-
London Docks
Plaistow Wharf
Prince Regent’s Wharf

Box 39 – Ethnic Groups:

Italian
Jewish
Racism
Box 40 – Health – Public – Cemeteries
City of London
East London Cemetery
Jewish Cemetery
West ham Cemetery
Woodgrange Cemetery

Box 46 – House – Types – Dated

1880-1889
1900-1949
Box 47 Houses – Named houses
East Ham House
Old Gatehouse, Forest Gate
Green Street House
The Hall, Plaistow

Box 49 – Houses – Named House

Manor House, Manor Park
Park House
The Red House
Stratford House

Box 56 – Leisure and Recreation – Theatres and Cinemas

ABC Upton Park
Boleyn
Broadway Cinema
Central Cinema
Coronation Cinema
East Ham Palace

Box 70 Public Buildings (libraries)

East Ham
Forest Gate
Manor Park
North Woolwich
Plaistow
Plashet

Box 97 – Streets

Baragehouse Road
Barking Road

Box 107 – Streets

Claremont Road
Clarence Road

Box 121 – Streets

Green Street
The Grove

Box 142 – Streets

Romford Road
Savage Gardens

Box 159 – Streets

Woodford Road
Woodhouse Grove
Woolwich Manor Way

Box 163 – Transport – Bridges

Connaught Crossing
Connaught Swing Bridge
Groves Bridge/High Street Stratford Bridge
High Street North/Church Road Bridger, East Ham
High Street North, East Ham Station Bridge
Stratford Market Station Bridge

Box 164 – Transport – Rail:

Miscellaneous
Railway Crossings
Railway Engines
Railway Property
Railway Viaducts and Bridges
Signal Boxes
Station:
Broad Street
Canning Town
Custom House

Box 165 – Rail – Station:

East Ham
Forest Gate
Manor Park
North Woolwich
Plaistow
Silvertown

Box 166 – Rail – Stations:

Stratford:
Freight Terminal
Market station
Passenger station
Railway works
Upton Park
West Ham
Woodgrange Park

Box 168 – Transport – Road:

Toll gates and turnpikes:
Abbey Mills
Barking Road
Forest Gate
Romford Road
Trams:
Double-decker open-topped

Site's Layout

Throughout the week I have been working on the layout of the site. The gallery of pictures is made in flash rest is all done in Dreamweaver and Photoshop. I changed the layout once as I didn’t like the first one. I have tried to give the look of photography by just looking at the index page. The site itself is smooth and consist a brief of Single Project so the viewer knows what they are looking at, a about me page which tells the viewer a little about me and a forum page, giving an option to contact me. Because the gallery images are based on the work I’m doing for Single Project so I have been spending more time towards Single Project.