Better Lives Blog3- Project outcomes and personal development
The concept of diversity, sustainability, and social responsibility have throughout the whole Better Lives unit. As a creative direction for fashion student, we need to learn and understand the importance of these themes. Then, to apply the concept into our project or in the fashion industry. During the current situation affecting the world by Covid-19, it is hard to create portrait photography outside of the house. However, it is a good opportunity for us to practice photography skill in a limited environment. We need to create a home portrait or a fashion self-portrait during lockdown using our smartphone or camera. Even though we can’t go to school or outside to take photos, we still can find another way to practice our photography skills.
Final Outcomes – home portrait
It was difficult at the beginning as I still stay in the school accommodation, so I don’t have much space and item to help me creating home portrait project. After I did some research, I decided to combine light and shadow into the photo, and added my previous work using photoshop to create my final outcome. Instead of simple photo taken by the camera, I would like to add some emerging technology into my project, such as 3D software. As the lecture, emerging technology teacher said that it is significant to understand that fashion is tightly linked to the technology in order to create a sustainability future. So, I have been experimenting a series shot using different methods, such as smartphone, camera, facetime camera, and CLO (3D software). It was a very challenging project for me to think outside of the box and to create a fashion self-portrait at the school accommodation.
My personal development
To consider about the concept of the sustainability, it is important to know that using the object you already have and consider a different meaning of the object could help us think creatively and waste resource less than before. Combining technology into fashion project could practice not only the skill but also the way of creative thinking. I would also like to discover different ways to convey the message for the audience in my future. Using emerging technology tells our audience to consider about fashion issues.
Throughout the whole Better Lives unit, I have a deeper understanding about the concept of diversity, sustainability, and social responsibility within fashion industry and our society. The lectures open a wilder view of fashion issues in the society for me to consider about. And, it was a special opportunity to develop the way to take portraits or fashion self-portrait in a limited situation cause by the Covid-19 now. The course inspires me various creative ideas about the combination between photography and emerging technology to apply in my practice of work. My aim with my future project, I would like to investigate more about these topics and to create a diversity and sustainable future.