1st March update.

We are now 8 weeks into the extended project;

I have started to look further into religious photography, and found a company called Sevenapples run by Justin Ullmer. He takes religious imagery, and truly believes in all the meanings behind it. 

I have chosen this image as i plan on using black and white images of hands showing the cross therefore showing religion and this is very closely related, as it has all the components just taken a little different. This image is a very strong image due to the use of lighting but also the composition, the hand is very well positioned due to the rule of thirds and the 'focal' point of the image the word you, is also very well placed, as it is placed directly in the middle of all the thirds grid lines. Due to how well the lighting has been thought out has created a strong composition of shading as the darkness of the shading towards the bottom of the image draws your eyes up to the main focal point of the image. 

I have also chosen this image from the same creator, as i think it shows the diversity of religious art, and how religious art can be creative and 'modern'. I have chosen this image in specific as it has taken all the colours that you may relate to Africa and created an item that could be special to many people christian or those of an African roots. I would like to incorporate these sorts of colours into my outcome.

 I then looked into the colours of the flags within east Africa.

                                                        

The images above are of the flags, and i want to look into the colors used. I have noticed that a lot of reds and blacks are used and also 'tribal' designs.

Some initial idea that i have had to manually manipulate my outcome/photos is to use a mosaic form and to maybe create a background, or border for my image so that you can still see the image clearly and what it is wanting to portray.

Or another idea that i have would be to mosaic or draw/paint onto the actual image to create a religious imagery but then to colour it in African colours. I could do this by printing onto trancing paper, which would then allow me to see the image faintly and then painting ect on top of this.
I also had an idea that i could print the images onto a material using either cotton or wood, and then editing the image once it is on there, i think this could create a very personal response to the brief and also create a personal creative item.