The Wall is intended to be an intimate look into somewhere that is a large part in my life showcasing the little details that make it the place it is. This makes this possible the most personally important project in this unit for me and I believe that it shows in the style of the photography. The photos are mainly shot in a close up way making the viewer feel as though they are involved and in the situation rather than having a detached (distant onlooker's) perspective of the  scene that some styles of photography result in. I have used this to my advantage in this unit to provide an interest point in what could otherwise be a slightly odd and uninteresting project to a viewer with no connection.

The Majority of the images in this project are largely unedited apart from small colour retouch processing as alongside my digital SLR i was also shooting with an analogue medium format camera onto film and as so was trying to create perfect images straight from the camera while also using my DSLR as a light meter to make sure my settings were right for the medium format camera. I also prefer the look of minimally processed images in general but was extremely interested in having that look for this project as it is an extremely straight documentation project rather than one where you would use artistry or extreme processing. This gives it a more down to earth and real feeling than the sometimes epic and other worldly feel that such effects can give. 

This real feeling is also down to the choice of lens that I made instead of use an extreme zoom lens such as an ultra wide angle as i have on other projects I chose to use just two primes a 35mm and a 50mm which on my crop sensor DSLR roughly work out at a 50mm and an 85mm. I chose these as they not only provide far greater image quality without distortion but are also much closer to the view of the human eye and thus more familiar to us. This all adds to the real worldly feel I am aiming for in this unit.

The obvious influence that I have drawn upon from my research is that of Rebecca Norris-Webb and her Dakota project. As in her work there are many small details in my project that may mean nothing to an outside observer but mean a great deal to me, this is where the project becomes such an intimate look into my life as it is almost like you are observing through my eyes.