Polaroids:
Final:
Wednesday, 22 February 2017
Tuesday, 21 February 2017
Photoshoot 4: Work Record -
Work Record -
Plans:
⧫ I will capture images using a digital camera (Canon EOS 450D)
⧫ I will capture images using a polaroid camera (Fujifilm Instax Mini 8)
⧫ I will capture images using my phone camera
⧫ I will collate relevant social media
⧫ I will collect relevant momentos
⧫ I will compose all items and images on an A3 sheet
Hope to Achieve:
What I hope to achieve for shoot 4 is to document an aspect of my life that is important in my documentation of self. This shoot will be composed physically as if a scrapbook page, which has been a hobby of mine for many years, and will combine photographs in various mediums, momentos and social media.
Shoot 4 will exemplify my friendships but also a hobby of mine; all images captured will be during a day of filming a music video as media is a hobby of mine but also a course that I study. Thus the photographs depict my educational life, friendships and hobbies all in one connected image series resulting in a final A3 scrapbook page.
Actually Achieved:
I was able to achieve most of my hopes for this shoot in that I have depicted most of the themes that I had hoped to. I was using my DSLR camera and my fujifilm polaroid to convey youth in the modern and older respects of it. I also subverted my own expectations in my resourcefulness of finding relevant momentos to the shoot.
The final image is aesthetically pleasing in that I created an amateur aesthetic of layering and composite photography as a collage using a collection of photographs and items. The layout and composition was carefully considered. The use of various colours, both black and white and colour photographs, makes links to inspirational series' from artists such as David Shama.
Progression:
I will carry on this idea until my fifth shoot by using continuing the use of multiple photographic mediums across the first shoots of my project focusing on connected images. The final shoot due to its location may again mean that large digital cameras could be too obtrusive and difficult to manage due to shooting on location. Therefore, I may adapt my idea and use only one type of medium such as polaroid to continue identity established with the earlier shoots.
Consequently, the photographic skills will be somewhat variant to those seen previously but the overall final aesthetic and appearance should be reminiscent and almost a pastiche of my pervious work.
Plans:
⧫ I will capture images using a digital camera (Canon EOS 450D)
⧫ I will capture images using a polaroid camera (Fujifilm Instax Mini 8)
⧫ I will capture images using my phone camera
⧫ I will collate relevant social media
⧫ I will collect relevant momentos
⧫ I will compose all items and images on an A3 sheet
Hope to Achieve:
What I hope to achieve for shoot 4 is to document an aspect of my life that is important in my documentation of self. This shoot will be composed physically as if a scrapbook page, which has been a hobby of mine for many years, and will combine photographs in various mediums, momentos and social media.
Shoot 4 will exemplify my friendships but also a hobby of mine; all images captured will be during a day of filming a music video as media is a hobby of mine but also a course that I study. Thus the photographs depict my educational life, friendships and hobbies all in one connected image series resulting in a final A3 scrapbook page.
Actually Achieved:
I was able to achieve most of my hopes for this shoot in that I have depicted most of the themes that I had hoped to. I was using my DSLR camera and my fujifilm polaroid to convey youth in the modern and older respects of it. I also subverted my own expectations in my resourcefulness of finding relevant momentos to the shoot.
The final image is aesthetically pleasing in that I created an amateur aesthetic of layering and composite photography as a collage using a collection of photographs and items. The layout and composition was carefully considered. The use of various colours, both black and white and colour photographs, makes links to inspirational series' from artists such as David Shama.
Progression:
I will carry on this idea until my fifth shoot by using continuing the use of multiple photographic mediums across the first shoots of my project focusing on connected images. The final shoot due to its location may again mean that large digital cameras could be too obtrusive and difficult to manage due to shooting on location. Therefore, I may adapt my idea and use only one type of medium such as polaroid to continue identity established with the earlier shoots.
Consequently, the photographic skills will be somewhat variant to those seen previously but the overall final aesthetic and appearance should be reminiscent and almost a pastiche of my pervious work.
Monday, 20 February 2017
Sunday, 19 February 2017
Saturday, 18 February 2017
Photoshoot 3: Work Record -
Work Record -
Plans:
⧫ I will capture images using a polaroid camera (Fujifilm Instax Mini 8)
⧫ I will capture images using a disposable camera (Vintage Single Use Camera 27 Exposure)
⧫ I will collate relevant social media
⧫ I will collect relevant momentos
⧫ I will compose all items and images on an A3 sheet
Hope to Achieve:
What I hope to achieve for shoot 3 is to document an aspect of my life that is important in my documentation of self. This shoot will be composed physically as if a scrapbook page, which has been a hobby of mine for many years, and will combine photographs in various mediums, momentos and social media.
Shoot 3 will depict my friends and also youth subculture which are significant aspects of my lifestyle as a teenager in a modern society. I want to convey a juxtaposition in respect of displaying aspects of modern youth life but completing it through older mediums such as disposable film cameras and polaroids.
Actually Achieved:
I did achieve most of my hopes for this photoshoot in that the final compilation of images appeared as a fun scrapbook page with elements of interactivity in that some things featured in photographs are also able to be touched on the collage.
This collage did not use any digital photographs but instead creates the muted colour aesthetic often seen in old media cameras such as film. I decided against using a digital camera in this photoshoot as I wanted to draw upon the 90s youth aesthetic of films which have influenced me for many years. The modern aspects of the collage is through the use of social media such as a Spotify playlist which again makes a connection to my first photoshoot in that it references one of my favourite bands. Moreover, I was able to bring in small hints towards works of other inspiration such as Jamie Livingston; not only did I use polaroids which was Livingston's chosen medium but I also captured one photograph where the subject is a collection of other polaroids from the night like the image "03-30-1980".
However, looking back at this shoot now I believe that I could have further played with the theme of youth more so than solely depicting my friends. For instance, I could have exaggerated images and created a faux documentary style like David Shama by using real people and real relationships but adapting them to fir my ideas more so. For example, I could have played upon the darker ideas of youth opposed to only a few ideas of youth as fun and trouble. However, as this project revolves around self in my first five shoots it feel that personally it would be wrong to adapt the images. Also, the subjects in my photoshoots are everyday people who are in my life not as models for photography but as family and friends.
Progression:
I will continue this idea until my fifth shoot by using multiple photographic mediums and continuing the collage idea as my exploration of self through various themes. My next shoot will also address friendships and youth but also study my education in respect of media and photography as I will photograph the images during a day of filming a music video.
The next shoot will utilise polaroid photography and digital photographs. The momentos might once again be harder to come by as the shoot is outdoors and is more of an experience than an event like in photoshoot 1.
Thus, the collage technique will continue into shoot four and shoot five but the aesthetic techniques may change. I am hoping that for shoot 4 I can create a more cohesive final piece through colourisation and other such connections.
Plans:
⧫ I will capture images using a polaroid camera (Fujifilm Instax Mini 8)
⧫ I will capture images using a disposable camera (Vintage Single Use Camera 27 Exposure)
⧫ I will collate relevant social media
⧫ I will collect relevant momentos
⧫ I will compose all items and images on an A3 sheet
Hope to Achieve:
What I hope to achieve for shoot 3 is to document an aspect of my life that is important in my documentation of self. This shoot will be composed physically as if a scrapbook page, which has been a hobby of mine for many years, and will combine photographs in various mediums, momentos and social media.
Shoot 3 will depict my friends and also youth subculture which are significant aspects of my lifestyle as a teenager in a modern society. I want to convey a juxtaposition in respect of displaying aspects of modern youth life but completing it through older mediums such as disposable film cameras and polaroids.
Actually Achieved:
I did achieve most of my hopes for this photoshoot in that the final compilation of images appeared as a fun scrapbook page with elements of interactivity in that some things featured in photographs are also able to be touched on the collage.
This collage did not use any digital photographs but instead creates the muted colour aesthetic often seen in old media cameras such as film. I decided against using a digital camera in this photoshoot as I wanted to draw upon the 90s youth aesthetic of films which have influenced me for many years. The modern aspects of the collage is through the use of social media such as a Spotify playlist which again makes a connection to my first photoshoot in that it references one of my favourite bands. Moreover, I was able to bring in small hints towards works of other inspiration such as Jamie Livingston; not only did I use polaroids which was Livingston's chosen medium but I also captured one photograph where the subject is a collection of other polaroids from the night like the image "03-30-1980".
However, looking back at this shoot now I believe that I could have further played with the theme of youth more so than solely depicting my friends. For instance, I could have exaggerated images and created a faux documentary style like David Shama by using real people and real relationships but adapting them to fir my ideas more so. For example, I could have played upon the darker ideas of youth opposed to only a few ideas of youth as fun and trouble. However, as this project revolves around self in my first five shoots it feel that personally it would be wrong to adapt the images. Also, the subjects in my photoshoots are everyday people who are in my life not as models for photography but as family and friends.
Progression:
I will continue this idea until my fifth shoot by using multiple photographic mediums and continuing the collage idea as my exploration of self through various themes. My next shoot will also address friendships and youth but also study my education in respect of media and photography as I will photograph the images during a day of filming a music video.
The next shoot will utilise polaroid photography and digital photographs. The momentos might once again be harder to come by as the shoot is outdoors and is more of an experience than an event like in photoshoot 1.
Thus, the collage technique will continue into shoot four and shoot five but the aesthetic techniques may change. I am hoping that for shoot 4 I can create a more cohesive final piece through colourisation and other such connections.
Friday, 17 February 2017
Thursday, 16 February 2017
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)