Shoot 5 Work Diary

In this shoot, I went to my friend Jack's house with my camera, I had asked if I could take some images of him in his 3 button suit, playing his guitar, putting on some records in his bedroom. The subculture that I wanted to illustrate in this shoot is of course, the mod subculture.

In this shot, Jack wears his 3 button suit, playing his gretch guitar, sitting on his bed. I wanted to focus on different parts of mod subculture, so I wanted to show off the style, how the way your dress says a lot about your personal identity, what music you like and what you stand for as a person. In this image all Jack's influences are shown here in the person he is, his style is apparent and the relevance in British culture it still has to this day. All the parts of this image symbolise a movement especially within youth the stands for anti-establishment, freedom and identity. The flash in the image really helps to bring out the colour in his suit, the metallic shine, the red and silver in the guitar, and his tie and shirt, this makes for a very direct, attention catching image, the shot of the picture has hardly any negative space, using all parts of the image, making it eye catching, it encompasses the whole width of his arms from plucking the guitar to tuning it with his other hand. 

This shot has lots of similarities to the image above but at the same time is very different, for example, in this image he is also sitting on his bed playing the guitar, but there is more revealed in this shot, the pride in style, the way he is tweaking his tie making sure he looks the best he can, and parts of posters and pictures on the walls revealing influence and music that he likes to listen to in specific, for example above his head you can see half of the mod sign with the red blue and white circle, and to the left of his head a band poster. For people who know little about the mod movement, this image reveals slowly more and more about the subject, giving a scope or window into his world, showing that being a mod is a part of everyday life. Also the way in which I decided to use no flash, the image is not as clear and precise but I like the warm, subtle lighting, bringing out a completely different atmosphere to the shot, this is very effective in making the viewer feel as thought they are actually in the scene that has been photographed. Jack looks as though he has been caught off guard this adds to the authenticity of the image, making for a real and natural shot. 

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Music, within the means of portraiture is definitely a theme that I am successful exploring in my photography, and therefore would like rot keep developing and exploring, learning and incorporating new ideas into my portraiture, and music themed images. Overall I am happy with the way my shoot turned out and hope to continue to get good results within my project.