Wednesday, 21 December 2016
Shoot 10 Work Diary
For shoot 10 I decided to compile all my ideas from my last
shoots into my final series of photographs, I wanted to take pictures of my
band, as I have photographed my band practicing in shoot 7, and photographed
bands performing live, along with other music related shoots, so it made sense
to incorporate my band performing live at a big gig in Camden town that was
coming up. From photographers that I have studied, Nikki S Lee massively
inspired this shoot, as a series she had a small digital camera that she gave
to passing people to photograph her in a scene, it was an art project in which
she wanted to change her attire and associate herself with people and places in
accordance with a culture, be it republicanism, business and commerce etc. In
this shoot, I wanted to truthfully display my passion and affiliation with
music and playing live in my band. Obviously I was unable within this shoot to
take pictures of my band playing live because, I was actively performing with
them, so the idea was to give someone in the crowd my camera for them to
photograph my band play. Some of the picture from this series I shot. I'm
pleased with the outcome of the shoot.
In this image, the attention is focused on the lead vocalist, he takes up half of the
frame, he's leaning in gripping the mic, the flash was on due to how dark the
room was apart from the stage being illuminated, it helps to create the depth
of perspective, as I am also seen in the right hand side of the image, singing
into the mic playing bass, the clarity
of the shot is all on the singer, I appear quite dark, grey tonality. But the
depth of the shot is one of the most interesting elements as not only is there
a really close up there's another element showing off another instrument on the
other end of the stage. I decided to make the image black and white to add to
the grittiness of the shot, due to the fact there was little colour in the
original shot due to the depth and
darkness, I fell like the black and white really brings out the subtle
differences in tone adding to the atmosphere of the image, making it quite
intense, serious and timeless. The venue that we played at was Hawley Arms,
which has a lot of significance within the British music scene, the likes of
Amy Winehouse and The Libertines performed at the venue and so this shot is
rich in British culture, and therefore the black and white adds to the
intensity of this image, the opportunity that my band had to play this gig.
Here's an image of all the band sitting on the deck chairs
just outside the stables market, i'm on the far right. The idea to all sit on
the chairs, was the fact that the backdrop of the stable was visible, and the
image was to emphasise the band as a collective of musicians and friends. I
asked my dad to get a few, the flash was on due to how dark it was. The
cultural significance of the location, Camden has always been a cultural hub of
British music but world music, showing how important an opportunity it was for
my band to be playing a concert in Camden. The roots of the mod subculture that
are in our band link heavily in Camden as it as a haven for old mods, and so
our band is shown off appropriately, the clothes we are are wearing this, we
are all in shirts and ties, parkas and I am wearing a double breasted coat. This
is a prime example of the influence that I've drawn from Nikki S Lee, as Lee
gave passing strangers her camera to capture her in a certain cultural
situation, dressed and with people reminiscent of the culture being portrayed,
I feel this has been successfully achieved in this shot, the image is an
accurate representation of our band; The Revolt.
Overall-
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