Shoot 7 Work Diary

In this shoot I decided to focus on my band and our weekly practice. The shoot is taken in my house, all the band are there with their instruments doing an acoustic session. I wanted to focus on all the elements of the band, the different instruments and the social factor of the practice swell. Music and specifically bands are a massive part of British culture, therefore I decided our next band practice was to become shoot 8, in a running theme with music from other previous shoots such as; shoot 3 and shoot 5.

This shot is of the band after they've just practiced a song socialising with their instruments on their laps, discussing what parts of the song worked well and what bits need strengthening etc, plus general conversation. I love the tonality of the shot, all the tones are very light and airy,such as the skin tone of the subjects being mute in depth. The lighting in the image seems to bounce of the instruments, highlighting certain parts of the image more than others. I like the neutral atmosphere of the shot, both subjects are looking in different directions to the camera. The image is a good documentary piece; as I've chose to focus on specifically bands which is a massive part of British culture especially within youth. I like the angle of the shot, it's a good window into the perspective of the band and what goes on in practice.

Blur was a big part in this series, most of my images came out blurry due to the movement of subjects when they were playing their instruments, this is an image including blur which I like and think blur works well in. The subjects hand is visibly blurry, the effect is good in this shoot as it shows movement and brings the series of images to life, this is one of the shots with blur that has little and so by focusing on this specific one it show's the importance of even a little bit of this technique. The tonality is really light and whitewashed, this is brought out by the black and white filter, the tones are all really mute, it helps to emphasise blur and perspective in this shot such as the darker tones in the backdrop, and the lighter tones of the subjects and the instrument against the backdrop. I am happy with the image because it shows live music in process and lets us view the scene from the drummers perspective making for an interesting documentary image.

                                                               Progression-

In the future I know that I want to continue my focus on shooting photography on music, as I think they are some of my most accomplished shoots including this one, In furthering shooting on the same theme it makes for a cohesive project, showing development and critical analysis of my own work, into ultimately improving the result of the images, and therefore I want to shoot my band at least once more in the series, specifically  for shoot 10 in which we will be performing at a live event.