This week I plan to start getting some shoots together and start producing some work towards my photo book. I definitely want to create a photo book as I have a strong idea of what kind of images that I want to produce for it as well as a front and back cover. I have begun some experimentation and have brainstormed most of my key ideas. I feel that I have enough ideas currently to make an effective book and want to add to the book as I go to see whether or not I need to make anymore images or whether some need to change to fit in with the aesthetic of the rest of the images. I have decided to focus in on surrealism within photography as I have, in the past, really enjoyed this topic and found it more fun and exciting with outcomes looking more unique. I want to be able to put my own stamp on my images and make them stand out so experimentation with surrealism will really benefit my project. As previously stated in a blog post I am going to focus my work on the environment and how we as a society treat our natural world. I really feel passionate about the environment and the way that it is treated and want to enlighten people, to get my spectator to think more carefully about how they treat that environment. I’ve come up with a few interesting ideas that I need to do some more figuring out about as I want to make them as good as they can be. I have decided to make all of my images portrait as I want to make my photo book portrait and make everything look complete and together. I am also thinking of making some landscape images that can be used as double page spreads just to add more dimensions to my work and to make it more appealing visually for my spectator to look at.

Shoot 1 | Ideas

For this shoot I want to go around the streets of Jersey and take extreme close up photographs of rubbish that has been left around. I want to make the images more abstract and close up to make them more interesting and to add in layers to my photo book. I want to add a few of these images into my photo book as extras to bring in the more real and truthful side of our society. I came up with this idea a few weeks ago as I looked outside my window and just saw an abundance of rubbish all around my area. I was so frustrated that I went down and picked up all the rubbish and threw it in a bin that was about 5 steps away from where the rubbish had been left. I just don’t understand how people can be so lazy that they are unable to walk over to a bin to get rid of their waste. I want to bring this to light in this shoot and make those close up photographs purely to make the images more abstract and interesting rather than just photographing a boring piece of rubbish left on the ground. This is quite experimental as it might not work out as well as I am hoping that it will but I want to try it out and see whether or not it does work out.

For this shoot I want to make surrealist images similar to the ones that I have previously made in the past. I really like this style and want to experiment with it further. For these images I will take a photograph of the plain background of the woods and then another with the subject stood in front of the camera to make it easier when editing and rubbing out any bare flesh that is on show. This time when editing I want to make my images very sharp and spend more time on getting the edges sharp and making it look as professional as it can be. I also want to make images like this in town and again have a plain background image with the next one being one filled with people with their faces and any bare flesh being rubbed out. I really want to experiment with this idea as I find it so interesting and unique, making the spectator wonder what is going on and why they can only see their clothing. I think that these images will work well and I want to use some of them as double page spreads in my photo book. This is something I really enjoy doing as it is different and strange making it more interesting for the spectators to look at and interpret.

Shoot 3 | Ideas

I have an idea for this third shoot but I am unsure whether or not it is going to work out. I want to try it and experiment and to just try it out and if it doesn’t work out it isn’t a big deal. Basically I want to use the woods to create a sort of thrown for Mother Nature. I want to dress my subject up as Mother Nature and have a strong image of her looking into the camera. This is just to add another layer to my photo book to make it more intriguing as well as adding in the fantasy aspect of the exam theme to my work. I think that this experimentation could work out really well if I organise it and plan everything well. I really want to make this particular image/set of images mystical and really interesting to look at. I think that this is going to be one of the most challenging shoots for me to do but I if I organise everything and plan it all out before hand I think that I will be able to do it successfully.