My Photo shoot was inspired by the photographer Larry Sultans photos of his Father. Especially the one of his Father practicing his golf swing in his bedroom. Just like Larry Sultans work I have taken photos of my Dad taking part in his hobby. This for my Dad is playing the guitar. Almost every night he retreats to his make do office where he places on his headphones and immerses himself in his own world playing his guitar for hours on end. I wanted to take a photograph my dad in the room he usually goes to practice his guitar however the lighting conditions weren’t ideal so in the future I would chose another room to do this. I also wanted to capture his make do practice room/office and how it isn’t anything special yet he spends to much time in that room.

The first two photos I chose to use natural lighting just as Larry Sultan does. I also used a reflection of one of the mirrors that had been placed in there. The second two photos I pulled down the blinds and used the flash. For the last two photos I decreased the iso giving it this blur look almost like another photographer i almost studied called Richard Billingham. I then changed these photos to black and white as I thought it suited the style better than color.  By doing this I wanted to portray movement even though the subject wasn’t actually moving and camera was I wanted to portray a movement in emotion and mood that music has the capability to do.