Documentary/narrative

The fist type of photography I want to look at is documentary/narrative photography :when concentrating on the type of photography that is narrative, I want to be able to tell a story through each image and  person being photographed. Interesting context will always tell a story.  Although it is important to think about what is included within the images themselves. when focusing  on different elements of narrative there are different aspects which are important to convey, these are: if there is more than one person in a photo you need to convey a relationship, this should be naturally done through observation. However if there is one person an alternative is to show a relationship interacting with someone outside the frame. Social communication is one of the defining characteristics of being human, and narrative stories have long been a common and powerful mode for transmitting information.

A narrative should show a sense of connected events and a reflection of how these people or places are connected in photography  narrative is related to the idea of context. comprehensive narrative appears it will always be the product of including some elects and excluding others. Inclusion and exclusion to me will be about the angle and composition to which I should kale the image in order to connote a scenario and a feeling to the viewer themselves.

• introducing the location
• giving the story a ‘face’
• letting people tell their own story
• contextualizing those stories
• following a dramatic form

From this basic construct I then need to think bout the behind the scenes and reasoning and consequence of the image occurrence, for this I will think of an issue, events movements, who the characters are and why they are there in a context. I think my primary concern of experimentation now is to form a sense of ideas surrounding  political landscapes. When thinking of political landscapes I instantly think of people and they way in which they are living in a specific scenario. My main concentration though is I want my images to be interesting, I do not want boring images which do not make people question anything because this is not a successful narrative style.

Creative / conceptual

My second area that I am going to concentrate on is studying is Creative / conceptual (includes tableaux approaches),I have chosen this approach  as said previously I want my images to be extraordinary interesting and eye catching and draw people attention to question why the image was taken and the connotations behind the image itself. I want each image to be uniquely powerful in its composition, meaning and explore composition and light within the images. More abstract genres like conceptual photography can seem vague and even confusing, especially for beginners. What does a conceptual photo look like, exactly? And how can you know whether your photo fits that label?

My main intention is to try and visualize a concept similarly to narrative documentary expect this is a-lot more staged in order to create a specific effect and message not specifically effecting that person themselves. Although As a methodology conceptual photography is a type of photography that is staged to represent an idea. The ‘concept’ is both preconceived and, if successful, understandable in the completed image

Moodboard of inspiring images:

This mood board is full of conceptual ideas, I think it is more important to plan creative shoots as narrative and documentary is a-lot more natural in capturing occurring scenarios. I am slightly more drawn towards people within the alternative landscapes as I think this allows a more interesting compositions and a new insight and important area to look at study.