ACTION PLAN:
I am particularly inspired by both Elaine Constantine's work, especially her concept of focusing on the youth culture's social interaction and Jim Goldberg's work. Therefore I am going to base my photo shoot on a teenagers social interactions among their friends. I want to especially focus on their careless and carefree attitudes and behavior. I don't want to completely stage my shoot as I want my images to look as natural as possible. Therefore, I am going to photograph my friends just hanging out and will casually be taking photos spontaneously, without them fully realizing and being able to pose themselves properly. I will be using a cheap Boots disposable camera because I feel that you take more spontaneous images with them, which have a more natural care-free look and feel to them. I will be using the natural lighting of the room however I will mainly be using the flash on the disposable camera to ensure that my images are clearer and easier to see.
Once my images are edited and printed out on A4 paper, I will rework into my images by adding text and outlining some of the people/objects in the photographs. This idea came from Jim Goldberg's work. I will ask the subjects what they want to say about the image and add that text onto the image. I will also add the time the the images were taken onto the photographs. I will hand-draw and hand-write onto the images.