photo shoot plans

what/who?landscapes from sat on the horse
where?out on the countryside
when?weekend, early morning, when the light is soft but powerful
how?using my camera, or my iphone
why?to gain photograph which relates to mine and my dads love for nature and horses
what/who?dad and horses
where?at the yard or out in the countryside
when?weekend, when the light is soft but powerful
how?with my camera and a tripod
why?to capture my dads love for horses and nature
what/who?people doing jobs around the yard
where?at the yard
when?whenever people are doing jobs
how?with my camera on a tripod
why?to capture candid shots of people doing jobs around the yard
what/who?self portraits
where?at the yard, at home
when?early evening when the light is low and moody
how?with my camera set up on a tripod while using a hand held shutter button
why?to capture photos of my self around the yard, capture myself getting ready for a meal out
what/who?people at the horse shows, getting ready for the show, my dad at the show
where?at the showground
when?this sunday, early morning
how?with my camera
why?to capture the behind the scenes at a horse show, how i get ready for a show and my dads dedication to me and my showjumping career.
who/what?archive photographs of me and my old horses
where?either in the studio or in my room near the window
when?midday
how?on some white paper, to make sure the pictures stand out
why?to capture my dedication to my sport

My Specification: Love

STORY: What is your love story?
Describe in:

  • 3 words – Human and Angel
  • A sentence – The emotions of a guardian angel protecting its designated human on earth
  • A paragraph – Showing the love between a guardian angel and its ‘person’. The feelings of protection, hurt, love, empathy of watching over someobody’s life – following the persons more bleak life, contrasted to a magical angelic scene.

Angel look inspired by euphoria’s character Jules, i would like to mimic the makeup and use the same purple hued lighting – the style from the show is referencing juliet at the ball in the 1996 remake of ‘Romeo and Juliet’

Character on earth just wears normal clothing and capture just mundane everyday scenarios in black and white with low contrast and slightly overexposed

Edit – try to capture a series of one nightmarish moment, that would call for an angel to be needed

NARRATIVE: How will you tell your story?

  • Story would be shown through 2 contrasting scenes
  • One focuses on a guardian angel in a purple/blue smooth looking scene, with elegant clothing and glossy soft makeup – mostly close ups with contrasting of showing emotion. Perhaps have a body of water with reflection shots, but also use as the means for the angel to watch over.
  • Second narrative would show the day to day ups and downs of life, through aerial view of events, emotions, places the character experiences. Have pretty bleak scenes in black and white. End with a happier scene showing character glance at a new love interest, have higher contrast/bolder coloured scene – would be cutting between Angel and human throughout
  • Edit^ – second narrative is going to be a sequence of pictures progressing through one nightmare-ish moment that would call for an angel to be needed. Dark black and white images continously but presented cutting to and from the angel scene

AUDIENCE: Who is it for?

Audience would be younger, millennial’s who perhaps are more spiritually connected and have hope through what could be watching over us. Could be religious or follow a culture that believe in spirituality and heavenly figures.

On first page use definition of guardian angel as a small glimpse to give more of an idea to the audience.

During book switch between full page and one image for angel, and multiple or reduced size for character.

photoshoot #1 plan-

WHO-

I’m currently planning on using a couple of my friends consistently throughout the multiple shoots as the main “characters”, and am thinking of choosing those who have a different “look” (clothing style, hairstyle, etc) to each other in order to have each person stand out in their own way

WHERE-

This first shoot will most likely be in a couple different locations, probably at the green by the Waterfront, and also maybe on a beach or somewhere by the coast, and I may be able to take some pictures in the car on the short trip between the two locations. These places are normal for us to travel between and we go to them regularly, so the subjects will be comfortable and at home in their environments. This way I will hopefully be able to take many pictures with several good ones in different settings.

WHEN-

I am planning to organise this shoot in the late afternoon, going into the early evening, and with the changing seasons I may even be able to capture some images during night/when the sun is down so that I’ll have a different type of light and make the final group of images more diverse and interesting.

HOW/EDITING NOTES-

I am going to slightly underexpose my images so that when I am editing them into black and white the background keeps its detail, the highlights of the image are preserved, and to retain any interesting shadows or light patterns that would otherwise be lost. When editing, I am going to be very experimental and just test how much or little I can add to the image (handwriting/doodle/scribble/borders).