Shoots
Shoot 1 – Buildings/objects of significance
Shoot 2 – Archival photos/portraits
Shoot 3 – Portraits of family members in the present day (environmental and candid portraits)
Layout
Use bleed on good images that are high quality. The quality of the photos must be high throughout as the zine may be opened on any page, and thus interest for the reader/observer must be maintained throughout. Portraits of people will remain on the right side page, and the left reserved for an abstract object with no context, however has a special meaning ti the person photographed next to it, some form of significance to them which allows the reader to make assumptions and try and piece together clues and similarities and thus make sense of the story I am trying to tell.
SHOOT ONE
WHERE: Various Locations
WHO: I am going to photograph places/buildings of significance to my family ready for the zine. This will include previous places of residence for my grandparents. This shoot will be purely focused on places of significance, not portraits of people just yet, that will be reserved for my next shoot.
EQUIPMENT/ LIGHTING: Natural light as they will be predominantly outdoors. Natural light on a sunny day will allow for a more authentic look.
COMPOSITION: There will be multiple different angles
SHOOT TWO
WHERE: In a studio or well lit room
WHAT: Photos of old pictures/photographs or old places of residence and old portrait photos from archive/family albums
EQUIPMENT/ LIGHTING: Studio lighting and use of camera flash, holding camera on a tripod above the photo facing down to create an overhead shot. Hopefully no blurs or shine will show up in the photos taken as I want to maintain high resolution and detail focused all around the image.
COMPOSITION: Symmetrical, overhead shot made to fill the frame or with large, chunky white or coloured borders depending on the image.
SHOOT THREE
WHERE: At home or work, potentially could make a tableaux and create a story through a staged photo shoot, or candid photographs of him in the garden or garage working.
WHAT: Portrait photos of my dad both candid and environmental.
EQUIPMENT/ LIGHTING: Natural light as they will be predominantly outdoors. Natural light on a sunny day will allow for a more authentic look.
COMPOSITION: There will be multiple different angles and compositions as there will be many different things I will be photographing.