I started grouping some images that I thought would look good together for example the two photos with the sea in the background. I did not match them on age and these images range from 6 months to 11 years old.
The photographs show different style of outfits, I am the third child in the family, so some of the clothes I was wearing were hand me downs from my sisters for example the overalls I am wearing in one of the photos belongs to Nadia the sister I am most closest to, due to her living in jersey.
“Find Your Fun. These wild, wacky and wonderful clogs were born in 2002 by three innovators: Scott Seamans, Lyndon Hanson, and George Boedbecker Jr. Boedbecker brought them all together as he knew Hanson in high school and they both attended the University of Colorado.” I was born in 2003 a year when crocs were just starting to become popular, and were introduced into fashion in the 2000’s.
I lowered the exposure as this image to me was over exposed and didn’t go with the other images. Making it hard to fit it into a set.On this image however I increased the exposure and temp. To give it a warm feel and allow people looking in to the photo to see and feel the hot sunny day that it was.I also took the approach of making all the images black and white like Nicholas Nixon ‘The Brown Sisters’. But I liked the colour the photographs contained.
unfortunately, some images were lost due to the card not having enough storage, and my friend then deleting them on her phone after we switched from the camera to the phone due to the first problem.
Top tip: make sure your camera has battery and enough space on its memory card.
After selecting some of the images from my archive I then proceeded to experiment with the images I was not satisfied with.
This photoshoot was done in order to create images that would be calmer and less chaotic than the party photos from my birthday.
Birthday
These are the main photos for my book which were influenced by Paul M Smith and follow the theme of freedom as I let anyone take the photos in any way they wanted with no limitations. I plan to increase the saturation of these pictures to amplify the idea of freedom which is an idea I got from Alex Webb’s work.
Paulina’s birthday
Similar to the last photoshoot I have taken inspiration from Paul M Smith for the photos and will edit them in a similar way to Alex Webb. However, these photos are going to create a contrast between a boys and a girls 18th party and will demonstrate similarities and differences between them.
Martin Parr is a British photographer and photojournalist whose work is often defined by its depiction of people’s leisure activities, either as a family, among friends, or alone. He has made projects in many different locations over the decades, but he has said that “The beach is always going to be an integral part of what I do – it just goes on and on”.
His photobook “The Last Resort” is a prime example of this. Taken in Brighton in the 80s, it shows a typical British summer day out for the normal people of England at the time, without glorifying or demonising the situation or the people. His signature use of vibrant colours and photographic flash make these images seem as though they could be found in anyone’s old family photo album, making them feel distinctly human and candid.
This photo is a prime example of Parr’s photographic style and the type of subjects he had in his images. The two children in the centre look like siblings and so it is an example of the sort of family dynamics of the time, where people would often have larger families and the children would be expected to look after themselves and each other to a certain extent. The colours are saturated and it’s clear that flash has been used, even though it looks like a bright and sunny day.
My chosen theme for my photo book is freedom. I am going to hold three parties and a day at the beach where I will allow my mates to take photos of anything they want without limitations. I want the photos themselves to represent freedom in the way they are taken as well as their subjects. I also want to contrast different types of freedom: sober / drunk, day / night, boys / girls. I do not want to involve any Covid related objects or themes in my book as I want to ignore Covid, which has undeniably limited the worlds freedom over the last year and a half, as if it does not exist within this small world I am creating in the book. The freedom to have fun is the main theme I am going to try and represent within my photo book. Simply, I want a book that holds happy and fun memories from a time in my life that will always be remembered as dull and restricted due to Covid. I also hope that it gives an insight into the life of an 18-year-old and is informative and enjoyable to any viewer. I am going to use Paul M Smiths themes of a ‘lads night out’ and Alex Webb’s editing style of high saturation to create my final images and show true, uninfluenced freedom.
