I gained inspiration from Martin Chambi’s work, specifically how he frames his images, although he is not a contemporary artist I wanted to test my knowledge on environmental portraits, and try out myself to create environmental portraits based on people in their work space this is why I am planning to visit areas in town. town is the biggest area in jersey of multiple and different businesses and employees, that hopefully I will be able to capture.

The above mood board is what I inspire to either produce or take some tips from these photographs, I like portraits in a quite messy environment or an environment that has a lot going on, that’s why I’ll inspire to chose those types of environments. I would want to create images similarly to the ones above, experimenting with angles and different framings.

Who– I will ask random strangers that I find interesting looking as well as people who represent their environment very well. Mainly these will be people in their working environments.

What-There may be equipment that people hold in order to do their job, I will try to include them to represent them and their job. This adds also depth in the images, an insight of the profession. as well as the environment there may be many other items in the backroud.

Where– St Helier, Town, in many different businesses, shops which I’ll stumble across , these pictures will be inside based in peoples work instead of them being outdoor photographs.

When– One day during the week day, either during my free period or after school. Since I want to photograph people in their work I should pay attention to the usual working hours 9-5pm and know that during certain hours like 12pm-1pm it may get more busy, I should chose times where businesses/shops would be quiet and still open.

How– Doing my research on photographs and looking at how an environmental portrait should be taken, I will try to capture people in fast shutter speed as they may be moving a lot, and I don’t want to take up huge amounts of their time,.

Why– To get an understanding on how it not only is to take an environmental portrait but how it is to make connections with people while taking the photographs. As I have never done this before, I would have to also learn to get out of my comfort zone to speak and ask strangers to pose for me.