Initial Contact Sheet

This is the initial contact sheet, displaying every image which was taken during this photoshoot. In total for this photoshoot, I took 186 photographs, these 186 images show off three different locations: St Helier, La Collette and St Clements. For this photoshoot my aim was to capture as much colour as possible, reinforcing the inspiration from William Eggleston and capturing the urban and everyday life during the day with natural light, so I drove around with these three specific locations in mind to find colour and beautiful scenery under the natural sunlight. I went to La Collette as I had taken photographs in that location during the low light, night time settings so I could show the contrast of the same location under two different atmospheres.

Final Selection of Images

From the initial 186 images, I only chose 7 as my final ones. These 7 in particular were chosen due to the way they portrayed these locations during the day, showing the energy given from the sun and giving a complete different mood / feel in comparison to most photographs taken during the night.

Final Selection – Before Editing

Final Selection – After Editing

Before & Afters

Favourite Image From this photoshoot

Above is my favourite photograph from this photoshoot taken during the hours of the day, this image is my favourite out of all of them because it is strongly framed and how it perfectly links with the overall theme of my book. I also took a photo in a previous shoot which is almost identical to this one however it was taken during the night, making this image more meaningful in contrast. This photo shows the details of the bus, trees and just the overall industrial setting. The reflection which comes from the bus window could be seen as another layer to the image, possibly showing that there is life outside of the frame. This photo will work great inside my photobook, especially when placed on the same double page spread as the almost identical image at night, reinforcing the theme of the normal becoming abnormal.

Contact Sheet:

This was my final photoshoot for my personal study, mainly inspired by Ramona Wang. I was the only subject in this shoot, allowing me to explore the themes of femininity and youth through personal experiences fully. In this shoot I focused on capturing traditional stereotypes of young females, and specifically the exploitations of them in photography. For that reason, the location of my shoot was in my bedroom, to create staged images of myself getting ready for a night out. This links to my themes because women are typically associated with looking aesthetically pleasing, and that being our only purpose. I wanted to conform to these ideas by presenting myself in a manor that is seen as feminine, while challenging the ideas around it. As this shoot can be viewed as different to my other shoots, I do not believe that the level of success comes from how feminine my models are portrayed. Rather, I want all of my shoots to be presented in different ways but explaining the same message: looking feminine has nothing to do with being feminine. In my photos throughout this shoot, I performed submissive facial expressions to link to the idea of the male gaze. Moreover, I believe that the way a female would interpret these images is entirely different to how a man would. I believe the female gaze would occur, and women who viewed these images could still potentially see me as a human with intelligence and emotions. Whereas, perhaps males would only view me as an object, and focus on the aesthetic of the image.

Similar to all my other photoshoots, I imported all my images into Lightroom and created a new folder, under the name “Personal study photoshoot 5”, to allow easy access to this shoot for future references. Again, as this shoot is a lot smaller than the rest of mine, it was easier for me to colour code my images and star them. Very quickly I was able to narrow down this shoot to the most successful outcomes that I would want to use in my photobook. I then edited the flagged images so when I create my photo book I can choose the best edited images.

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