Location Photography Shoot

 Location Photography
For this assignment and shoot, I had to experiment the use of 'Location Photography'. For this I had to figure out what style I wanted such as; Rural, Urban, Rundown or parks. I really wanted to create a summery outdoor shoot that wouldn't be too focused on the background location but still made it seem necessary and that it didn't look out of place or silly. The main focus in the image is the guitar as the piece was on 'Quality Taylor Guitars'. The locations that I had picked were subtle and needed to suit the model.

Image 1: This location was taken down the side of an old garage type building in central Burton upon Trent. The location was suitable for photographing and had many other little areas nearby where I have taken other photos such as 'Image 2' and 'Image 3'.
I really liked the style of the location as its a nice neutral area, meaning none of these locations shout out that its a posh or poor area. My main focus in picking a location was that it needed to have an 'Old School' feel to it.

Image 2:
This image was taken not that far from where 'Image 1' was and this is definitely the favourite location so far.
This area had an old concrete stair set leading into a building, the red handrail was scuffed and worn down, this gave an old 90's american vintage feel. I felt that the image needed that kind of characteristic as the makers of 'Taylor Guitars' are both american and are based in California.
It was a good test on trying to get locations that subtly had that feel to them.
I used both rural and urban scenery in my images by picking this nice location to shoot at.

Image 3:
In this image I have clashed both rural and urban scenery together by changing the angle and position I took the photo.
This location was great as I could get a good mix on scenery and it relates to the casual summer clothes that the model is wearing helping the viewer understand the weather type and conditions of the day.

Overall, the location really worked well and contrasted well against the model and the guitar.

Frank Turner photo research

Frank Turner

I took a look at Frank Turner because he is a famous musician and there was bound to be quite a few photographs of him in certain areas. The areas that he is photographed in are similar to the area’s he grew up in such as urban, rundown area’s that display him in an effective way it almost gives of an emotive feel. These photos are what I was trying to show in my images so when I saw them they stuck out to me. Here they are just 3 simple images that work so well.

Double page content (Raw B&W gradient) (Contact sheet 3 image 3 - Contact sheet 4 image 4)

Cover photo - (Contact sheet page 8 image 5)

Contact sheet - location shots

Proposal

Proposal

In this assignment I am going to create an i-D magazine cover and contents for my chosen word for the letter that I have been given which is 'Q' and I have chosen 'Quality'.

In this project I am trying to express the Quality of 'Taylor' guitars to my audience, I will take some shots in the studio and two locations in Burton upon Trent.

I am looking for urban areas mainly to show street fashion with the guitar and also to reach out to many different cultures and fashion types. This idea will also create nice images that guitar players would look at and read about.

This is what I plan to do.

 

Evaluation

EVALUATION

In this assignment we were asked to create a magazine cover and contents for an i-D Magazine project.

I really enjoyed this task as we were given a letter to use as the topic. I was given 'Q' which in my first and successful attempt at presenting a cover involved a rubber duck which covered the models eye which represented the word 'Quack'. I used colour splash to highlight the duck to make it stand out. I found this to be a very enjoyable piece of work to edit and present.

Unfortunately someone else used my idea in their work later on which led me to change my word.

I then chose 'Quality' which represented 'Quality Taylor Guitars'.

In preparation for this task I researched quite a few artists to find inspiration and techniques. I found many covers which helped greatly with how I wanted to present mine.

I really liked the colour task as we all put our ideas together to create body sculptures and I believe we were somewhat successful. Henrik Adamsen was my full inspiration for my final cover image, he creates delicate yet elegant work and I have admired his unique photo's. He is an artist that I have kept note of and followed within my work not only in this project but in past work.

Overall, I have enjoyed each and every moment of this i-D task and have learnt new things along the way which have improved my understanding in the subject. I believe that although it was a tricky task and I had hit some bumps along the way that I have overcome them well and created some nice work for the magazine.