My Visual Logbook: November 2015

steven mesial- state of emergency

13:12

When brainstorming ideas I was struggling with ideas as I knew I wanted to do a fashion editorial but I was unsure on what would constitute as a fashion narrative and was looking for examples.

I had previously seen this editorial which was published in Vogue Italia, and it really stood out to me as a well thought out fashion narrative which flowed and progressed.

Reminding myself of this specific example really helped me decide what I wanted to do and helped me condense my ideas down.

I really like the dynamics between the models in the photograph above. The scene looks really violent and not something you would see in a fashion spread which has the purpose of selling clothes.

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'Wonder'

12:08

Over our week off we were set the brief from F Stop magazine 'Wonder-ful' in which we had to create two images which we felt communicated a sense of wonder.

Almost immediately after reading the brief I decided I wanted to try and get a little festive and include christmas and christmas lights as a theme for my images.

My first idea was an image of a christmas window display with a child looking up at it in awe. I travelled into London to scout some window displays and see if there was potential in this idea.

Overall I wasn't happy with the outcome of these photographs as they didn't have the 'wonder' aspect I was after. I decided to go with plan B, which was to get the christmas decorations out at home; mum wasn't impressed with the mess I created, but its for the sake of art.

My final two images for submission:

1/40 f/4 ISO 200 Canon 600D

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Looking for inspiration

14:59

Whilst looking for story lines and inspiration on how other fashion narratives are composed and presented I spent forever looking through my vast collection of Vogue and Harpers which I have collected from over the years to see if anything there really stood out to me as something I could do.

Looking at fashion stories like this one helped me to realise that anything can be a narrative and that the clothes and location help to build and maintain the story.

I really like the use of space in the two images above; the way one image has been spread across a double page, creates almost the appearance of two images in one. I like the idea of doing a similar print in my narrative, using the middle double page spread as a large statement image which works as both two images alone as well as one together.

This image of Kim Kardashian is part of a series shot by Theo Wenner, and although isn't the same clean, high fashion style of imagery which I plan to shoot for my narrative, I do really like the natural, raw beauty aesthetic which the image possesses, and the use of space here printed in a double page spread.

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My Final Print

22:10

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My final Images

21:30

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Todd Hido

23:32

After my initial shoot I really liked the musky tones and the colours which the images had, and Matt urged me to take another look into the work of Hido, as the mood of the images is similar to that of his, who's work is very dimly lit and focused on the lighting. This moody aspect to these images evokes a similar feel to one to that which I want my images to achieve, as this contributes to the almost creepy feeling of voyeurism.

These houses are captured from a distance, which gives the impression that the photographer is an outsider, watching the house. There are no humans which can be seen, but merely the light which should signify that there is someone home. This Anthropomorphises the houses to the extent that the lone light suggests isolation and vulnerability; the same feelings someone would feel if they realised they were being photographed without their permission in an intimate fashion, such as voyeurism. This effect is highlighted by the pathetic fallacy which is brought from the comparison of the act of voyeurism and the dark, foggy dimly lit landscape which surrounds the house.

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Philip Lorca Dicorcia

16:39

Philip Lorca Dicorcia's portraits really stoof out to me as images which were similar to my own. The way he has used lighting to isolated his subject from their surroundings.

In my own work I plan to have my light softer than these examples,

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Does this look familiar?

21:06

LAST ONE. Little repetitive but this is it. I've finally got enough images of my building to create a composition to the large scale in which I had planned. Its taken 3 shoots however I'm so proud of myself for sticking at it and not being lazy and repeating images on my final composition. Each image is unique. I'm really looking forward to adding these last images to my composition and to see the final outcome ready to print tomorrow.

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Round 2

17:11

Today I went back out to both St.Stevens Carpark and the travel lodge opposite all saints green to photograph the building at night.
Unfortunately it was raining and my images taken from the travel lodge were slightly blurry due to the rain on the outside of the window.
However I still managed to get some images which I could use in my final composition, which was my aim, so I call that a success.

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Shoot

20:44

Yesterday I went for a walk around the back streets of norwich taking photographs of windows at ~~night~~, it was 5:30. Upsettingly dark so early :(

Anyway this was the outcome of this shoot; I wanted to capture illuminated windows and use them as part of a larger scale composition similar to that of Anne- Laure Maison.

I am happy with how this shoot turned out and I have captured a variety of different windows, which will all work together in a composition.

Images 1418-1430 were taken from outside of a antique shop and an old book store. I really like these images as you cannot tell they are photographs of shops, and therefore really highlight the position of an outsider, looking into a home which isn't there own.

1/50 f/4.5 ISO 6400 Canon 600D

1/250 f/4.5 ISO 6400

I really like these two images as they feel as though they are snapshots taken of someones home from the outside. I chose to include the window frame in these compositions to highlight the boundary between the inside, and where the camera is. This is a similar technique to that which Joy (post here) used. The lighting is soft and realistic of lighting which might be in a family home in the evening.

This image would be different if the lighting was how it would be during the day; as it is a shop therefore it would be quite luminescent, and further more, if the shot was taken from further in, without the frame of the window being included in the photograph, it would have a much less voyeuristic feel to it.

Overall I am really happy with these images, in particular these two as I wasn't expecting to come across such a shop that would be so interesting. It would have made the shot even better if there was a model who I could have used to give a really voyeuristic approach.

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'Wonder'

My final two images for submission:

Looking for inspiration

My Final Print

My final Images

Todd Hido

Philip Lorca Dicorcia

Does this look familiar?

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