Today we met the rest of our group, and after an ice breaker we were given out project brief for the week.
The project for this week is hidden stories ( see link for project sheet below). When I first thought about the brief I coudn't decide what exactly to do. I had many ideas in my head and to pick one way to go was very difficult for me.
However , I had decided to go with my gut instinct which was to do a forensic project. I was thinking of my brother and his friends. They are at my house every night , however once they have left we know someone has been there and this was the angle which I wanted my photographs to take. I wanted the viewer to look at the photographs and even though they can't actually see someone there , they know something has taken place.
http://moodle.stockport.ac.uk/fe/file.php/596/LBM_Unit_3_Project_1.pdf
Wednesday 17/11/10...
I started looking at forensic photography in its own right and looking at the way things are photographed. Personally, I have always been fasinated with forensice photography and crime work so I loved looking at the style of photography and trying to create a similar vibe.
I spoke to Rob about what I had in mind for my project and he said it was a good idea , he tried to challenge me to think about what I could do to improve my work and how I could take this further given the chance. I came up with the idea that I could if I was to go further with this topic think about making individual "evidence" files which would include a mugshot of my brother and his friends , and little bit about their personalities and what their habits are and then more pictures of the mess they leave behind in my house.
My inspiration for this came from a site with the following picture on it...
The image above is from the website 'http://dandyismoubarbarie.tumblr.com/post/197200033/old-time-crime' and the oringal pictures are taken from the forensice photography archive in the Police and Justice Museum.
Friday 19/11/10...
First thing in the morning we had tutorial with Rob, he talked to us all about our work and what we will be doing until Christmas , he explained to use about the studio and how we get equipment out and he also talked to us about what we know and what we don't know about photography.
Once we had gone through all the information from his side of the course, he then began to talk to us all about our own work and how it is progressing.
Once we had finished for the day I set about taking the photographs for my own work. Most of my brother friends come to our house on a Friday and Saturday night , so I had two night in which to photograph what they have been doing.
I started of by looking at their shoes which were all lined up in a row , but I decided that really these pictures lacked interest and so I went in to my brothers bedroom to look at what they had done that evening. I found a lot of pizza boxes around which I thought looked interesting , I also found a lot of beer cans stacked up which looked amusing considering they were pretty much all from one person.
Once I had finished taking my photographs I looked at them on my computer to see if any of them needed editing. I decided to put them all in black and white so that they look more realistic . I also added a lot of contrast to them to make them look more dramatic.
Below is one of my final images I used for this project .
