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SDA - Final 6

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SDA - Colour Printing

These are the printed images I am trying to choose from. I have a large selection of physical prints to play about with which is good as I have a lot of options. In my final 6 photographs I hope to have good portraits of all the members in the band and a 2 photos which are a mixture of good group photographs.

I feel the portraits of Ross are composed well and give you good context as to what he is doing, much like the ones of Robin as you can tell he is in the mood to play lead guitar at practice. The portraits of Will are good as you can see real emotion in the image, a real happiness bout his character, moreover I feel when shooting I framed him perfectly giving the viewer a clear view. 

The last two photographs are both unique and I think I will use both of them in the final 6 because it shows all the band putting effort in and also the band relaxing afterwards. 

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SDA - Darkroom Notes

In the dark room it began to get tedious for a first timer, however was enjoyable. The toil of getting the correct exposure for pictures proved to be difficult, but once I got used to the printing techniques it became easier. 

I used this notebook to log my settings for the enlarger, then began to print. Towards the end as a lot of my roll of film was very yellow toned the setting became similar and I was able to do the last few prints quickly.

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SDA - iPhone Shoot

As I try to see the band as much as possible in the weeks we have together, I try to shoot in various ways. For instance I shoot 35mm colour film quite a lot and is most likely going to be what I print, per contra I have used new technologies such as camera phones to capture snaps of the band.

I wouldn’t print these necessarily as they aren’t the best quality but as this is an ongoing project it is nice to build up a library of images to keep and maybe showcase. Yet the content in the photographs still tell further stories of the band and members. 

I think the best shots of the shoot are the ones of Will playing guitar late at night on the carpark and group shots of the band that are composed quite well, however the colours do look a bit bland.  

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making our way #35mm

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As part of the course I have been uploading some of the scanned images from my rolls of film onto instagram. I really like this image even though I will not be using it in my finals six as of the ambiguity of it. 

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As I have been shooting on 35mm film on my Canon AE-1 to make the project more personal to me as I dearly enjoy shooting on film and this camera, I have been in the darkroom trying to perfect my prints and it has been proving harder than I expected.

However in the darkroom I am enjoying myself and learning how to print properly and correctly on the enlargers.

After nine hours in the darkroom I have accumulated around 4 prints that may or may not be used in the final edit. It has been hard trying to perfect the exposure time after time as some of the images look a lot different in colour form the contact sheets. 

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Contact Sheets

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Artist Research - The 1975

The 1975 are one of my favourite bands so looking at their imagery I find it very inspiring. The band create an image for themselves using colours to their advantage. In doing so the band have created a master following allowing them to grow more and more popular, in doing so this creates more interesting moments, more interesting stories, more interesting photographs.

The images from live gigs are composed very well showing the band in euphoric ways which make them seem like other worldly. The photograph of Matthew Healy’s guitar is also quite inspiring as it holds a lot of emotion, that is his instrument that he plays everyday on stage for the world to see, combining that with unreal lighting it comes across very well. 

I think to create good band photographs they have to be sporadic and fun, but also follow a similar theme and style. Example being The 1975 craving the colour pinks and their specified colour scheme. So allowing my photographs to follow that, a colour scheme that works well with sporadic moments that are relatable to an audience. 

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Artist Research - Tame Impala Currents in the Making

“Directed by Matt Sav and Tame Impala frontman Kevin Parker, the clip is actually less a process video and more a montage of Kevin Parker, and his free-flowing, luscious locks, twinkling away with various instruments, set against a magnificent natural vista.

The track you’re hearing in the background, according to Stereogum, is Nangs, a short interlude that appears at the beginning of Currents.”

This piece is composed fantastically, mixing the psychedelic colours and music with visuals that explore Kevin Parkers journey to creating his album and exploring himself and music. 

The narrative tells the story of himself and the band touring, writing and recording allowing the audience to experience it for themselves via escapism almost.  

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Artist Research - Goatsnake

I like this picture because of it character. It does not have the best quality to it and does not showcase the whole band very well, however it does give you a sense of the type of people the band are or will be. 

The photograph is very content heavy and has a very humorous tone to it, the man is clearly wrestling the pig and it’s not going in either favour. This becomes relatable and allows audience to see them on a human level.

You can clearly see that this image is not in focus and very shaken, it is in the moment. 

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Artist Research - Jim Morrison by Neal Preston

I think this photograph is quite powerful as it shows a very sincere moment as Jim Morrison prepares for a show. Showing him drinking Jack Daniels straight. photographs like this hold so much to rock bands because it is moments like this that get remembered, especially to some of the biggest rock bands ever that have had members with drug and alcohol problems.

“No one knows for sure where the 27-year-old Jim was or what he did that evening, but by the next morning, one thing was certain: He was dead.

Three months earlier, he had fled Hollywood. Bloated, bearded and out of control with his drinking, the once-svelte Lizard King had become a sad parody of his former self. During the difficult recording sessions for the Doors’ final album, L.A. Woman, Morrison would guzzle as many as 36 beers in a single day. His voice was giving out, and he was struggling with his lyric writing.”

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Artist Research - The Rolling Stones

In the fifties The Rolling Stones were a young band and had a huge career ahead of them, the black and white images from the time document the young rock band well.

“The two men celebrated the end of the Stones’ second US tour of 1965 — a year dominated by their first international hit, Satisfaction — by donning 10-gallon hats and chaps and riding into the Arizona desert.

Mankowitz, 67, who is exhibiting prints from his personal archive of the band, said: “The rest of the guys had gone to Las Vegas to relax before going into the studio to record but Keith just didn’t like the idea.

“We had done a bit of riding during the tour when we had a couple of other breaks and we both had a big thing for horses and cowboys. We decided to go off and camp overnight and have this fantastic cowboy adventure.”

They hired a guide who claimed to be descended from gambler and lawman Wyatt Earp, rode all day, and then set up camp under the stars. “You have to understand as kids in the Fifties, we were all brought up on cowboys and Indians. America was the land of our cowboy fantasies. This was our dream come true,” Mankowitz said.”

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Artist Research - Ratboy, Ratboy Instagram

Although this is a social media account the quality of the photographs may not be the best, but because of the ease and speed of social media photographs like this become more relevant because it is now, it is what fans want to see. Plus what people chose to upload to a social media account is quite personal and letting people behind the scenes of you is also personal. 

I think a lot of what people want to see in photographs is mainly the content, people want to see their heroes, their mentors, their influences doing what the do and when the decisive moment comes and it is photographed it looks good. However as Ratboy is an artist himself he does have an eye for composition on his instagram mixing his personality and art into a social media account narrating his life and feelings.

In my photographs I would like to give it personality much like Ratboy, allowing the band to be relatable and the story of each member being told. 

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SDA Initial Ideas

For my SDA my first ideas include

Skate Falmouth

Inside perspective of a band (my band)

Skate scene in Plymouth as I am still in contact with Prime Skatepark

Artist Profile on Falmouth Students

Landscape Photography of Cornish land

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Self Directed Assignment

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Balance - Final 5

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Balance - Shoot 2 Collection

The best set of photographs from my second shoot. 

I feel some are more powerful than my previous shoot as the lighting and angles are better, plus there is more playful content including the bench and more people.