Jul 19, 2013
A quick word from the Capitan of last year's #FullCourtPress champions #TeamFeelYaSelfOrKillYaSelf @romejeterr.. #FCP2 Tournament TOMORROW!! (Garner Rd YMCA - 2355 Garner Rd, Raleigh NC)
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A quick word from the Capitan of last year's #FullCourtPress champions #TeamFeelYaSelfOrKillYaSelf @romejeterr.. #FCP2 Tournament TOMORROW!! (Garner Rd YMCA - 2355 Garner Rd, Raleigh NC)
Gym photographs
I am not very happy with the gym photographs that I have taken therefore I am not going to use them for any of my final images. I feel that I have enough imagery for the football to be able to create a strong body of work. I think that if I put the gym photos in with them it will not better the work, if anything it will make it look worse they don't fit in with the style of photography that I have done for the football. I have chosen 15 photographs for the RNC football team, which I think the RNC will be happy with.
Project Plan
The brief I have chosen to work on is the RNC sports briefs. I will be photographing blind people playing football. The brief was set by the RNC as they want images they can use to promote the new sports academy that will be happening later this year. They want the images before the launch of the new sport academy. I have been asked to create photographs that promote the sports in a positive light. The RNC have not asked for a specific amount of images but enough that can explain the sport and promote it. They also want standalone images that they can use around the college.
My creative response to this brief is to produce a body of work in a documentary style but still promoting the RNC sports in a positive light. I don’t want my photographs to be the typical cliché photographs you see all the time. I want them to have something about them that people will want to look at them. I will be working with the 5 different types of shots so that I get all the shots that I need during the time photographing the RNC football team.
Dropbox will be the website that I use to communicate with the client, they can easily access the photos and make comments on them and be up to date with how the work is going. The only costs that I will have while taking these photos will be the bus cost to get there. There are a few risks that I will need to be aware of when taking photos, I will have to be careful where I am stood while photographing because I could get hit by the football and cause myself injury. Also I will need to be careful where I leave any equipment as the students are blind and could trip over it and cause them injuries.
Evaluation
I feel that I have for-filled the brief and what I have intended to do in this project. I had never photographed football before this project. I have learnt a lot from it and I enjoyed it.
I came across some problems while doing this project. With the football there was only two league games left when I started shooting. I managed to get to both of the games and I think I managed to get some nice shots within these games. Also a couple of times that I was meant to be taking photos the football training was called off, so this set me back a little. I think I have managed to come through and produce a decent body of work to present to the RNC.
Football photography is challenging but fun at the same time. You have to constantly be ready to take a photo and you have to judge what is going to happen before it happens and be ready for it.
I would have liked to get some photographs of the football players working in the gym but due to time and other circumstances I was unfortunate not to be able to get them.
Understanding blind football
after photographing the blind football team at the RNC I have learnt a lot about it. Before I went there I didn't know anything about it.
They use a ball that has a rattle inside it so that the players can hear it. The players communicate with each other by shouting "Voi" so that they don't run into each other. If the player does not shout this and a players runs into him then it is considered a foul. After a team has committed 3 fouls then the opposite team is awarded a penalty kick. There is somebody stood behind each goal all game to let the players know where the goal is. When the player is taking a penalty, the person behind the goal taps each post and then tells the player when he is in the centre of the goal so the player can visualise the goal.
The coach on the sideline is always talking to the players to tell them where they need to be, whether they need to move forward or back and who is around them.
I really enjoyed having the opportunity to take the photos for the RNC, it has been a great experience and I have learnt a lot. All of the players have great character and help each other out all the time.