Tim's Proposal

For the project student life, I propose that I am going to shoot a series of images that represent students in a balanced way. Such as showing the party side; were they are drinking, smoking etc. Also the student side; studying and learning. I am going to shoot these images and later edit them using gaussian blur on photoshop. I am choosing to edit in this way as I feel it makes the image appear much more professional and not like amateur photography. 
I am going to shoot images which incorporate all aspects of student life. This includes behavior in collage compared to home and how personalities can change when in different environments. Some images that I can imagine shooting are young people standing under a street light on a street corner at night, metaphorically this could communicate that students are like moths attracted to light; wanting to find warmth in a cold and unwelcoming society. Another idea for a shoot would be showing the life after student life. I would use my brother, an ex-student, as my model. I will take a photograph of him in representation of a student, this will show fashionable clothes and a relaxed attitude. In comparison, I will take a image of him in his work clothes, a suit. This will communicate my chosen idea for the whole project which is that students do not stay in this lifestyle phase forever, and at some point will grow up.
In previous experimental work, I have experimented with various In-camera and digital effects. However, I would like to broaden my understanding and perceptions of this topic so am planning to experiment with other effects. This will include changing the shutter speed to give images a dream-state effect. I would also like to experiment with different forms of light and how allowing more/less light into the image changes the perception of it. I am interested in peoples emotional and phycological response to mood in connection with colour and light so would like to show this in the images.
The images created in this project, although for the purpose of a project, could be used for various promotional and artistic circumstances. This includes advertisements for the collage, political statements of the representation of youth culture, marketing in a positive/negative way, for exhibitions or as part as inspiration for other forms of art/photography.
I have already shot some early images not focusing on particular students, but objects relating to them. These include cigarettes, graffiti and pizza boxes.

Dervin's proposal

For this project, I propose to produce an image which successfully shows my understanding of the various techniques used in studio photography, which I researched along with different photographers. I want to focus on duplicating the use of shadows and colour, and not focusing on other particular aspects. This, I hope will produce an effective image that shows how colour can be used in an image to manipulate the mood. This involves how bright colours communicate happiness and dark the opposite. This is a different image then I would usually choose as it involves bright colours while I usually prefer to shoot in black and white. 

In this shoot, I want to use makeup to incorporate an art aspect into the image to make it much more interesting and make a connection between the coloured makup and coloured light.

Devins evaluation.

For this project, the brief provided informed us to create and also broaden our knowledge of studio photography and techniques associated with studio photography. Also, lighting and other technology used to create professional and effective looking images. At the start of the project, my knowledge of studio photography was limited, and I was unaware of the amount of equipment and processes used to create an effective image.

To start of, I wanted to research different studio photographers to establish ways they use techniques to communicate various emotions and story's. This was primarily communicated through colour, shadow and camera angles.(camera looking upwards intimidating. Looking down, empowerment.) I was particularly interested with the work of Michael Williams and how he uses coloured lights and shadow to create depth in the images. This research helped to establish my personal likes and dislikes in studio photography which I was unaware of before-hand.

I then established which photograph I was going to duplicate for the final image. This was the image taken of the singer La roux By the photographer Michael William's. I chose this image, as I liked how the photographer used light and shadow and thought it would be informative and a challenge to recreate it. 

When I recreated the image, I focused mainly on the shadow and light replication. I then used photoshop to make the blue light-tinge.

I think the final piece worked well in showing what I wanted to communicate and was effective in duplicating the image.

I think I could have improved on my final piece by adjusting the lighting so that the shadow was on the correct side on the image.

Tom- Proposal for Documentary shoot.

For this section of the project, I have chosen to photograph a series of documentary photographs using the brief 'Person X'. I have chosen to do the project on my mother, who was a dancer on television throughout the 60's and 70's. I would like to focus on her background as a dancer and the impact it has had on her life now, and how her life would be different if she was still a dancer. To create this story, I am going to use a mixture of film and digital photography to make the images have a vintage feel like the period of time that my mother was a dancer. I am also going to shoot most of my photographs in portrait to make a much more personal connection with the subject and make a emotional connection with the audience. I will stage some of my images to incorporate things such as costumes and pictures into the background of the portrait. This will connect the present day with the past, so it seems like a memory as apposed to objects that would regularly be there.
The images will be shot in colour with the possibility of some black and white shots. I am hoping to separate certain sections of the projects using single black and white shots. This will help in communicating the story behind the images with subtle photography techniques. 
Also, I will shoot the majority of the images in our home, which will show the family connection with her.
I will use natural light for the photographs as I want them to look natural and not staged. 
For the photographs that I am going to stage, I want to make them look staged. I want to do this by making her look at the camera as apposed to looking like a photograph is not being taken.
Some photographers that I will take inspiration from for my shoot are; Martin Parr and Gertrude Blom

Martin Parr

Gertrude Blom