FMP - 25/1/2016 Tutorial

On Monday the 25th I went for a tutorial with Jamie who I explained my ideas and theme for the brief with. I explained to him that it would be very similar to my last project but would be an expansion on it, I would do bigger and better and improve upon what I had previously done. That I was hoping to show skills I'd learnt in the studio but was unsure of how to quite go about it. I had told him my talk with Richard, my first tutorial on my FMP, and that Richard wanted me to shoot in the studio, using various models and being authentic with the decades however Jamie said it I could try location shoots if I wanted and it would be okay to use one model also if needed though he did say he didn't want to contradict Richard once I'd told him the differences. He spoke to me about choosing various images from different decades and recreating them and watch Rankin - 7 images again, which I'd seen twice but thought it was good advice and would help, plus I enjoyed watching it. Jamie said to try recreate the images to that specific decade and to make/ keep it relevant, e.g makeup and fashion wise, to maybe use an 'icon'. He told me to think about the angles of the camera and to try alterations when shooting, so maybe my being lower down and looking up at my model instead of shooting head on or even side ways and to use a tripod where necessary. He mentioned to work on the studio, practice my skills there and to work on portraiture. To show the influence of my photographs and key photos specifically and to possibly shoot in black and white - relevant to the decade again, to just try theses things and if they don't work out or if they do and I don't choose these for my finals at least I have done and tried them. Also to mix them up potentially - to make/ have an image contemporary from an older pic as the inspiration. 

FMP - Decade Research

These 8 images are examples of the people I think I will use to represent or inspire the decades photos, beginning with the 20s and going in chronological order up to the modern era, these images go up to the 90s. I think each one, person and style is recognisable and therefore is why I have chosen these as I think it will help portray the decade well. 
       

                                                          (Images aren't mine)

FMP - 4/1/16 Thoughts on the decades

At this point I decided to write down a few ideas on who I'd like to recreate and for which decade. I chose to pick people who I thought the majority, if not everyone, could guess who it is within the image or at least who it, the image, is inspired by, who's representing the decade. I written a few ideas of people down as well as the styles of the decades as well, and what styles represent the decades and not just the person also, a combination of both. 

FMP - Ideas, Beauty

I written down some thoughts about my theme of Beauty, how I can shoot it and the various ways around it, i.e, one style of decade on the model and another in the style of location, so they are appearing out of place with each other but attempting to make it look like they somehow belong or at least look good together in an unusual way. I also jotted down some thoughts on research and where to look, begin.  

FMP- 2/12/15 1st FMP Tutorial

My 1st tutorial, for FMP, was with Richard.  We discussed my ideas of carrying on from my minor project's theme and how I can expand upon this and bring something new to it and how I can add to it. We talked about Rankin and how he has shot models with 2 different types of makeup on their face, split down the middle, half and half. This came about with an image I had in my general research as I was toying about with the idea at the time. Combining images was also mentioned, where I'd shoot two images and create it into one, matching my theme. Another idea was to shoot with the clothes and makeup on the model but have her in a  different setting, one you wouldn't expect to see her in, for example, the styling of the 20s in a 70s kitchen, or perhaps an older decade set within the modern world, anything to change it up and trying to then fit it all in together but I liked the ideas as it would be something a bit different and if executed well could have the potential to be really good. He gave me the name of a few books to help me in the studio and to give me some potential ideas for future shoots. Also Taylor James's Agency was named, so I will have a look in to this. 

FMP - Choosing how and who to shoot

One of the first things I did was to jot down some ideas for my FMP. I also had to work out from which decade I wanted to start with to then make the 10 minimum images. I decided to begin with the 1920s as this will give me enough decades to create the 10 photos. As well as choosing the decades I had to also choose how I wanted to create those images and who I wanted to recreate.