Shoot Six- The Change Of Interest In Youth Culture- Work Diary

For this shoot, my intentions was to show my audience a series of photographs which display the change of interest in youth, however, I found that with different interests, it didn't fit very well with a running shoot, therefore I decided to use an overall theme of the counter stereotype of youth, the interest of records and magazines. The reason behind my idea for this shoot was to be able to display to my audience that not all youths wear hoodies, go out a graffiti everything, some individuals decide to stay home and listen to music. The main influence to this shoot was Ali Seglins who's work is displayed in my research log. Even though Seglins photography includes more of a fashion line of series, the style of the photos have a eye drawing effect of a retro feel which I liked to recreate. Even though this shoot was taken on a DSLR rather than a film camera like Seglins, I still found factors such as record players which I found linked similar to Seglins work.

My favourite photo from this shoot:

Even though my style of photography for this photography project is documentary with different subjects, I still find this photo really interesting in displaying a counter stereotype of youth in today's society because without the subject being in the photo, the audience are still able to build upon a personality behind the person who this photo was aimed to capture. It is someone who likes record players and that style of music but there is also the aspect of fashion with the shoes in the background. Another reason why this is under my favourite image for this shoot is because this was generally the way this persons house was- even though the record player wasn't exactly in this position on the floor, this was how it was set up, with the shoes placed in this way, without my manipulation which I really like. Another aspect to this photo which I find really intriguing is this use of colouring in this photo. This is the raw image with no manipulation from photoshop, yet I find the colouring of the case and the background wood effect from the wardrobe is contrasted really nicely with the colour of the shoes but also the colour of the record. I took many different photos of my friends record player with different records, yet I find this photo the best one due to the orange record as it complies really well with the wood effect on this photo.

My Least favourite photo from this shoot:

This photo was taken within a Camden shop with records and CDs, however, I accidentally put the put my camera settings on a longer shutter speed which has had an over exposed effect across the frame distorting the whole photo so the audience are unable to see what the stickers say above each cd row. This photo may have also had this effect because as I took the photo, someone who I was with ran past the lens- creating this blur effect, which in this context I do not think is a successful effect on my photo. A final reason I have decided to put this photo in this part of my work diary is because I think it stands out too much when put with my other photos of this shoot, it doesn't fit in due to being too over exposed. 

Overall:

Overall I believe this was a successful shoot in the idea of displaying a counter stereotype of youth, however, whilst looking at this shoot within the rest of my other shoots, I do not believe it would fit in as a complete series, as the majority of my photos are of the stereotypes of youth, including the gritty black and white effect, I believe this series would stand out too much when creating my final top images. Therefore, I have decided to keep this shoot as a representation of youth to my audience showing not everyone complies with the stereotypes, however, as much as the photos were successful, I believe other shoots stands out much more on the representation of youth.