EXAM DAY ONE

the exam question chosen and why-

The question for the AS photography exam on the 24th of April, 2017 that i chose was 'Question 3, every day activities'. 

To do this i aim to explore urban, suburban, and major cities as well as the idea of every day school activities at college/sixth form at Harlow College. To explore the urban and suburban areas i will present modern day societies in their natural habitat, these towns include Harlow, Hoddesdon, Broxbourne, Waltham Cross, Waltham Abbey and Cheshunt. I aim to portray this via shooting individuals to a great extent of depth to gather knowledge of them via a photograph, i may have to approach the individual and learn more about them to gain access to photograph them as those in smaller towns are a lot more conservative and are not as open about the arts as major cities are. To explore major cities i will explore greater London (central London) as well as the underground of London to gain a full understanding of the daily commute of those who part-take in it daily. To capture those from London, consent may have to be given as well out of respect. However, i aim to pursue the whole task and exam on a candid basis to gain access to the individuals personality without being known they are being documented. I believe by doing this it allows me to stay objective and perform the task in a way that the photographers i have researched and drawn inspiration from did. To perform the task of presenting the individuals at college i will aim to make my work stand out in terms of capturing the true innocence of teenagers at college, i plan on showing education how it is, the images will be raw and unfiltered and i think this captures the rarity of being able to capture individuals in such a personal environment. Theres messing about, working and playing on phones (which is a major part of 21st century education). This is what will make my work stand out as i am able to show the vast differences between modern and socially acceptable methods of education. 

The photographers i have researched include-

Bob Mazzer

Matt Hart

Bruce Davidson

and, Daniel Ochoa De Olza

how shoot one went and what occurred-

To begin the exam i begun by planning out the shoot for the first three hours provided, i decided to start on a smaller scale by combining two shoots in one for an hour, i decided that i was going to focus on urban areas as well as exploration of school life for the project of 'every day activities' so i begun by exploring Harlow town and The Water Gardens of Harlow Town to attempt to photograph those in their natural habitats. The town was quiet due to the time of day which was a shame as i was not able to photograph many different demographics to make the photo shoot fair to say I'm exploring 'every day activities of the urban townsfolk'. However, by doing the shoot during school time it allowed me to grasp a further understanding on the infant and elder population in Harlow. 

However, to further my project i will aim to photograph those of a teenage and adult demographic during their daily actives to gain a full understanding of how those of urban areas tend to go about their day-to-day lives. To do this i shall photograph them on a commuting journey (410 trusty bus, Harlow through to Hoddesdon) and/or a train journey to/from home.

what have i got planned for shoot two?

Shoot two will involve commuting around London and a lot of people watching. To demonstrate the elder generation i will spend a whole day on the central line and in and out of stations and coffee shops to gather a full understanding and as many photos as possible. I will attempt to show this in a way that photographer Bob Mazzer and photographer Matt Hart did, this will allow me to present images in and out of the underground to gain full knowledge of individuals on their daily commute, even if these images capture a snap shot it allows the audience to work out how their day has been and what it will be like and this will all be down to their appearance, body language, facial expression and how they are dressed. Here are two images that i have drawn the most inspiration from during this whole project. The image on the left is by Matt Hart who explored London documenting individuals he found interesting, all of his work is candid and black and white based. The image on the right is by Bob Mazzer who documented the London Underground every day on the central line. His images vary from black and white to colour. I aim to keep my images in black and white as i believe it gives the 'stereotypical view of documentary'

Edited images from shoot one -