FMP DIARY - 16.5.17

So Im writing this weeks post a little later than usual but I've been pretty busy. Between finishing up essays, planning for my final exhibition, and watching Eurovision I haven't really had much time to update the blog. So what have I actually been doing?

Well I managed to do my third shoot for my final major project last week. I popped down to London with a friend to photograph some super stylish girls in the capital. I'm not going to lie, the day was completely exhausting but it was well worth it as I'm really happy with my photographs.

As always I was focussing on diversity with this shoot, I was trying to capture girls from all backgrounds and body shapes. I think I managed to do that quite well. I photographed a good range of sizes and I also managed to photograph girls from all over the world from Sweden to America! Right now I'm working on editing those images, I'm thinking about doing something different to typical street style but for now here are a couple of unedited photos favourites from the day.

I've also spent a lot of time working out how I'm going to present my work at the end of year exhibition. I'm thinking about having two or three main photographs on the wall and then a photobook of maybe around 30 of my best images for viewers to flick through. I've spent a lot of time trying to price these up as I ideally wanted to sell them at the exhibition and online once the exhibition is finished but they are working out quite expensive at the moment. Currently one photobook will cost me around £10 to get printed and thats without the postage so I'm not sure this will be a reality without some sort of sponsorship. I've already contacted the big fashion companies such as Primark, Asos, New Look ect. but none of them have been able to supply me with any funds right now. I'm still working on securing some sort of sponsorship so I'll pop any updates in next weeks blog post! 

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FMP DIARY - 4.5.17

So its been yet another week of working on my final project. As well as doing more research I also managed to do another shoot and see an exhibition too. 

The start of my week was all about research. It seems to be all I do right now but its obviously important. I've also been working on strengthening the context behind my FMP. My idea was to shoot a series of street style images based around body positivity and while I'm pretty confident with the street style aspect, so far I've been struggling to make a good link to body confidence. After a little bit of mind mapping in my visual diary and by throwing a mood board together on Pinterest I've managed to think up a few ideas.

I also got around to doing my second street style shoot. I popped up to Manchester over the weekend to do a candid street shoot which was the most awkward uncomfortable thing I've done in a while. Although some of the images turned out okay the majority are just write offs to be honest. I'm going to put the whole thing down to my lack of experience, my lack of confidence in shooting strangers, and just how quickly I needed to work.

While I was in manchester I also managed to see an exhibition at the Imperial War Museum North. The exhibition was all about street style in the 1940s and while it was very interesting, it wasn't as relevant as I thought it would have been. I've already written a blog post about it, so if you want you can read more here. 

Right now I'm still doing research (as always) and I'm planning my third shoot which should hopefully take place in London this Thursday! I'll post some more updates next week!

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FASION ON THE RATION - 1940s STREET STYLE

On Sunday 30th of April I travelled up to Manchester to do a shoot and visit an exhibition at the Imperial War Museum North. The exhibition which was all about fashion during the Second World War promised a display of 1940s clothing and street style photography from the same time period.

With the intention of gaining some valuable inspiration and in the hopes of maybe discovering a few historical photographers I visited the exhibition. With my iPhone in my hand and my notebook in my bag I was ready to snap anything I found interesting and jot down any photographers names I wanted to further research. Unfortunately the exhibition mainly focused on the fashion side of things with the occasional photograph thrown in to back up the information. 

There were a good selection of historical street style images however, they did not come with any context or captions. Although I found some of the photographs interesting and I left feeling quite inspired to pursue a black and white shoot based around different prints and textures I did not come away with any photographer to further research. 

I would like to visit another exhibition while working on my final major project as I don’t feel as though I got much out of visiting this one. If you are really into fashion and like your history too I'd recommend visiting this exhibition, it was not great for photography research however. 

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