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Lucky Dip

For our second location project we had to pick a subject/object out of a hat and try to find ways of producing interesting location images about the particular object you picked out.  My lucky dip was 'Park Benches'.  At first I found this quite challenging as I wanted to produce something different then just taking pictures of park benches.  After research and discussions I decided to make my park bench topic into a crime scene.  This is something I am very interested in anyway, therefore this photo shoot was one of my most enjoyable.  The props were cheap and easy to get hold of and easy to make therefore it wasn't expensive and my location was nearby so travelling back and forth wasn't a problem. 

With this shoot I used both digital and film but for my final prints I used the negatives instead of the digital.  I felt that the images would be more moving and dramatic when they are in black and white.  Below are four other prints showing a close up of individual parts of evidence I set up.

Editorial Imagery

The purpose of this project was to produce 6 images which could be used in the i-D fashion magazine.  We had to decide on having our images in an urban or a rural location, e.g. skate park with graffiti or in a corn field.  In order to gain ideas I looked at previous i-D magazines including the latest issue (at the time of the project) and I noticed that the style of the magazine was very quirky.  My first idea originally was to produce images advertising the Geek Chic style.

This image is a basic print then by hand tinting the image I used tip-ex to draw the i-D logo on the side, and used a permanent marker to draw over the bricks, and around the subject.  I coloured in the left eye, in order to follow the tradition of the previous front covers. 

I like how the hand tinting around the model makes her almost look like she has been cut out and stuck onto the wall picture.  I drew graffiti onto the print in order to make the picture have a more urban feel.


After the first shoot trying the Geek Chis style, I decided to try and do a shoot with a guy modelling the same style.  I like how the models shirt looks with the use of solarisation as it gives the checkered style a completely different look which is more appealing.








This is an example of me experimenting with different techniques... I have two basic prints exactly the same and rip one of the prints up into pieces, i then placed the pieces randomly over the top of the normal print which then made the subject looks obscured, giving an odd but interesting look to a fashion image.











This is one of my images i submitted for my final grading.  They are all taken on a Pentax K1000 35mm film camera. In order for me to produce this print, I toned the prints so they had a brown hint to them and i then used water coloured paint to hand tint the denim blue.  I found the burnt down shed in Leigh-on-sea and as i struggled with finding suitable models i decided to do something slightly different when producing advertising work.