Tom Documentary Work

Proposal:

For this brief, I have considered a few ideas, since i live in a pub i am around people all the time. One for the Leeds 2011 project, I considered following the daily lives of customers and how alcohol effects the way people look and act. This would mean I'd have to takes pictures over a few days rather than throughout one day. My second idea was to follow my mum around for a day for the Person X. My mum works full time in the bar, and has all the duties of a bar maid as well as keeping an eye on the money, barrels and cleaning. My third thought was to follow a friend of mine called Jimmy, he works all day as well as being engaged and then has to find time to run 4 rock bands in our bar cellar. Another interesting idea i had, was a look into my boyfriend. He's had a rough past, after his father died, he got into drugs and alcohol. Because of that he has serious confidence and bipolar issues as well as serious insomnia. My Last idea was study into my friends, i have a wide range of friends who all mix together, from chavs to full on moshers. Its a really weird and interesting mix. 

Final Proposal:
For my final idea, I have decided to do the 'Person X' and base it on my Mum. I want to show that living in a pub doesn't mean drinking all the time and everything is great. I want to show people that it's hard work and is a lot of strain on my mum. I want to also show how my mum's personality comes through in her work, and what makes up her days work.
I was looking at documentary photographers, and one really stood out to me. Martin Amis is a great documentary photography and I love the way he's focused on small parts of a person and their expressions. I shows us more of who they are and I love this technique. I love the effect of the daytime brightness, coupled with the really natural unstaged look, he makes really personal effective photo. I'm going to try using his techniques.

Test images:

Task 4

My test shots all link together with the same style, though they don't really show much about my mum. I think i could take a few more shots of more varied aspects of my mum's life not just the pub. I would like to take more macro shots of aspects of my mum's life like the cat and the crossword. The images also need editing and need to be shot with a less grainy look to them, so with a lower aperture or ISO.

Task 6

With our finished work, we could present in in a number of ways, like; a timeline on a black cardboard, pictures printed on a foam board, a powerpoint presentation, a college/mood board or a book from photo-box. i think i am going to use a timeline, because it shows a day in my mum's life. 

Last Images:

I reused the best of my test shot and reshot the pictures i didnt like, i also edited all my images in the same way to make them look like a set. These are my final images after editing:

This is how i want to present my images once they are printed :D