Shoot 5 - Work Record

When taking pictures for shoot 5, I wanted to focus on recording music and trying to market music for people to listen on a wider scale, such as a record label, as every bands big dream is to get their music out to a larger audience and for it to be acclaimed and enjoyed. This is a massive subculture that all bands aspire to and aim for. In these images it is of my band in a recording studio, waiting for the process of the songs to be made on software in the studio and actively performing the material to be recorded.

I have used similar ideas as Simon Wheatley in this shoot as he tends to capture images of gangs of youth doing whatever they do in their culture and in context with their lives, in some of his images the gang of kids make music in the studio, he captures not only the processes of music but the waiting and the vision of youth spending time together in  one another's company in the studio, I feel I have used the influence to develop this shoot.

In this image, it is of the singer in my band laying down his vocals on top of the bands instrumental parts, he is close to the mic with headphones on. As he is the main subject of the shot, I wanted to capture the shot of him and his surroundings, as guitar cases and the studio walls are visible. The image wasn't edited as I wanted to capture a natural, realistic portrayal of procedure of recording, as the image is quite neutral and melancholy, the lighting is warm and ethereal, this makes the light and airy space contrast really well with Stan's dark clothing, the contrast is dynamic and makes the main subject stand even more, against the surroundings. The image captures the quite laborious and routined job of recording, as it has to be repeated many times before perfection, this shows the reality of what it actually entails.

This image is of, The lead guitarist head in hands watching the computer screens showing the software that is used to edit our songs on it, in the image I took it from an angle which shows all the analog dials and switches used to convert audio into the computer programme, the glass window is also visible that shows through to where the recordings take place. The waiting process is captured here as apart from giving creative ideas to the technician all we can do is record, sit and wait for the finished product of the songs, this is a very daunting yet exciting process. I like the use of space in the image as there a the main leading lines of the mixing desk, this makes ones eyes follow to the top of the picture being the window, in the composition of the shot there is a lot going on as Jack is on the far right and the technician is near centre of the image, therefore it is a very aesthetically pleasing image with a lots of different things going on.

Progression: When further shooting Youth culture, I must develop and broaden my ideas about different important youth subcultures, I must continue to mimic and use different styles of photographers that I have studied in personal opinions, that make an eclectic project of different techniques and styles. I feel that I have captured different moods and atmospheres in this shoot.