Shoot 9 - Work Record

When shooting for series 9, I decided to take a collection of images of my friend in his car, he has only recently started driving and so I thought this would be a good example of youth culture and the significance of what getting a car,means to young people, the freedom and responsibility. I took the series of images outside and inside the car, mostly out on the roads. 

In this shoot I used the realistic everyday-life style of  Martin Parr, I think this gives a good realistic reflection on my work.

In this image it is of Adam sitting in his car, relaxed and looking off into the distance, the image connotes freedom and the power and responsibility of having your own car and being able to go where ever you want whenever you feel like it. The angle of the shot is essential to the perspective we get from the shot we are on the same level as the subject and so get a direct view of him and the interior of the car I took the image outside of the car with the door open. When editing the image I turned up the contrast and lowered the brightness a little because there was an excess of light, the contrast really brings out the difference of colour of the blue seats, burgundy jumper and black dashboard and interior.

In this image, it is an action shot that I took from inside the car, as we were on our journey. I like the perspective of the shot, this was due to the angle of the picture, the image gives us the perspective of being in the car an looking out to the road, the windscreen wipers are visible, this makes the content of the image come alive more as it shows the appeal of being able to drive because of the accessibility of everywhere. I like the tonality of the shot as the light toned blankness of the sky contrasts well with the light toned, mute green coloured houses, this makes the whole image aesthetically pleasing and quaint.

Progression: When taking pictures for the last shoot, shoot 10, I need to examine what I believe as the most culturally rich subculture for youth, something that changes with the times and rules the mass of young people . In this shoot I feel like I have explored a sub-culture that I know little about and therefore not on my subjective vision.