In this shoot I decided to try and venture and explore further into culture and origin and felt that the location of a skatepark was very effective and successful. This type of location stereotypically attracts and consists of youth and therefore guaranteed me to be able to explore youth and modern day culture. I managed to get great natural light in this shoot through the structure of the setting. An issue I found during this shoot was that the lighting changed wherever I took the photograph as the skatepark was under a roof. Therefore I had to change my aparture levels in order to see the subjects. Once again I carried on using a 55-200mm lens whilst putting my F stop aperture levels as low as possible in order to gain a shallow depth of field. Both positive and negative stereotypes/interpretations can be taken from this shoot. Firstly, the negative perspective would be due to the association with alcohol present and also through the graffiti which covers the walls of the skatepark. However, an alternative positive view can also be recognised. Themes of friendship within the community is clear through the way all people are welcome. This social setting allows for interaction between many demographics.
This photograph depicts youth in a mixed perspective. Alcohol is present but the subject is seen to be friendly and social seen through the facial expression which opposes the stereotype associated with alcohol. I like the noticeable significance that the significance that the subject has an asian background which provides an authentic interesting aesthetic. The shallow depth of field allows the subject ti stand out from the background effectively. I achieved this by using a low FStop. I like the colour, line and pattern in the background graffiti which provides a sense of identity as graffiti is often associated with youth. Graffiti is either controversially seen as vandalism or on the other hand, art. Graffiti may also express underlying social and political messages and a whole genre of artistic expression is based upon spray paint graffiti styles. Within hip hop culture, graffiti have evolved alongside hip hop music and other elements. Unrelated to hip-hop graffiti, gangs use their own form of graffiti to mark territory or to serve as an indicator of gang-related activities. I like the way that the photograph looks almost staged through the composition and natural pose and the lighting is also affective. I created a warm colour scheme in order to present the demographic is a positive light.
This photograph shows a great influence of Ben Gold as I used his technique of including more than one image side by side in order to show a journey and progression of a subject. Here I have included two images together with the camera in the same position in order to illustrate the progression of movement of the subject. In the left image the subject is poised on the skateboard whereas on the right he is in the transition period of actually performing the trick. I edited both images in the same way in order to gain a sense of consistency and continuity.The different body position indicated different moments in time, illustrating the past and also the present which therefore shows a journey. A way that I could perhaps improve this piece could potentially be by straightening up both images so that one continuous line is create across the frame where the wall and floor meet.
Progression:
In my next shoot I would like to continue with candid photography but this time during the night where I would experiment with lighting and photograph shop lights which would be similar to the arcade photographs in Brighton.
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