Photos reviewed

In the last workshop we all took turns in presenting our photos and ideas to the class. I was rather chuffed and pleased that i had done the most work to my blog and also in the amount of photographs and shoots I had been on in comparison to the rest of the class. The feedback I received was positive and a lot of the class enjoyed and was intrigued by my ideas.
However, I was split between my final idea for the project. I was torn between the path of; focusing on the 'jewellery' as the subject in contrast to the state of the workshop or focusing on 'Mark' the head of the workshop, and incorporating his personal identity and character within the frames that also capture the state of the workshop.
On consoling with my tutor, we decided that the best path for the project to be effective and emotive was to follow the idea of incorporating Marks personal identity within the workshop.
The images below are a few photos that I had already captured that suited the theme, however, both me and Paul felt i would need an emotive and capturing portrait of Mark himself , looking down the barrel of the camera, in order to have an emotive and connecting image to end the project.

All above are a few examples of shots capturing personal artefacts of Mark's around his workshop. What i like about all of the images is, much like William's work that inspired me, the personal artefact that carries the meaing and personality of Mark isnt obviously and delibrately framed. I feel the fact his working tools and mess surrounding the objects cover and get in the way of them resembles the idea of the sacrifice and hard work and hours the work has over Mark, and like in this photo can sometimes get in the way of his personal life.

Above are a few examples of the shots i captured of Mark. My favourite out of the three is the bottom one, as i feel it shows Mark collaborating with his staff, however, the lightness isn't good enough to be used in my final project. I felt all of these photos were not good enough portraits that truly portrayed Mark and his personality and as none of them capture his face looking at the camera, it leaves a distance between Mark and the viewer and this isn't what I want for my final project.
A Re-shoot for more connective and emotive portraits had to be organised!