Thursday, 2 February 2012

Project Settings, Backgrounds, Locations

Exercise: Thinking about Location 


Inspiration comes from the most unlikely sources sometimes.

I travel to work by train most days and have traveled the route more times than I care to remember,  as the train was pulling into Leeds city station I noticed a heavily gratified portacabin and immediately thought what a good location that would make for a portrait shoot.

I recce d the area taking some sample shots for potential backgrounds then enlisted the help of a friend.  I explained the kind of look I was after, as it would have to be in keeping with the surroundings the shoot was to take place in.

We revisited the location several days later and produced a series of shots that in my opinion follow the grungy style that I was trying to achieve whilst also producing in interesting backdrop to the photos.