Shoot One - Work Record

For this shoot I wanted to compare how individual's live, in respective to their employment; to do this I decided to photograph my mum outside of our house, and my aunty outside of her house, whilst also compering items which exist inside the respective houses. Within this shoot I also attempted to explore class divides, through looking at how people live corresponding to their wealth. 

I photographed my images outside of the individual's houses as I believe that the size, and objects inside of the houses indicate the wealth of the person; moreover, I chose to photograph my mum and my aunty as my mum works, whereas my aunty is unemployed, despite this my aunty has a more expensive house then my mum, therefore this explores class divisions and challenges peoples judgements and perceptions of people. 

I made sure that my mum was wearing her work clothes when standing outside her house, in order to highlight the fact that she works- whereas, I told my aunt to wear whatever she would day to day. I didn't instruct the individuals on what to do in the image, as I wanted my images to be candid as well as capturing the rawness, in order to see how they would naturally react to their homes, through their body language. 
Inspiration: Mark Laita was the inspiration behind this shoot as he compared Americans side by side, who were polar opposites, in order to explore the inequality which exists in America. Mark influenced my images as I wanted to show how although two individual's amy be sisters and of had the same upbringing, their lives can be completely different, with one individual working and the other unemployed, but living in luxury. Bogdan Gîrbovan also influenced my shoot, by challenging me to explore the differences in people's homes who may be related/live in the same street, moreover to explore how their homes may link to the type of character they are.

Best Images:-

The two images above and below are photographs which I took of the two individual's outside of their houses, I believe these two images show a direct contrast between classes, as the viewer can see both the house and the individual who owns the house in the same picture, allowing them to create links in their mind as to how much the subject may earn, or what type of job they may have. The fact that my mum has her hand placed on the door handle of her house suggests she has more of a personal connection to her house, or more ownership of it; in contrast to my aunt who is standing with her hands down her side- this may imply that due to my aunt not working she may not feel as much of a personal connection to the house, as she has not funded it (my uncle has through his work.) Additionally, the clothing differences between the two females was on purpose as I wanted to demonstrate again the differences between classes, I also believe I explore a juxtaposition as it's a common belief that if an individual doesn't work they must not be well off, however through these two images it challenges people's judgements as my mum who works owns a less expensive house in comparison to my aunt who doesn't work. The two subjects in my images are sisters, therefore by them being related this allowed me to explore how although they were brought up the same, they now lead very different lives to one another.

Worst Image:-

This image is my least effective from this shoot due to the heavy shadowing created by the car on the drive, as a result of the sun being towards the right in the sky, subsequently the subject is also squinting due to the sun being in her eyes. The car being on the drive also cuts out some detailing from the front of my house, subsequently if I was to reshoot this image I would move the car from the drive. The framing of this image is also slightly off as the camera is slightly wonky, this is due to me not using a tripod in this image- the result of this image lead me to reshoot these images, and use a tripod also which consequently gave me better images. Moreover, I do not like how far away I am from the subject, as I believe if I was closer to the subject it would create a more personal feel within the image, which would link to the fact this image is taken outside of someone's home, which is an extremely personal place. This photograph is taken on the camera settings of ISO 200, F 10 and a shutter speed of 1/400, I believe these camera settings were effective as the lighting of the image is acceptable, however the showing is not, also all of the image is in focus which is what I was aiming for, this is due to the camera setting F10 allowing me to have a wider depth of field.  

Progression: 
If I was to reshoot some of my images I would work on my framing, as in the photograph of my mum outside of the house the top of the door is slightly cut off, therefore if I was to reshoot this then I would ensure that this was in the frame of the image.