- Skateboarders
- Urban Exploring
- Graffiti Artists
What are my intentions
- To capture the beauty of their nature
- What are they about
- There style, the activity they are taking part in and the final process
What I want to capture
- Their success
- Their failures
- Their intentions
- Their style
- Their habits
It's all about what they are doing and how they do it
First sketched idea
Mood board Full of similar Idea's
First Photoshoot
Above is my first photoshoot that I carried out. This was a test shoot which I did in order to see how my final outcome would look like and to see if anything needs changing. I am personally really happy with the outcome and the idea's which are being presented in this photoshoot. However I feel the colour correction is to powerful and could be toned down a bit. I feel the placement of the subject in each of the images has been positioned in the best possible place. Moving onto my final photoshoot I need to remember two factors, the key themes that I want to express in each of the images and to shoot all images in RAW. After taking this shoot I felt like I didn't take anything away from it or learn anything from it. For my final shoot I want to talk to the skateboarders and learn about their culture and way of life.
Final Shoot
Location: London Southbank Skatepark
(Photograph of Chris Leyton) - Shot in RAW
Above is a picture of Chris Leyton. He is 22 years old and has been skateboarding for 6 years now. He recently moved to London a few months ago. Chris often comes to Southbank skatepark whenever he has time to ride. Whilst photographing him I noticed the generic dress sense that all the skateboarders were wearing, this tended to be chino's and shirts or skinny jeans and baggy jumpers. I questioned why all the clothing was so similar and he addressed how most people were wearing skateboard branded clothing which is made specifically for the sport or due to it being the style of the sport. We then discussed more in depth into the sports clothing industry and we found out that we had similar fashion interests. For example PALACE is a skateboarding clothing brand which is also high end street wear which holds a very high value. This was a brand that Chris was also aware of which enabled us to have an engaged conversation about a topic we were both interested in even though we have completely different hobbies.
(Photograph of Charlie Russel) - Shot in RAW
This is a picture of Charlie who is 13 years old and is from Richmond, Surrey. Today he was up in London with his family and was allowed to ride his skateboard at the Skatepark while his parents and little sister walked around Southbank. Charlie has been skateboarding for 3 months now and says he loves meeting up with his friends to go to the skatepark. After learning a little bit about the culture previously when speaking to Chris I proceeded to ask Charlie about what he thought of the fashion side of the sport. He said that he just wears clothes that he's comfortable riding in and isn't really bothered about his appearance as long as he's having fun. I also asked Charlie what his favourite aspect of skateboarding was in which he replied saying meeting new people and learning new tricks from the older guys.
After speaking to Chris and Charlie I wanted to photograph the skateboarders in a way which would represent how the younger youth look up the older generations and learn from them. I wanted to develop several images showing this and here are some of the outcomes.
The image on the left shows the different individual relationships that are with the different generations. Here you can also see that the two elder generations are socialising rather than concentrating however the two young boys on the far left are watching and analysing what the older guys are doing and how they are riding. This also reflects with the image on the right where you can see the younger bye literally mirroring the elder generations movements.
Final Edited Pictures (Shot in RAW)
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