BRIGHTON PIER
I travelled to Brighton on the 3rd November 2012 to create my photo essay. I knew that I wanted it to be in a decisive moment style, not thinking too much about the shots but just capturing unique moments aiming to share how I saw that day. I took inspiration from the quote "I go straight in very close to people and I do that because it's the only way you can get the picture. You go right up to them. Even now, I don't find it easy. I don't announce it. I pretend to be focusing elsewhere. If you take someone's photograph it is very difficult not to look at them just after. But it's the one thing that gives the game away. I don't try and hide what I'm doing - that would be folly." - Martin Parr. I had the camera, Canon 550d set to ‘M’ mode all day allowing me to have complete control and being completely free to adapt the settings accordingly. Some of the problems I encountered were the fact that due to our temperamental British climate the light was constantly changing. There were obviously a lot of children around, so I had to ensure that I didn’t photograph any of them due to my legal obligation to get permission from the parents.
After the shoot during the editing process, it became clear to me that many of the photos would suit a ‘letterbox’ style crop. I wanted to do this to further explore ‘breaking the edge’ by truly only showing what is absolutely necessary in the photograph. I cropped all the images and I think that they look much better. I have included the photos that are un-cropped and unedited so you can see how the quality differs.
