Rough Trade East on Record Store Day 21st April

 

For this shoot I was unable to borrow a Canon Speedlite Flash from the university and therefore instead I used one of their Nikon D200s with an 18-35mm lens and a compatible speedlight. I chose the widest possible aperture, f3.5, to achieve a similar depth of field to my previous pictures.

I struggled a lot with this unfamiliar equipment, particularly with the autofocus - which ruined several of my shots before I noticed it was set inappropriately and reverted to manual. Inside the shop framing was made difficult by the density, as in amount, of the people there. I also left a little too much space above the subjects heads, which would require a little cropping in post production.

the Stereo Lab - a mock online publication for my portfolio

Through discussion in lectures I have determined that my pictures would be best suited to an article for an online music publication in the style of Pitchfork or similar. It will not only contain my pictures but also text, writing on the fact that records are refusing to die out entirely and - if anything - have made a comeback, and audio, both examples of the music my subjects have bought as well as some snippets of interviews I now hope to conduct with any more of them. 

The first person I interviewed was the person I photographed at Spitalfields Record Fair on the 30th of March. I will upload the audio to this blog when I can think of a suitable site to host it on. EDIT http://kiwi6.com/file/pi53peit8c

Below is a screenshot of the dummy music website that I have constructed using basic html coding. The article will go in the broader column on the left, which currently contains youtube videos.