Still life documentary

Shoot 1, Documentary still life

Receipts

In response to our still life brief and the work of Stephen Gill which i was most inspired by, I chose to begin by shooting receipts. Idealing i would liked to have come up with a more interesting and specific idea more along the lines of Stephen Gills portrayal of betting and failure, however this was just a start. Through shooting these at home using natural light from a window to the right hand side of the objects i was able to experiment, learn and come up with more ideas. 

In order to create these images i simply used natural light as i have already mentioned. I then placed old receipts which i found in wallets and purses onto a black piece of card. I removed the receipts from purses and wallets of different people and presented them exactly how i found them; some crumpled, some perfectly flat. 

After this shoot i began to question whether it would be more successful to capture the receipts opened up so the viewer could see details such as where the person had been and what they had bought and for what price. Although the folds and shapes worked really well with the natural lighting casting shadows, the idea of having the receipts opened up created more of a story for the series and would be something which would draw the viewer in more. 

I was undecided as to whether i should present the images in black and white or colour. I found colour worked so much better on only certain images. The idea of using black and white however created more of a link and consistency between the images as a series.