A Glossary

When i look through photography books that contain fashion, or a place that is interesting, their is mainly always a glossary or shopping list at the back of the book.

What i like about these is that it gives you more information about what the person is wearing or where a particular shop is.

With my book seeing as i am focusing on shops i thought it would be a good idea to add a glossary at the back of the shops and their information to give more information to the audience about what is in the book.

Such as The Nylon book of street fashion, at the back a shopping list is given in all the cities it focuses on and the shops the people talk about in the book

The Tokyo Look Book:

Again  in another book Tokyo Look Book, a glossary and shopping list is found, to give more info on the looks and shops talked about in the book:

I will most defiantly have a glossary in my book to give more background information to the shops i have gone too.




My Glossary:


For my personal glossary i have included the names, addreses, telephone numbers and websites of these shops, so that if a person wanted to know more about a specific shop that it would be easily available to them.

Rokit.co.uk

oi polloi.com


many i did have to Google and try my best to search for their address because they do not have a website..

A simple design is something that i feel is best so that it isn't too distracting and is straight to the point:

More questions - London/Manchester

Because some pictures i had taken were taken in London i had to go back and ask them some questions as i thought to myself, if i'm gonna do something i might as well do it properly!


Rokit:


Lucky the same girl was their, even though she was a lot less Egyptian - esque, and more punk rock chick.


After she has finished serving a customer i said i am a university student going to shops and asking one simple question.


She seemed interested so i asked: Why do you work here?
And she replied: Why? hmm..to be able to wear what i want and work in a great part of london

Vintage Store:


When looking for this store i thought i wouldn't find it because i couldn't remember where it was! But after awhile i stumbled upon it.


Upon entering no one was their, so i waited for awhile and he came from downstairs and asked me: can i help you?


This is when i explained i am a student and i would like to ask him a question about his shop.
I asked him: Why do you work here?
He replied: Well, this is my own shop which i have had for many years, and it allows me to sell what i love because i'm big fan of the 40's/50's


I learnt that he used to be a student of fashion and then went and bought his own shop to sell clothes he loves.

Labour and Wait:


I really like this shop because it sells such lovely household items.
The men working in this shop seemed quite busy sorting out stock. Again i waited awhile to not annoy them, and when the guy i photograph before was on his own I quickly asked him a question so I didn't bother him for too long.


I asked him: What is your favorite item in the shop?
He quickly replied: *pointing* The espresso Maker, its a life saver

Whilst in London I gathered some information on the shops themselves, such as the address, website etc, to go into the glossary at the end of my book.


Further more i Gathered the information of the shops i had been in in Manchester to add to my glossary.


Again because in my first and second shoot i had not thought of the idea to ask questions, i had to go back and ask them again to be able to add them to my book!


Totally Doomed:


This man was very helpful and remembered who I was.


We were talking about how my work was coming along, and so i told him i'm now having to ask questions about the shop.


I asked him: What is your favorite piece in the shop?
And he replied: *walking to a tshirt on the rack* this tshirt my friend printed i really like the design, hes really talented!

Chase Music:


As i went into the shop it was a different man at the counter which got me worried because i wanted to ask the man i photographed! But as i was talking to the man at the counter the man i photographed came out from the back and so i was able to ask him.


I asked him: Whats your favorite piece in the shop?
He replied: The guitars, because my passion is music

Projekts: 


As i walked into the shop the same man was their, with a familiar look in his eye which told me he remembered who i was, which made it a lot easier to talk to him.


I went on to explain why i was their again and asked the question: Why do you work here?
He answered:  I work here because Its my friends shop and i'm a skater so we sell the kinda stuff i like


He went on to talk about his skateboarding and how hes been doing it since he was in primary school, it kept him out of trouble!

Oi Polloi:


As i walked in the shop was quite busy and i couldnt find the man i had photographed before, i asked if there was a guy who worked here whose hair had a kinda quiff.
The man looked at me as if i was a little crazy but then he came to the desk to put some leaflets behind it and so i caught him quickly to ask him a question.


I said do you remember me and he said yes, which made it a lot easier.


I quickly explained why i was here again and asked the question: What do you like about working here?
He answered: I like working here because i like the people i work with, the environment and the clothes are my sort of style

Shoot #3 The questions.

In this shoot i went out to also as questions.


At first i kept forgetting the questions i wanted to ask the people i approached, but then after getting into the swing of it i began to think of questions that suited each person i came into contact with.


The first shop I went into was Forbidden Planet:


He was a friendly guy, telling me it will be easy to get people to take pictures of them in the smaller shops because they are mainly students and would want to help!


When asking him the question - What do you like about working here? He said:
I like that i'm surrounded by what i like and that i get to meet alot of interesting people

The Army/TA shop:


Unfortunatly i forgot to ask this man a question! This was at the beginning to me asking questions and i was a bit nervous with having to further interact with the public.

Candy Shack:

Here i did remember and i asked him the question:

What do you like about working here?

He replied, well, its my own stall so i like being my own boss and getting to sell a lot of interesting things, and hey..there is always a nice snack at hand round here!

He was a cool guy to talk to and i learnt that he himself had created the art behind him.

Zeffa:

This lady had said that she had already had her picture taken today by another student, and so was happy to help me out.

She is the friend of the person who owns this stall in Afflecks, and when asking, why do you work here?

She replied: I like to work here because i get to see my friends and its a nice atmosphere.

Pagan Planet:

This lady was a very interesting character, she is a tarot reaader and a pagan, whose been reading tarots for over 30 years! When asked if i could take her picture she grabed her tarot reading hat and sat down ready for her picture.

When asked, what do you like about working here?

She replied: I like being able to use my talent to help people.

Vagabond Vintage Vinyl:

This lady was extremely cool, which was a bit intimidating at first! She was straightening her hair when i arrived and so I hung around till she had finished so i could talk to her a little.

When I asked her: What do you like about working here?

She replied: Well its my own shop so I don't have a boss and i can do what i want whenever i want!

By the end i really had enjoyed meeting new people and getting to know them a bit better. I was intrigued by the answers i got and thought they would make a great addition to the book to give the audience more of an incite into the people they are viewing.

The Questions

For my feedback on my work, one thing that came apparent was that there was something missing. Another element that would take it to the next level.


The idea of asking the model a question came up, and this was something i thought would really add a little more to my book to help the audience stop and look at the image whilst taking in the answer to the question.


Many questions came to mind, so i thought to myself, instead of asking one question to all the people i photograph i thought i would be best to ask a different question to each person to see what response they would give.


The questions i would ask would I've the audience an insight into the person they are looking at on the opposite page, causing them to take more time to look through the book and take it in as a whole.


Many questions that come to mind are:

• Why do you work here?
• What is your favorite piece in the shop?
• What do you enjoy about working here?
• Do you enjoy your job?

Shoot #3

For this last shoot i gave myself the challenge of getting at least 8 people to pose for me. I went in a lot more confident than my other shoots and had in  one hand my camera and the other a note pad to ask questions!

The first shop i went into was a comic book store:

Forbidden Planet:

Then i went into an army/ TA store:

 Because it began to rain i decided to go into Afflecks palace to get the rest of my shots:

Vintage Clothing Company:

Candy Shack:

Zeffa:

Pagan Planet:


 Ravan is a clairvoyant and practicing witch with 30 years experience. 

Vagabond Vintage Vinyl:

Typology

Point Size: Measurement of height of word


Typeface Families: Share common root name and Characterisitc


Type Styles: 
               Text Face - Body content
               Display: Bigger bloder text
               Decorative: For elaborate titles


Legability: How it is visible on the page
                    eg Reversed text
                   Robust text is better to see on a colour background


Leading: Distance measured from baseline of one of the type to the basline of the line that proceeds it


                Tight Leading is harder to read! 
                 e.g 18pt 18pt - 18pt 21pt


Kerning: Space between two letters


Columns: 7-10 words per line
                 8-10pt text
                 looks neater/easier to read
                 even flow - longest line at the top


Justification: fitting type into a measure and handling any space that isn't fitted with type
                      fully aligned used in newspapers
                      left/right lined best


Tracking: Overall space between letters
               
Orphan: Fragment of a paragraph only one or two lines long
               Looks awkward and out of place


Widow: Word on its own at the end of a paragraph


Grid: System to organize type and image so info can be shown easily
          e.g The Guardian


Jan Tschichold, 1928

The layout of this piece is to get the info across fast and quickly, showing that the left side is more important than the right and should be read first.


The colour yellow is known to grab attention, so with the combination of bright yellow and strong black writing it is used to grab the attention of the audiences quickly and easily.


Odermatt and Tissi, 1992
                      
             

Will Kunz, 1995
                                      
Here is a more energetic layout, almost a wave effect, influencing where the viewer looks and what order they read the text.

In Design session #1/2

As i have never used In Design before I began by learning myself the basics of the tool bar.


























With this post I will show how i conbined text with images. This is the main idea i want to use for my book pages, and so i wanted to try my best to understand how to do this.

First i opened a new document to the size the book will be:

Here i then began to put my lines in where i wanted to image to overlap to the next page:

I then placed a fill box where the image would be:

Here i then put my type into a text box, and then chose the text style i wanted:

Create outlines was the next step, so i just clicked the selection tool, and then chose the option create outlines:

Object >contents > graphic 

file > place - i chose my image i wanted:

The i just moved the image around in the text to get the main colour i wanted, which here is Red:

 Here are a few more i experimented with:

 This will be the main technique i will use for my main image pages because i feel it is the best way to get the most of the colour that will stand out to the reader.