Starter Task

To set us off for the exam we were given a starter task. This task was to photograph portraits of people. We were given 2 names on a piece of paper with a phone number on the bottom to call them with. We were required to call the number, arrange a meeting and take the portraits. I worked with one of my peers and firstly I called the number and found out who we were actually going to be visiting. It turns out that we were going to the local framers in Tuckton, just down the road to meet Betty and Dave. We went on down the next day and had a chat with them about the shop and how long they had been there etc. On that afternoon I took some general pictures of the shop so we could plan our portrait environment. We did not however take the portraits on that afternoon as we felt we needed to think about them first and make some sort of plan of what we were looking for.

This is the workshop where Dave frames the images they take in. He told us that he regularly frames for our school and he has framed everything from signed pictures to boat oars. The workshop had pieces of machinery in it to cut the wood and mounts with and also had much wood and cardboard.

This is an image of the pictures Betty and Dave both collect. They have collect many of these images through the years and sell them in the shop. They are ordered into parts of Dorset and Hampshire.

This is more of a textual image. It is of the different styles of frames available and Betty told us that in the shop you need an eye for colour to know what style of frame suits each image or object to be framed.

I was instantly intrigued by this mirror. The mirror is obviously a security mirror so that Dave and Betty can both keep an eye on whats going on, each side of the shop however the positioning of the mirror means that it actually splits up the two sides almost equally. The back is Dave's part of the shop where he does the framing and cutting. The front is Betty's where she takes in orders and interacts with the customers.

This is a busy image of the utensils used by Dave in the workshop, I think it works well as a stand alone image as it is very busy and have quite a few different colours in it.