Photo Book Proposal
My name is Darren Beattie. I am 18 years old. I am a first year film studies student at DBS. As part of my course, I am doing a photography module, and as part of this module, I have to make a photobook. I am originally from London in the U.K., and moved to Ireland when I was 9 years old. I currently live in Celbridge, North Kildare with my parents and brother, and I am hoping to move into a place of my own sometime in 2014. My hobbies include fitness-related activities such as the gym, kickboxing and Karate. I have always had an interest in photography and in particular its ability to preserve the spectacular. I also enjoy the work of many famous photographers including Ansel adams, Robert Capa, and in particular Jay Maisel, who uses simple techniques to achieve amazing results.
If I were to make this photobook, It would be made between November 2013 and March 2014. The actual shooting would take place most likely in the evenings, when the classes are actually taking place. The shooting locations would be the Mill Gym in Celbridge, North Co. Kildare, The Kenpo Karate club in Celbridge, North Co. Kildare and the Ryoshin MMA club in Lucan. Karate was first developed in what is now Okinawa, Japan, and incorporated punching, kicking, knee strikes, elbow strikes and in some styles grappling, throws, locks and vital point strikes are used. It reached mainstream success in the 1960's and 1970's with popular karate movies, and Karate masters like Bruce Lee. Kickboxing was first developed by Tatsuo Yamada in the 1950's and can be considered a spiritual successor to Karate, as it started in the 1960's, many years after Karate, and is considered by many to be a hybrid sport of various traditional fighting styles, for example Jujutsu and wrestling, Muay thai, western boxing, and of course, Karate. It is used for self-defense, general fitness and as a contact sport. Like Karate, it reached mainstream success in the 1970's, with top level fighters being shown on national television.
As I mentioned before, I have chosen to do a photobook on this topic because I am greatly interested in combat sports and in fitness overall. As such, this photobook would be aimed primarily at people who share these interests, and would be called "Martial arts and weightlifting". I believe this would be interesting because the "Gym" section of the photobook would showcase the lengths that people go to in order to achieve what they percieve to be the "Perfect" body.
While shooting in the Karate and Kickboxing studios, I would take the photos in black and white, as full colour photos would be hampered by the fluorescent lighting and would look ugly overall. In the gym, I would make use of the mirrors to capture people from multiple angles in the same shot.
Upon completion, the photobook would be displayed in the gallery of photography in temple bar.
If I were to make this photobook, It would be made between November 2013 and March 2014. The actual shooting would take place most likely in the evenings, when the classes are actually taking place. The shooting locations would be the Mill Gym in Celbridge, North Co. Kildare, The Kenpo Karate club in Celbridge, North Co. Kildare and the Ryoshin MMA club in Lucan. Karate was first developed in what is now Okinawa, Japan, and incorporated punching, kicking, knee strikes, elbow strikes and in some styles grappling, throws, locks and vital point strikes are used. It reached mainstream success in the 1960's and 1970's with popular karate movies, and Karate masters like Bruce Lee. Kickboxing was first developed by Tatsuo Yamada in the 1950's and can be considered a spiritual successor to Karate, as it started in the 1960's, many years after Karate, and is considered by many to be a hybrid sport of various traditional fighting styles, for example Jujutsu and wrestling, Muay thai, western boxing, and of course, Karate. It is used for self-defense, general fitness and as a contact sport. Like Karate, it reached mainstream success in the 1970's, with top level fighters being shown on national television.
As I mentioned before, I have chosen to do a photobook on this topic because I am greatly interested in combat sports and in fitness overall. As such, this photobook would be aimed primarily at people who share these interests, and would be called "Martial arts and weightlifting". I believe this would be interesting because the "Gym" section of the photobook would showcase the lengths that people go to in order to achieve what they percieve to be the "Perfect" body.
While shooting in the Karate and Kickboxing studios, I would take the photos in black and white, as full colour photos would be hampered by the fluorescent lighting and would look ugly overall. In the gym, I would make use of the mirrors to capture people from multiple angles in the same shot.
Upon completion, the photobook would be displayed in the gallery of photography in temple bar.
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