I met & interviewed a photographer (Richard Franklin) whilst shooting in Skegness on Sunday and he just sent me through this photo that he took of me whilst I was setting up a shot! I didn't realise he had photographed me, so recieving this in my Inbox was a nice surprise!
I've been in Skegness today, fighting the sand filled wind so that I could finally make a start on my Off Season project - a photo documentary (with a multimedia video twist), that explores the very popular Seaside Resort in it's winter months.
Skegness receives over 4million visitors each year, that generates over £480million in tourism.. yet it has some of the most severely deprived costal communities in the UK. (BBC) By going in the winter I want to dig past the summer holidays facade it often holds up, I want to understand what Skegness if really like.
Today's shoot went well, I've only been once before.. but it is a town I am very familiar with as many of my friends visited Skeggy on holidays and day trips. From my visit today I have been able to understand how I can go about creating a strong documentary piece, and I am very excited to step into this project and explore Skegness underneath the facade.
I rode on a bus today... it's something that I used to do daily, but now it is a rare occasion as I have a little pink piece of plastic that allows me to drive a car.
Bus journeys can often become repetitive and boring, but that's only if you choose to look on the surface of your surroundings. Today I took my camera out of it's dark bag and explored my city from the top floor of a bus.
