My first idea for this project once i knew that i wanted to change and shoot something different and not portraiture was my Trampoline Idea !! Although i thought it sounded a little bit strange to begin with, I do actually think it is a good idea. I would still consider producing this as a documentary even I do not choose to do this for my final.
I have a trampoline in my garden, it had been there for years and years and over time has quite literally became part of the garden. This was going to be the main focus of this idea, the fact that something bought as and activity play thing the over time turns into a piece of the garden and a piece of the family home, it then begins to hold memories for the family and you can sit and remember any old memories of happy times with the trampoline. I was going to start the series with a photo of my own trampoline, because i have quite a big garden. This also follows on form Simone Nieweg's images of gardens which I really liked the idea of. Once I thought that this was a good idea to convey and that I could work from the fact that I know how having a trampoline as funny as it sounds, is part of the family life now, everyday we go into our garden its there so sit on as if it were a bench. Once I was happy with the idea I started to look some ideas up as research.
I came across this top image on flickr which I thought looked really nice. From this images alone i could picture how the project would look and also how it would look in a photo book final. I really like this image due to the leaves covered on the trampoline making is seem even more like part of the garden. I also love how the family cat in sitting on the edge, it really gives you that sense of home when looking at it.
I found some more examples of images of trampolines in people gardens that would all holds a special presence to that particular family. The idea now was to go round to a few different families, some of which I know have big trampolines, an photograph thE trampoline in the garden as an object of the garden as if it were a bench, tree or plant - a document of the trampoline bought into their home space.
I personally like the two images below this piece of text. The reason i like them is that you can really see how much the trampoline has been used by the family and almost get a "personality" from how the family would be. You can tell that they probably have a lot of children that are very playful. The trampolines look run down and like that have been used for some years. This would be how i would document the different trampolines And think it could potentially be an interesting short series of 6 image if i choose to do so. Hopefully i get the time to be able to shoot these and find enough around my hometown area.
Some more examples below of the different types of imagery that could potentially be part of a trampoline series. I think it holds a lot around the family home and how the family are who have a garden with a trampoline. I particularly like the last two black and white images but If I were to complete this ad a project I would still stick to Deadpan photography and have no living being in the images nor any form of life, just the garden space surrounding and the trampoline.
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