A little update on things

So, today I've had the lovely 3 hour train journey back home to Havant! (Yay!) Which means..I can finally get going on my project! It'll probably take a few days to get properly going though, but I plan to ask my family members a series of questions each to find out why they live where they do and where the partners came from etc. I also want to begin looking at "artifacts" shall we call them, that were my Grandads, such as a tea set he brought back from one of his trips with the navy (I think) and a log book from when he worked on fixing peoples boats. Still not entirely sure why, but they're interesting and all part of the past, so will be good to look at and possibly photograph.

Dissertation wise, I've began reading some books about family photography and I've become quite interested in the snapshot and how it has developed over the past 10 - 15 years. For a start digital photography has wildly increased the amount of family snaps taken, but not many of these are actually printed and then put into the albums we're so used to seeing. A point came up in a seminar recently that it could be seen that Facebook is the new family album, which is an interesting thought that I may look into. It's definitely true to an extent. I've lost count of how many people put family photos up of important events such as weddings, births and parties.

So all in all, on track to begin everything...FINALLY!