A Day In The Life Of Eastleigh Town Centre

A Documentary Photographic Profile By Sean Grossett

For this project I decided to do it on a place, and the place that  I decided to do it on was Eastleigh town centre.

The reason why I decided to do it on Eastleigh town centre is because I believe that the town centre in any city is the centre of the community.  No matter what ethnic background you come from, or whether you are in the lower, middle or upper class of society, we all meet in town centres. Also Eastleigh town centre has a number of activities to it, such as the Cinema, bowling, arcades, dining, a shopping centre, gym and also a kids indoor play area. So at different times of the day there are different types of people doing different things. E.g during the day there are more parents with their children because of the play area, then in the early evening it seems to be more families because of the dining. So hopefully you can see this in the pictures that I took.

This picture was taken at 6:30AM, I decided to take it from this angle because from this point of view you get a real chance to see the majority of the town Centre. I chose this part of the town Centre because this is the main walkway into the centre, so this is where most of the general public walk through every day. I decided to take the first photo at this time of the morning because I knew that it would be dark, I also knew that this would be the town Centre at it's most quietest, so it would be a good chance to see what it looks like before everything opens. 

This picture was taken at 10:30AM, at this time you can see that most of the restaurants are open for breakfast, we know this because the advertisement boards are out for Frankie and Bennies, Harvester and Prezzo, also the door is open for Frankie and Bennies whereas all these things were not going on in the first image. 

This picture was taken at 2:30PM and in this picture you can see that a few more of the shops have opened as there are a couple more advertisement boards are out. Also on the same level where I have taken this photo, to the right of the scene you can see two workman crouching down, hard at work. 

This picture was taken at 4PM and you can see that this is the first picture where there are people socialising in the town Centre. The two ladies making there way out of the town Centre could of potentially just finished shopping or maybe from having a late lunch. In the distance of the scene, down the stairs and across the road, you can see a man making his way into the barber shop. This is a typical scene for a town Centre, although you could argue that it is pretty quite.

This Photo was taken at 6:35PM. I look at this photo as a real family photo, because at this time of the day you can expect to see families pouring out of the restaurants, cinema and also the bowling complex and I believe that this photo shows this really well because you can see three different families all leaving the town Centre with what looks like a spring in there steps from having a good time. 

This last picture was taken at 10:30PM and it shows the last few people spilling out onto the streets of Eastleigh. They have probably just finished watching a late movie or have finished having a meal. This is could be considered to be an average time for the town Centre to start to get empty, so thats why I decided to take the picture at this time.