Shoot Six - Work Record

Evaluation:

I took photographs of food for this shoot, similar to my previous food shoot, but I kept the food in packaging this time, I also didn't take photographs of raw ingredients for this shoot. I didn't enjoy this shoot very much and I don't think that I will do a food shoot for my final exam. 

This is the best photograph that I took for this shoot, I like that the nakd pack was in focus whilst the rest of the photograph was quite blurry. When I edited this photograph I used Tilt-Shift, this kept the nakd box in focus whilst unfocusing the rest of the photo even more, I think that it has created a really good affect because it drags the eye to the box rather than the other things in the photograph, without the photograph looking boring.

The camera settings for this photo were:

Shutter Speed: 1/6 seconds

F Stop: 3.5

ISO: 200

This is the worst photograph I took for this shoot, there is a shadow in the photograph that is from me when I was taking the photographs, although it doesn't matter too much, I should've noticed this when I was taking the photos and corrected it so that I wasn't creating a shadow, that way the photograph would've been much better. 

Progression: 

Although I enjoy working with still life like food and plants, I don't think that I will do this for my final exam, the reason for this is that I don't think the photographs will come out that well, even if I do them in the college studio. I will be looking more into transport for my next shoot and ways of traveling sustainably. 

Shoot Eight - Work Record

Evaluation:

For this shoot, I visited the local woods where some trees had been cut down, I wanted to show the after effects of deforestation, although this is a lot more small scale, it seemed very needless in my opinion. I felt as though this would show how unsustainably we live, this shoot shows that because we can see that someone has cut down the trees for no more reason than to make the area seem more open. 

I felt that these photographs could look good in contrast next to photos of trees that haven't been cut down, I would've liked to take photographs of the trees in that area before and after they were cut down because I think this would create an amazing contrast, however I didn't know they were going to be cut down so I wasn't able to do this.

In my opinion this is my best photograph, I really like the angle that I took this photograph from and I like the placing of the tree stumps in the photograph, I think that the bold orange colour against the browns and greens is very eye catching and that it would drag the eye towards that rather than other little things in the photograph.

Camera settings:

f stop: 5.0

ISO: 200

Exposure: 1/800 secs

This photograph is my worst photograph because I think that it just looks very barren and the photograph is a very similar colour all over.

Camera settings:

f stop: 5.0

ISO: 200

Exposure: 1/800 secs

Progression:

Next shoot I will be aiming to take photographs of rubbish and litter to show how we are polluting our planet by creating too much rubbish. I would like to visit my local dump because I think the photographs I could get there would look really good. I don't think I will be taking photographs of trees for my final shoot because in my opinion it's too early in the year for the trees to look especially good.

Shoot Nine - Work Record

Evaluation:

For this shoot I visited various nearby green areas, one of which was Epping Forest, the other was Harlow park, I really enjoyed these shoots that I decided to combine, they show local areas that would be completely ruined if we decided to build on them, I was inspired to do this shoot by Fay Godwin, her photographs show no urban life, I wanted to take a shoot that was alike to this.

This shoot shows sustainability because we need green spaces in urban areas so that we can keep a diverse range of life here, additionally, these green spaces had a lot of trees and other flora, this is good for the environment because trees take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen, although in small amounts, they clean our polluted air.

This is the best photograph I took for the shoot, I think that it is very well framed and that it isn't perfectly saturated, it isn't too bright and it doesn't look too dreary. I think that I took this photograph very nicely and I really enjoyed this shoot so I would like to do something like this for my final exam piece.

This is probably my worst photograph of the shoot, I didn't think that it was as good as the others because it wasn't framed very well, in addition it isn't completely straight. However I do like the photograph, if I'd had more time I would've been able to take more photographs to improve this.

Progression: 

I enjoyed this shoot a lot, it was incredibly peaceful in these open green spaces, they are very different to towns and cities like I'm used to, I would definitely enjoy doing a shoot in a place like that for my final shoot, I think I might visit Finsbury Park in London and take photographs there for my final shoot as I think that it is incredibly important to save these green spaces, especially in developed areas like London.

Shoot Ten - Work Record

Evaluation:

For this shoot I walked around Harlow to find the right things to shoot, I wanted to shoot photographs of litter and rubbish, to show how much waste we produce, I found quite a lot of evidence to show this. 

This is probably my best photograph from the shoot, I think that the colours look really nice in contrast with the bland background. I also like the angle that I decided to use when taking this photograph, however I wish I'd taken longer taking photographs and looking at other angles because I think that it would've looked good straight on.

Progression:

Next time I would like to take a wider variety of photographs, I will possibly visit the dump to take photographs there if I have the time before my final exam shoots.

For my final shoot I have decided to take photographs of rural landscapes in urban areas, for example, parks in big cities like Finsbury Park.

Shoot Seven - Work Record

Evaluation:

For this shoot I visited a nearby park to take photographs of bikes, I wanted pictures outside of the bikes up close so I thought this was a good place to visit. I would've liked to get photographs of the bikes moving because that could've been a really good photograph, however it was very bright out and due to the camera I have, I was unable to take a photograph of this because it would've been too bright. I took photographs of the bikes up close because my portrait work isn't as good as my object photographs and I wanted to get photographs that would look the best that they could.

I went there aiming to get some photographs showing motion, but due to the brightness I was unable to do this (even after changing the iso and the aperture to try and make it work). Instead I took photographs of close ups of the bikes and I think these photographs turned out really well.

This was one of my best photographs from the shoot, I really like this because it is framed very well, the legs are on one of the rule of two thirds line and the wheel's centre is on the other. I really like the contrast of the dull background and the white of the bike, I also really like how the bike has created some leading lines, rather than just looking cluttered.

Camera settings:

f stop: 5.6

ISO: 200

Exposure: 1/1250 secs 

This is one of the attempts at slowing the shutter speed down to create a motion photograph. As you can see it is incredibly overexposed. I wouldn't even be able to fix this on photoshop without it looking either heavily edited or just plain bad. 

Progression:

I will possibly do a shoot similar to this for my exam piece but it would have to be done later in the afternoon when it is a bit darker, so that I would be able to do photographs showing motion. To do this I would have to slow the shutter speed and make the aperture higher, this would let less light in to make up for the slower shutter speed. If I decide to do this, I will have to 

Shoot Five - Work Record

Evaluation:

For this photograph I went to the bridge above the M25 near me, I brought a tripod with me so that I could do long exposure shots but my tripod was difficult to use as I had never used it before, so I decided to just lean it on the railing.

I took this photograph to show cars as an unsustainable means of travel, I think that this photo shoot went really well because I took a large amount of photos and many of them were good quality.

This is my best photograph from the shoot in my opinion, I have edited it too look more like Rut Blees Luxemburg's photography because I really like her style and the way she uses colour. I also like this photograph because it shows an equal amount of red and white lights on each side, which looks better than an unequal amount. I didn't take this using a tripod because, although I have one, it wasn't what I was used to and I couldn't keep it still to take the photograph, so for this photograph I leant it on the raining of the bridge.

The camera settings were:

Shutter Speed: 1.6 seconds

F stop: 14

ISO: 200

This photograph is my worst from the shoot, it is under-exposed which means that it didn't get enough light and is way too dark. It is also very shaky which also looks terrible, I should've checked my camera settings properly before taking this because they obviously weren't very good.

The camera settings:

Shutter Speed: 1.6 seconds

F Stop: 32

ISO: 200 

Progression:

Next time I will go out later because I don't think the photographs came out in the colours I wanted, which is why I had to edit them so much. Next time I will go out later because that way I can use a longer exposure time and have the car lights go further as this will improve the image immensely.

Shoot Four - Work Record

Evaluation:

For this photo shoot I visited a local petrol station, I think that these photographs look really good, the angles I took the pictures from are really nice angles because I was able to take photos from any angle, it was not restricted into a corner where I could only get one angle of the station. The colours of the petrol station were too bright in my opinion, but I was able to make them a bit more muted on photoshop which looked better. 

I think that this photograph is my best, it has lots of leading lines which drags the eye, including the sign which is on the rule of two thirds line, this means that the eye sees it more that it would see the tree in the middle of the photograph.

Camera settings:

f stop: 8

ISO: 200

Exposure: 1/800 secs

This is a similar photograph to my best one, however it is probably my worst, I didn't fit the entire board in which doesn't look very good and in addition to this, the grey sign next to it is very eye-catching and I think that it is a much busier photo because of this.

Camera settings:

f stop: 8

ISO: 200

Exposure: 1/1000 secs

Progression:

Next time, I would like to take these photographs at night, because I think that the lighting would be a lot nicer, I also think that the photographs looked very warm when I first took them, which I didn't think looked very good.

Shoot Two - Work Record

Evaluation:

For this shoot I took photos of the food I used as ingredients for my dinner, I really enjoyed this shoot as it was a lot more relaxed, although it was difficult to get good lighting because I was using the synthetic lights in my kitchen. However, this shoot was done quite quickly which probably hindered how good it was, so I would like to re-do it again better.

This photograph is my best photo from this shoot, I think that it shows the texture of the mushroom really well. I would like to retake these photos in better quality because I think that I could've done it a lot better. Next time I will take photos of a wider variety of vegetables.

Camera settings:
f stop: 5.6
ISO: 800
Exposure: 1/125 secs

Personally I think this is one of my worst photographs from the shoot, I don't think the background looks good because it attracts your eye away from the actual subject of the photograph. If I do this shoot again I think I might take the photos in a studio or at least somewhere with a plain background.
Camera settings:
f stop: 4.0
ISO: 1250
Exposure: 1/125 secs

Progression: 

Next time I will take a larger variety of photos as I only really got a few of what I was eating, when I re-do this shoot I will take photos of actual meals and their components rather than just components like I did last time.

Shoot Three - Work Record

Evaluation:

For this shoot I visited a water mill called Mill Green in Hatfield. I really enjoyed visiting this place because it was very idyllic, it was a museum with a water mill at the end. I didn't take photographs of the museum exhibitions because they weren't much to do with the actual water mill, although the water mill itself was very interesting, it was actually grinding flour whilst I was there and this made the pictures a lot better because I was able to take photos showing movement. I was also able to take photos of it not moving when I used a very fast shutter speed, however this sometimes made the pictures quite dark. 

This is my best photograph from the shoot, however in the actual photo it is a bit darker than this so I edited it to make it better, as well as turning it black and white, I also made it a bit lighter and reduced the contrast. For this photograph I used the camera settings:

Exposure: 1/250 seconds

F/3.5

ISO: 800

Shutter Priority

I don't like this photograph much because it is way too bright in the top left corner, additionally I think it isn't the right shutter speed, it doesn't look very good it looks like I've taken it by accident. For this photograph I used the settings:

Exposure: 1/4 seconds

F/3.5

ISO: 800

Aperture Priority

Progression:

Next time I will aim to take more motion photographs because I think I could've done better ones if I had a tripod, I loved taking these photos but it was difficult to get good ones because it was hard to take the photos without moving myself and ruining the photo.

Shoot one - Work Record

Evaluation:

For this shoot I visited Lea Valley Farm, I wanted to get photographs of the farm animals that live there rather than the other animals like Meerkats and Weasels that are there. I have taken these photographs for the personal opinions question because I am doing it on sustainable living, which in my eyes is incredibly important. I decided to take photographs of animals for the first shoot because animals, especially farm animals are a key part of living sustainably, the consumption of animals is degrading to the environment, due to the fact that it takes so much to raise them, especially bigger animals like Cows. 

I struggled to get good lighting in some of these photographs because the animals were usually in shed like spaces that had a big roof, meaning less light was able to get in, this is especially evident in the photos of the calfs.

I think that this is my best photograph of the shoot because the Chicken's eye is in such good focus. I love how well we can see the chicken, although this photo isn't perfect, some of the beak isn't in focus, this may be because she was behind a wire fence which made it hard to take the photo without some blurring in places.

Camera settings:

f stop: 5.6

ISO: 3200

Exposure: 1/4000 secs

I think that this is my worst photograph because I don't think that the lighting is very good and I just don't think the photograph is good in general. 

Camera settings:

f stop: 4.5

ISO: 3200

Exposure: 1/1000 secs

Progression:

I think I took very nice photographs for this shoot, however, I wish I had been able to take more photos, but it got very dark and rainy and the photos weren't good after this, I think the photos would be better in the summer when there is more sunlight.