Shoot Seven - Work Record

Plans for the shoot & what I hope to achieve:

For this shoot, I intend to take a photograph of a book, I would like to try and do more of an abstract photograph, with the pages splayed out so that the shadows go in many different directions. I hope to achieve a good final shoot before the exam that will give me more ideas about what to do for the shoots.

What I actually achieved:

I ended up with a good shoot that worked really well, the shadows were very visible despite the pages being slim, I also took other pictures of the pages without any shadows.

ISO: 100

F/3.5

Shutter Speed: 1/10

This image is of the book pages spread out a lot, the shadows look quite pretty I think so I'm very happy with the picture, but I think that you can still definitely tell what this is.

The image didn't turn out as good as I hoped because the shadows weren't as long as they were meant to be.

ISO: 200

F/5.6

Shutter Speed: 1/10

This image is also of a book, I took it straight on so I could see the pages in front of me. I don't think that you can tell what this photograph is straight away so it's a little bit different from the rest of the photographs in the shoot.

What I'm going to do next:

I liked this shoot a lot, however I don't think I like it as much as some of my previous shoots so I probably won't use it in my exam. I think that it looks a little bit rushed and many of the images I took didn't turn out that good. Further, I think that some of the images are quite dark compared to the others as the pages are darker than the table, you can definitely see this from the difference between the first and the second.

Shoot Six - Work Record

Plans for the shoot, What you hope to achieve. NB (those first two sections should be written before the shoot in order to help you clarify your ideas and to ensure you have all that you need).  This is followed up by 

What I actually achieved (with two evaluated pictures - equivalent to the evaluation section of a work diary) In this section you must record how you took the photograph in terms of camera settings and the visual outcome (did you achieve the type of photographs you wanted, what are the denotations and possible connotations associated with the images)

What I am doing to do next (this might mean something that occurred whilst doing that shoot that you want to develop or maybe even a change in direction, etc).

This is an important section, where most of your marks will be gained as you will demonstrate your ability to analyse and refine your work.  

Plans for the shoot:
In this shoot I intend to do something similar to some of my previous shoots, like shoot 3 with the screws, I really enjoy working with shadows and I think that it might work with more weird shaped objects like lego mini figures. 
What I hope to achieve:
I hope that I will be able to get a new quality shoot, some of these shoots can take a while to set up, so hopefully this one will be a bit quicker. I think I want to use shoots like shoot two in my exam, so I hope that this will give me more ideas of what to shoot.

What I actually achieved:
In this shoot I took lots of photographs of both lego and lego mini figures, however I ended up preferring just the lego mini figures photographs, as the shadows were a lot more complex than the lego block shadows. I learnt that these type of photographs work best with more complex shapes.

ISO: 200

F/3.8

Shutter Speed: 1/60

I love this photograph because there is so many colours in it, the colours are also very bright because lego is usually used by children who want to play with brightly coloured toys. A lot of the mini figures are holding objects as well which adds even more complexity to them.

ISO: 200

F/4

Shutter Speed: 1/60

I love this image because the shadows are a lot clearer and defined than in the previous photograph. I also like how the background is so plain, while they are brightly coloured, the contrast is really nice.

What am I going to do next:

Next, I will be focusing on photography that looks like this, with lots of shadowing on it like in this image. I think that it worked well and I would like to create something similar in the studio.

Shoot Five - Work Record

Plan for the shoot:

In this shoot I plan to explore something different from what I have previously done, and take some photographs of clothing, clothing is definitely an everyday object as we wear clothes everyday. 
What I hope to achieve:
I hope that I will be able to get a good shoot, focusing on the texture and feel of the clothing as I think that this could be a good way to explore clothing. I will do this at home using the flash on my camera as I like the effect that this can give images and I would like to look and see if it works well. 

What I actually achieved:
In this shoot I found out that although it worked quite well, I probably won't use that style for my final images in the exam, I really enjoyed this shoot though and I think you can definitely see the texture of the clothing really well.

ISO: 100

F/4

Shutter Speed: 1/30

I really like this image and I think its one of the best from the shoot because it shows the detailing on the dungaree strap, I used the flash in this shoot because I think that it shows the details very nicely. 

ISO: 400

F/5.6

Shutter Speed: 1/100

I like this image a lot because of the contrast between the two textures, the actual clothing is very smooth and soft, whereas the buttons are very rock hard and because of the shape, they reflect the light a lot. 

Overall, I liked this shoot and would do more work into it, however I don't think that it fits with my other shoots very well and therefore I probably won't use this idea in my exam as it will probably look out of place. 

Shoot One - Work Record

Plans for the shoot:

I plan to take some photographs of my old playstation, it is something that I use quite regularly so in my opinion, would be an everyday object, further.

What I hope to achieve:

I hope that it inspires me as my first shoot, I want to find out what looks good and what doesn't and I think that this shoot will look good in my opinion. I hope that I am able to have good lighting in this shoot even though I am doing it at home.

What I actually achieved:

I didn't end up liking this shoot as it looked more like an advert for the object, due to the way it is set out, showing all of the objects very clearly. In addition, the light that I used has made a bright mark on the table, which looks really bad and unprofessional. It would work better in the studio, however I don't want to try because I didn't like the photographs generally.

ISO: 400

F/4

Shutter Speed: 1/125

This is my favourite image from shoot one, I like how it is set out, although it looks like an eBay advert, so I don't like it very much, furthermore, there is a reflection on the table of the light in the centre.

ISO:400

F/4

Shutter Speed: 1/125

I also like this image, however there is a shadow on the table on the bottom right corner. The photograph looked good except for this and I don't think that the shoot worked as well as I hoped it would.

What I am doing next:

Next, I think that I will look into focusing on different objects and the lighting with them, I want to take photographs using cutlery like Andre Kertesz. 

Shoot Four - Work Record

For this shoot, I plan to take photographs of cigarettes that have already been smoked, I liked the shoot that Irving Penn did so I wanted to do a shoot inspired by him, I will do this at home on my table with lights that I have, although this isn't as professional as it would be at college.

I hope to get a good shoot that will give me more ideas for future shoots, as I like simple shoots like this where it is focused on a single object, I think that it will work alongside my other black and white shoots (shoots 2 and 3).

ISO: 200

F/5.3

Shutter Speed: 1/125

I'm very happy with this image because it is so simple, although Irving penn didn't have much shadowing at all so next time I would like to use the studio as I think that it would work better without any shadowing. Further, it has focused on the tip of the cigarette rather than the whole thing, which means that your eyes are drawn more to one side of the cigarette than the other which wasn't my intention.

ISO: 200

F/5.3

Shutter Speed: 1/125

Due to the angle that I took the image at and the aperture that I used, one end of the cigarette is in focus more than the other end, which is quite annoying as I wanted the whole thing to be in focus, I think I would like to retry this shoot in a shoot style similar to my others, however for that shoot I would use unsmoked cigarettes.

I really liked this shoot and I think that it has taught me a lot about how to progress my work, I would like to do another shoot similar to this one for my exam shoot, although I will do it in the studio so that I can control the shadows and lighting a lot better.

Shoot Three - Work Record

Plans for the shoot & what I hope to achieve:

My plan for this shoot is that I will be setting out screws on a table, I think that it will go well because I intend to use lighting and shadows to give a layer of depth to the shoot.
I hope that I will be able to explore a similar style to the style I used for shoot two, I really liked that shoot and I think that the work with shadows worked really well so hopefully it will work if I do it with screws. 

What I actually achieved:
In this shoot I took a lot of really good photographs in my opinion, I'm happy with how this turned out and I will probably do more shoots like this as I really like how it looks, I think that it looks like it's painted.

ISO: 400

F/4.5

Shutter Speed: 1/60

This photograph was taken directly above the screws, I like how this turned out because you can see all of the shadows from the screws, it was evening so the shadows were stretched out a lot.

I think this image works really well because it looks quite like buildings in a city, this is due to the height of some of the screws, they look like skyscrapers. 

I did this shoot at home and I would like to re-do this shoot in the studio, I think that I would be able to be even more creative with the shadows and also it would eradicate the glare on some of the images.

Shoot Two - Work Record

Plans for the shoot: For this shoot I intend to take photographs of spoons, I want to focus on the composition of this image as I think that this will be the most important part of the photo. I'm going to do the shoot at home as this means I will have as much time as I need to do the shoot, rather than in the studio where I can be under time constraints sometimes.

I will need a plain surface and a light to be able to take these photos.

What I hope to achieve: I hope that I can focus on the composition for this shoot as I've never really focused on it that much for my previous shoots and it would be useful to explore into. 

What I actually achieved:

ISO: 400

F/4.2

Shutter Speed: 1/20

I really like this image because of the lighting that I used, the shadows of the spoons are stretched out sideways so you can see how different all the spoons are. I was inspired by Andre Kertesz to do this shoot as I really liked his photograph of the fork leaning on the bowl.

ISO: 400

F/5

Shutter Speed: 1/125

I also really like this image because it is focused on the spoon that has the pretty detailing on it, the other spoons surrounding it look quite plain so it stands out quite a lot in the image.

I was inspired by Andre Kertesz for these photos so I wanted them to look quite aged, I made them black and white and I also used a grainy filter called noise to make them look even more aged. I really liked how these photographs turned out because they work really well in my opinion.

What am I going to do next: Next, I will take photographs similar to this, however I will use different everyday objects as I really liked how this turned out and I'd like to explore it further. I liked playing with the lighting and shadows as the spoons were all different shapes so it ended up looking quite interesting.