SHOOT 4 WORK RECORD

Preparatory Shoot 4 - 

Plans for shoot - 

This time I want to take the same model as last time and show her in her normal attire, I want her to be walking through a forest and getting some good shots without a tripod. 

 

Research - 

For this shoot I continued to look at Yasujiro Uzo's work and tried to incorporate his styles and make it my own. I continued to edit some photos into black and white to see a comparison and explore a variety of techniques. 



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AO3: Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions, reflecting critically on work and progress.

My idea for this shoot was to again take my step sister but this time have her out of the school atmosphere and into her casual clothes and showing the comparison. I decided to have the setting of a forest as I thought I could create a nice composition. Therefore, it would show the model walking through a forest where I am able to really experiment with the exposures.

AO2: Explore and select appropriate resources, media, materials, techniques and processes, reviewing and refining ideas as work develops.

In this shoot I set my camera up using the manual mode. I then started to capture my step sister walking through the woods which meant that my images varied from wide shots to close up to cantered angle shots. By this environment being engulfed with trees it meant that it was very dull lighting and there were some patches of light which I tried to use to my advantage. 

AO1: Develop ideas through sustained and focused investigations informed by contextual and other sources, demonstrating analytical and critical understanding.

My artist research helped through my shoot as by continuing to follow the same artist I was able to try and experiment with other ways he too shot his images. By this time looking at a forest I was working in and trying to focus more on lighting of images as Uzo had done. I feel that I was able to continue to look at portrait photography within a location. 

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AO4: Present a personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and, where appropriate, makes connections between visual and other elements.

I feel overall my shoot was successful as it was a different style from shoot 3 but still keeping the same artist in mind and making it my own. I do however feel that some images were much stronger than others and developed really nicely with edits.

Progression -

In my next shoot I intend to look at a different artist to research and continue to develop my portfolio this time by looking at a different range of techniques and style of images.

SHOOT 3 WORK RECORD

Preparatory Shoot 3 - 

Plans for shoot - 

I will have a model in 'uniform' walking showing a trip back from school, I will take my images and then edit them into black and white. 

 

Research - 

For this shoot I decided to look at Yasujiro who in fact was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He began his career during the era of silent films, and his last films were made in color in the early 1960s. Ozu first made a number of short comedies, before turning to more serious themes in the 1930s The reason I have chosen to look at him was because of the way he focused on again family culture within these photos, this then made me decide to look at how my step sister does activities after school in a British culture. 



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AO3: Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions, reflecting critically on work and progress.

My idea for this shoot was to take my younger sister and capture her just going on a walk after school for this setting. I felt like this would be a good setting as it shows the adventure of a teen. By her wearing a uniform it reflects that she is still in education and how her activities may differ from someone who is older.  It also reflects a quite country setting. My personal favourite was the ones of her sitting on a bench as the bright green contrasts well with the darker colours of the uniform and the bench. 

AO2: Explore and select appropriate resources, media, materials, techniques and processes, reviewing and refining ideas as work develops.

In this shoot I again set my camera up using the manual mode. I then held my camera freehand without a tripod so it was easy to get harder angles that the tripod may not have been able to reach. I then edited my work in photoshop having a few go the images developed into black and white having a higher contrast. I then did the same with the coloured photos however, had an increased vibrance. 

AO1: Develop ideas through sustained and focused investigations informed by contextual and other sources, demonstrating analytical and critical understanding.

My artist research helped through my shoot because I was able to capture a British school child after finishing a day at school. By focusing in on her like Ozu had done it meant that I was able to really develop my ideas on what I wanted to do and how to experiment and turn some of the pictures into black and white. 

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AO4: Present a personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and, where appropriate, makes connections between visual and other elements.

I feel overall my shoot was successful and my images slightly improved from shoot 2. The reason this being is because this time I tried to keep the area all in the same radius and when editing my pictures tried not to have too much of a powerful vibrance that would not make the model stand out. 

Progression -

For my next shoot, I want to try and capture someone having a walk through a scenery with more nature. This may be a field or forest where I have an ray of different lightings to work with. I also think for my next shoot I will again photograph the images freehand without a tripod for support. 

SHOOT 2 WORK RECORD

Preparatory Shoot 2 - 

Plans for shoot - 05/03/2019 shoot photos around a housing estate using parks, walls and pavements as my chosen location. For this shoot I am going to use a tripod to get focused and centred images. 

Research - I decided to continue to look at Irving Penn and the way he shot his photos. The reason being because I've always been drawn to portrait photography and seeing how Penn shot some of these images including locations that could tell a story it gave me the idea to also do so. After researching Penn's style I found out that one technique he would use to get great photos was to create the right environment. So I tried to do this for the shoot.

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AO3: Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions, reflecting critically on work and progress.

My idea for this shoot was to take my friend Ellie and put her in a local park as my location. I felt like this would be a good location as I could show a journey of " a walk in the park'. By her wearing    an all black and white outfit with the contrast of pink trainers I thought it would reflect on how this shoot shows in depth the fashion and idea behind what teenagers wear. It also reflects a quite urban street vibe in this location. My personal favourite was the "pink wall" as it picked up on the pink in her trainers and with the singular horizontal line it breaks up the plain blank wall making it look more interesting. 

AO2: Explore and select appropriate resources, media, materials, techniques and processes, reviewing and refining ideas as work develops.

In this shoot I again set my camera up using the manual mode. However this time I also used a tripod which meant that many of the images had the same measurements and were more centred than my last shoot. I also experimented by setting up the camera and using a timer so I myself could feature in the images and explore the idea of 'Friends hanging out'. However I feel that these photos weren't the strongest and next time I would prefer to do this in a more enclosed location. 

AO1: Develop ideas through sustained and focused investigations informed by contextual and other sources, demonstrating analytical and critical understanding.

My artist research helped through my shoot as my continuing to follow the same artist I was able to try and experiment with other ways he too shot his images. By this time looking at the environment I was working in and trying to focus more on the perspective of the pictures as Penn had done. I feel that I was able to continue to look at portrait photography within a location. 

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AO4: Present a personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and, where appropriate, makes connections between visual and other elements.

I feel overall my shoot was successful and my images slightly improved from shoot 1. The reason this being because I focused more on the perspectives of the images and what angles they had been shot from. By including a range of wide and short angle shots and keeping the images in a portrait style. 


Progression -

For my next shoot, I want to try and capture someone younger perhaps in a school uniform. This setting may show after school walks and adventures. I will focus on more close up and wide shots and for this shoot I wont use a tripod again. 

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