Work Record- Personal 7

Depression Shoot

Unit 2 Best Work

Abandonment

Work Record

Plans for the shoot

For this shoot I plan to photograph a range of unhealthy foods in the studio in order to show the issue of a bad diet. I wont necessarily show the food in a 'bad way' but I plan to photograph close shots in bright light using the macro lens in the studio. I will experiment with different compositions  and I plan to try and make patterns and geometrical shapes in order to create repetition within my shots. I will lay out the foods (most likely doughnuts, lollies, and a mixture of other sweets) on a white background in order to make them stand out in the shots, I may also try to add in a plate but I am unsure if this will work.

What I hope to achieve

I hope to achieve a shoot that shows the issue of unhealthy foods in people's diets, and still life shots of these. I hope to also strengthen my studio work and working with the light 'boom' in order to create an appropriate amount of light within my photos so that it looks polished and well put together. I hope to achieve shots that require minimum Photoshop editing, as I feel that the photos should be successful in themselves and shouldn't need a lot of editing to achieve what I want from this shoot.

What I actually achieved

I am happy with the outcome of this shoot, as I feel that through experimenting with lines and patterns in my shoots using the foods the result looks quite effective. However, because of the bright colours it gives a happy atmosphere within my photos which I don't feel necessarily reflects the unhealthy foods and more the enjoyment that people experience when eating it. Although, this is a concept in itself I can still work on this to progress towards some shots that I am happy with

What I plan to do next

Although I liked the outcome of this shoot, I don't feel that it represents the 'bad side' of an unhealthy diet. In order to show this properly, I plan to photograph a model eating these foods in a 'piggish way' to show the greed within the person who is eating it and how they are feeling. I will begin in this shoot to show them enjoying the food, but if I am not happy during my shoot I will experiment with different emotions when eating these foods to see what is most successful. 

This is one of my favourite shots from the shoot, as I feel that working repetition into this photo is what makes it effective. I also like the vibrant colours in this against the white background, and I feel that the composition mainly means that the lollies fill the frame of the photo. If I could change this photo in one way, next time I would ensure that my camera is a little straighter and that I got rid of the shadows from the lollies as they are a little frustrating to have in my photo.

I am slightly disappointed with this photo, as I feel that the bowl in the top of the photo ruins it as it is too bulky against the delicate foreground. Although I like the editing using selective colour on the lollies so that they stand out, I feel that there is too much harsh shadows underneath the bowl. I like the positioning of the sweets in the photo in the foreground and the concept of the lollies around the bowl, however it is ruined by the harshness of the bowl and where it is positioned in the photo.

22/3/13

Targets:

In today's lesson I plan to edit my photos from my shoot during Wednesday's lesson, and also make progression with my contextual work and complete my third photographer and how they have influenced my work.

20/3/13

Targets

By the end of this lesson you will have demonstrated a clear understanding of the potential and possibilities of your chosen topic by undertaking practical work that adds to the shoots in your practical folder.

In today's lesson I will be doing a shoot on on obesity using food in order to demonstrate this progression in my practical work which will hopefully assist me in deciding a more definite direction that I wish to carry my work into. It will also enable me to develop my level of studio work and be more confident with working in there, it will hopefully also put ideas forward in order to decide what I want to do for my exam shoot.

15/3/13

Targets-

Today I will be completing my research log with 10 extra entries, and hopefully if I get time I will also be doing one more photographer in order to make progression with my contextual work.

Inspiration for unhealthy foods shoot

Targets

By the end of this lesson you will have demonstrated a clear understanding of the potential and possibilities of your chosen topic by undertaking practical work that adds to the shoots in your practical folder.

Today I will be achieving this my doing my shoot on obesity by shooting unhealthy foods in the studio by photographing doughnuts and sweets. This will hopefully display the issue of obesity in society, by doing detailed macro-lens shots of the foods that I have purchased. This will help me with my chosen topic in order to further my development and continue to add shoots to my practical folder in order to strengthen my work. I will then produce contact sheets from this shot, edit my work on photoshop and produce some straight prints that will help with my chosen topic. 

Targets 8/3/13

Today I will be completing some contextual work. I plan to complete my work record for my 2 previous shoots that I have done. Also, I will be finishing my second photographer and if I get time starting my 11th entry in my research log.

Personal target: to improve my ability to describe the pictures when talking about the photographers work. I will do this by following a general set of questions that I need to answer when talking about them.

Depression Shoot

I then continued with some experiments on photoshop...

Depression Shoot Inspiration

Targets 6/3/13

My targets for this lesson is to explore depression by shooting in the studio, I will get inspiration from this from previous image banks that I have done. I will then produce contact sheets from this shoot, and hopefully produce some strong practical work, from which I can do straight prints.
 I also plan to finish editing my drugs shoot from last week by improving them on photoshop.

27/2/13

Work Record 5/2/13

Shoot (1) Work Record

Plans for the shoot

For this shoot I had planned to more specifically focus on one 'issue' rather than doing a general shoot on issues as I had a few ideas initially that I wanted to explore whilst I still had inspiration. I planned to focus this shoot on alcoholism as I felt that this was an issue that could create effective photographs as when creating my image bank I was inspired by some of the photos that I saw. I broadly took some ideas from the image bank and created ideas out of these. For example I wanted to show the dangers of alcohol, and the effects it has on individuals. Also, I wanted some close up shots of the alcohol glasses itself as I felt that some of these shots with the correct lighting could be simple yet effective and portray the danger of alcohol which is what I wanted.

What I hope to achieve

I hope to achieve a range of different shots that would allow me to edit the photos the way I wanted, and give a selection of photos that I can work from in order to achieve the idea of alcoholism as an issue in society. I hope that this first shoot that I do is one of the most successful as hopefully it will give me a good taste of what to expect from shoots in the future.

What I actually achieved

I am happy with the outcome of this shoot as I have achieved what I wanted to from this shoot that I had planned to do. I managed to shoot a large range of different shots as I had a lot of photos to work from which included a range of different ideas. Most of the shots that I did revolved around the alcohol bottles and the effects that alcohol has on an individual.

What I am going to do next

Next, I plan to broaden my ideas of 'issues' into a range of different issues which is why I either plan to do a location shoot (incorporating environmental issues) or studio work in which I will focus on body issues. I will continue to complete my image bank where I will gather ideas and decide which idea to shoot next.

 This was my favourite from this shoot, this is because of the selective colour effect that I have added to this photo. Also, the idea behind the photo I like as it shows the significance of how alcohol can effect an individual. Also, the fact that the model in this photo is taking on the role of an alcoholic and I have made her look as if she is suffering from the alcohol and cannot escape the problem. I think this photo is effective in showing what I wanted to, however the composition is not exactly what I wanted.










I like the concept behind this photo, as I attempted to show the idea of not being able to escape and being trapped in the world of an alcoholic. It also shows the topic of lonliness, and I thought it would be quite unique to incorporate this into a photo of a bottle that I had also taken from this shoot and use photoshop to place a studio shot into this. I like the angle and composition of this photo as it makes the photo more complex rather than if it was taken straight on, however the can to the right of the photo may be something i need to photoshop out at a later date as it almost ruins the photo.

Drugs Shoot

Review

I am relatively happy with the practical work that I have done so far, as I have explored a range of different ideas surrounding the theme of issues. I feel that however, some shoots have been more successful than others such as the environmental shoot I did I don't feel was entirely successful in showing the environment around us changing that well. Although I managed to enhance the photos on Photoshop by using effects such as tilt-shift and selective colour I don't think the message they are trying to portray is as striking as some of my other shoots. Because of this, I feel that I will concentrate more heavily on studio work as I generally will have less control on the surroundings and the content of my shoots if I decide to do any further locational.
I am happy with the shoot I did on self-harm as I feel that this is quite a significant issue in society, and I think that it is clear what it is trying to show. This was the second shoot I did where I took photos of myself, which I am possibly the most happy with which is why I will continue to do more studio shoots to also develop my knowledge further with using the studio. The very first shoot that I did I am happy with, I think that it was successful in showing alcoholism and I think that doing the shoot where I did, and the editing that I put on this made it an effective shoot. I will next be concentrating on doing personal body issues which I will be shooting in the studio.

Environmental Issues

 

Work Record 15/2/13

Plans for the shoot

Today I plan to to shoot landscape photography shots that include different viewpoints, and hopefully I will be able to photography a range of different cars/buses in order to gather some shots to work from. I wasn't entirely sure how successful I will be as I will be taking this from the top of a car park, therefore I may need to experiment with a few different things. Also, I will be using natural lighting so will be relying on the weather to work with what I want to achieve. 

What I hope to achieve

From this shoot, I plan to achieve landscape shots in order to show the issue of 'pollution'. I will do this by showing the congestion of traffic through a typical town road, I don't necessarily plan to show the traffic in a 'bad light' however I wanted a relatively busy road in order to show this as an issue in the sense that it is destroying the planet. I think the shots that I get from this shot may not be effective initially, however using Photoshop and with in mind what sort of shots I want to achieve I think I will gather some that I am happy with.

What I actually achieved

As I thought initially, my level of control was not as high as I would have liked as I was not able to change the lighting and the weather would have just been by chance. However, I feel that weather worked well as it was mainly cloudy, yet the sun was shining through which I felt created nice contrast within the backgrounds of some of the photos. This could also show the change in weather, as it appears to be stormy which could be the issue as global warming is becoming more extreme so this contrast in 'weird' weather is a good representation in my opinion. As I said before, I wasn't happy with how successful this shoot went, but I was able to edit on Photoshop and create tilt-shift landscapes and also used a selective colour tool in order to enhance my images.

What I am going to do next

What I plan to do next is some work in the studio, although I am not entirely sure of this yet so I will need to gather some inspiration. However I have decided that environmental issues would be quite difficult to do in the studio, so I think I will more closely look at personal issues and themes surrounding body issues and personal problems that most people face in their lives. I will be shooting next week following this shoot, but I don't think that environmental issues were as successful as I maybe anticipated.



This is my favourite photo from the shoot I did on the environment, as I think adding the tilt-shift aspect to it on photoshop enhanced the photo and made it a lot more effective. Although I don't think it is effective as I would have liked in order to show the theme of environmental issues, I still like this photograph. I think that the bright colours in this create a happier atmosphere, therefore the idea of issues isn't apparent from looking at this photo. I also increased the saturation of this photo on photoshop which also helped it to look minature like and as if it was toy scenery, as when I took the photo it was mainly a miserable day but in the photo above it looks relatively bright and sunny.

I like the composition of this photo, as the railings in this photo create a leading line which draws the eye naturally to the left hand side of the photo where the railing continues.I like the colours in this photo as they are quite gloomy and almost spooky like, as the sky is very striking and grey. I think this photo is more effective in showing what my photos are about, as it is more obvious that I was trying to show the change in weather as an environmental issue because of global warming storms are more common.












 

20/2/13

Targets

In today's lesson I will be editing from my shoot on Friday as I did not get a chance. I will also be completing my discussion and a couple of computer experiments for my next progress check.

15/2/13

Targets:

My targets today is to edit the photo from Wednesday's shoot, as I have only just started doing this.
I may also have time to do a little contextual work in order to help with the development of my shoot which I will be doing in next weeks lesson.

Personal targets: My personal target is to plan my shoots well, I will be doing this on my blog so that I know exactly what I will be doing in the shoot in order to make sure my shoots are successful.

Work Record 13/2/13

Shoot 13/2/13

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'Self-harm isn't always obvious'

Lost Hope