Work Diary - Shoot 7

Evaluation

For this shoot, I took some photographs when I went on Holiday. They represent evidence of holiday because they were taken abroad, during winter, where sunny pictures wouldn't be available in England. This shoot was one of my most successful ones because all of the pictures fill the frame with the formal element colour, so they look appealing and refreshing to a viewer. I really enjoyed taking pictures abroad because the weather during summer is by far more appealing than photographs captured during winter. It was my favourite shoot so far because I believe that I got the most successful photographs out of it. Last lesson I looked at surreal photography because I found that I hit a dead end when it came to inspiration, therefore, I will still be doing shoots like these of normal photographs, along with surreal photography as well to give my project a versatile approach. 

This was my favourite picture I took during this shoot. It clearly portrays depth, through the twisty path starting from the bottom of the frame right up to just below the top. I really liked how this formal element is used in photography because it's extremely effective when creating photographic images. The freshly cut green grass hugging the path is an attractive contrast between these two features. The tools I used in photoshop to enhance this photograph meant that the path had more shade to it and the grass had the saturation increased slightly to add that extra summer feel to the overall image. 

This photograph of mine is one that perhaps doesn't convey a holiday as well as the one above it does. It's simply a bird box hanging on a tree, and although it may have seemed like a good idea at the time, for me it could have been taken in any location, during any season, and therefore having no meaning for evience of holiday. The box was also on a slant which makes the viewer uncomfortable when looking at the picture because they'd have to tilt their head, or not be able to view the picture as clearly as they'd be able to if the subject was straighter.

Progression

For Monday's photography session I am going into London to take pictures for shoot 8. I'd like to look at busy streets and perhaps a telephone box in London, anything that conveys a chaotic city, or perhaps even an empty city. I could create some really good selective colour pieces by going into London and aiming to capture a collection of pictures in this style. Below are examples of some city photography along with the types of photos I'd look to like for, or images that will inspire my shoot. This will excel my project further because it will leave me with yet more variety of evidence photography. The evidence I'd be portraying in Monday's pictures would be "travel", "London" and "city." I really liked how the depth worked in my twisty path photograph, which is why I will be looking for depth images in London.