Work Diary - Shoot 5

Evaluation

This shoot took place outside of my house, before I came to college when I noticed that it snowed and I couldn't pass the opportunity of getting photographs by. As I have been looking at weather in this project through the topic of evidence, this was the perfect time for it to snow. These photographs convey the evidence of snow, winter and cold weather. I enjoyed this shoot because I love snowy weather, so taking photographs of it was interesting because I was able to get a few close ups of the snow and edit them in photoshop to look sharper, making the ice crystals stand out more. The shoot was a successful one and a good follow on from my previous shoot, as lots of my previous photographs have included things in front of the sky with the white theme. All of these snow photographs contain the white theme and I am pleased with every outcome.

This is the photograph from the shoot that I feel was the most successful. The branches on the tree and the bush are all coated in a layer of fresh snow, contrasting with the faint greens and light brown colours featured in this picture. These features appear effective in front of the white sky as it blends in with the overall snow. I like the different styles of nature in this image. One is of a tall tree with lots of bare branches, whilst the other one is simply of a small bush underneath it. I feel that having two different styles creates a good composition as the frame is filled and is effective.

This is another photograph that I captured from the shoot. It is unedited and therefore doesn't look as effective as the other photographs in my straight images post because the white of the snow is less vibrant and visible. If I was to increase the exposure of this image it would look more effective as the whole frame would be brighter. Furthermore, the branches of the tree are also undefined because I haven't used the curves in this piece; these darken already dark features to make them more defined and stand out. This photograph didn't excel into my straight images because the framing wasn't correct. The top left part of it is too visible to the viewer and takes their attention away from the snowy branches. 

Progression

In order to improve this project, I'd like to move onto something surreal. I have photographed a lot of weather images to portray different seasons, however I don't want my photographs to become repetitive and therefore I want to begin looking at something different. In my progression section in shoot 4's work diary I included a picture of a girl looking up at an enlarged book in the woods. I am more comfortable with this kind of picture now because I have looked at a lot of forest/branch work in shoot 5. In shoot 6 I will photograph an ordinary forest, however may possibly also use my snow forest photography as part of development.