Work Diary - Shoot 8

Evaluation

For shoot 8, I got a train into London to look at city photography. From shoot 1-6 and shoot 7, I really enjoyed looking at the sky when it was white, along with blue and cloudy sky, and depth. Therefore, whilst I was in London I took an assortment of pictures of The London eye with all the clouds behind it and the summery sky. I also took some others on the bridge and a flag above the water. These photographs demonstrated light, shadows and depth again. All of my images were successful because my surroundings were extremely photogenic. I enjoyed shooting in a different location to the college campus or my home town, it was a fresh experience and gave me much more interesting photographs. It has inspired me to perhaps do my photograph exam on location and visit a place like Southend or London again or even just a whole different location in general. I like unique places where I can find things to photograph that I wouldn't find anywhere else but that place.

This was one of my most favourite images from this shoot because I liked the contrast in the photograph. In one half there is part of the London Eye and in the other half there is nothing but sky and clouds. This is also behind the London Eye, making the landscape style effective. There is only a thin amount of space to fill in each half of the frame which was more effective than a square image perhaps. My original photograph of this was cropped to create this contrasting photograph and I am very please with its outcome. It follows on from my shoot where I took pictures of flowers in front of the sky, because instead of flowers in this one there is the London Eye. I admired this theme of the different coloured sky which is why I applied it in this photograph.

This was a photograph that I captured at Liverpool train station in London. I went up to a higher platform to  allow more of my surroundings to be in the frame of my picture. I centred myself in the middle so that each side of my photograph was even and I feel that it was a very successful outcome. This is another example of depth photography (something that I really admire) and it represents the presence of people exceptionally well. I took this image to convey evidence of travel and journey which links with me being in London, somewhere out of my home town.

Progression

For shoot 9, I am going to The National Portrait Gallery and Victoria and Albert Museum for my art trip. On this art trip I will be looking for depth photography because often in art galleries there is a row of arches with an assortment of exits on each side into different rooms. This will be effective in my photography because hopefully art will be on show in some of them to give the pictures some attraction as well as depth. Depth is an interesting formal element for me as it allows lots of the frame to be filled with large rooms and places. It's something I found in this project that I enjoy shooting, and the examples below are photographs of the depth style I'd like to take.