Shoot Twelve

In todays lesson I took photographs to tell the story of movement. This shoot was a location shoot, however when it came to the editing process I made the background black, like a studio shoot as I believed it looked a lot better and shows the movement and positions more clearly. I used natural lighting for this shoot. If I was to do this shoot again I would do it in the studio instead of location as it looks a lot better and more professional. 


In this photograph I have captured the movement of a handstand. I have then copied and repeated the same image and changed the opacity as it goes on.  I have edited the background black to show a clearer outline of the handstand. I used natural sun light for the lighting of this image. If I was to take this image again I would try to capture the model doing a handstand when her legs are directly straight upwards as they are slightly leaning to the left hand side.





For this photograph I have got the model to do a bridge. I have also edited the background plain black because it looked better than the location background. By making the background black it makes the position/movement stand out and looks more clear. The lighting used was also natural, the same as above. If I was to take this image again I would take it from all different angles, above, low, in front behind ect to see what angle looks best. I would also take the photograph in the studio due to the fact that I know it will look a lot better. 

Shoot Eleven

In todays lesson I took photographs to tell the story of old and new. I did this by showing things children would do in the olden days compared to what they do know. For example reading in the olden days and playing on a ipad today. To show the difference between the two I edited the old pictures to make them look old fashioned. this shoot was a location shoot, therefore I used a natural background and natural lighting. If I was to do this shoot again I would do a studio shoot as I believe it would have looked better.


In this picture I have merged two separate images together, one showing old and the other showing new. the old fashioned image shows the model playing cards, whereas the present day photo shows the model playing on her ipad. I used natural lighting and a natural location background. If I was to take this image again I would include more background as when I merged the images together it was hard to fit the two together.

For this photograph I have just shown an old fashioned picture of the model drawing. I have again merged two images together, however these two images are the same. This creates a shadow, ghost effect. I have made the image black and white with a hint of orange to make it look old fashioned and show its from a different erea. If I was to take this photograph again I would take it from all different angles to see which ones turn out the best so I have a bigger variety to choose from.

shoot Ten

In todays lesson I took photographs of my two dogs  to tell the story of the life of a dog. This shoot was a location shoot. Therefore I used natural day light for the lighting of my photographs and a natural setting. I took a variety of pictures to show a day in a dogs life. For example: Sleeping and eating. If I was to do this lesson again I would try to do a studio shoot, however I do like the pictures I took on this location shoot because I like that they look natural.


I have taken this image from a direct in front angle. In the photograph I managed to capture my dog looking straight at the camera, therefore you can see his facial expression. During the editing process I slightly blurred the background to show depth of field and make the dog the main focus of the image. If I was to take this photograph again I would try to take it while my dog was outside rather than inside as I feel it would look better if it was taken on grass or a field.

In this photograph I have taken to show the movement of my dog. I took this picture from behind, slightly above leaving a lot of space at the right hand side. then while editing I merged the same image over the top of each other to make it look as if my dog is actually walking. The lighting for this picture was natural as I relied on the sun light due to it being a location shoot. If I was to take this picture again I would experiment with different angles of taking the picture.

Shoot Nine

In todays lesson i took photographs in the studio to tell the story of thoughts and feelings. I did this by having the model write down her first thoughts onto a piece of paper and then photographer her. I used a dark navy background and one sided lighting to get shadows on the models face, making one side lighter than the other. The composition of all my photographs included the model from head to waist. I took the photographs from a direct in from angle. If I was to do this lesson again I would take photos of a variety of different people just so I could get a different range of thoughts and feelings.


In this photograph I have merged tree pictures together at different opacity levels. On showing the quote, 'live for today', the other saying 'inspire me' and then 'peace'. This show the models thoughts and feelings along with her facial expression. I used a dark navy blue background in this photograph and shadowy lighting to create shadows on the models face by having one sided lighting, therefore making one side lighter than the other. If I was to take this photograph again I would change the composition and include more of the models body. For example: Try whole length photos to see how they look. 

For this photograph I have captured the model laughing which I really liked. I have edited the picture black and white and made the corners and edges darker than the middle section of the picture. I have used the same on sided lighting to create shadows as I did for the picture above. I also used the same navy background. If I was to take this photograph again I would take the photo from further back to include more in the composition. 

Shoot Eight

During this lesson I did a studio shoot of Alice in Wonderland. I used a brown background for all of my photographs because the blonde whig looked nice against the brown background the colour being brown also made the colours of the dress stand out more. I used bright lighting but focussing on the model herself not the background because I didn't want any shadows on the background. 

If I was to do this lesson again I would change the lighting because some of the images were way too bright and some of them were way too dark depending on how close the picture was. I would also think about doing a location shoot for Alice In Wonderland as I liked my previous Dorothy Shoot a lot due to the location. 

In this image it shows the model holding her dress, I didn't include the models face as I wanted the dress to be the center of attention. I also took this photograph in this way because I had looked at another photographers work of Alice in Wonderland and the face was not included in many of the images. I edited this image to make the background black because I like how it created mystery. If I was to take this photograph again I would make sure that the lighting is right on both sides because as you can see the models left arm is a lot more pale than the rest of her body. 

This second image I again didn't include the model face and focused on the movement of the model poring tea. I did this because due in the film and book of Alice in Wonderland she is at a tea party and a tea set is very much associated with Alice in Wonderland. I like the models skin complexion against the brown background and the gold tea set with the brown background. If I was to take this photograph again I would get more of the models whig in the composition as I believe the blonde hair represents Alice in Wonderland and its helps portray the character through the image. 

Shoot Seven

In this lesson I did a location shoot rather than a studio shoot, this is because I believe the location links to the theme of Dorothy and helps to portray her character in the photographs. For this shoot I took many of the same images but at different angles to see which ones turned out better, I went to a variety of different areas within the location and had the model pose in all different positions, either sitting down or standing. 

If I was to do this lesson again I would just take more pictures because I really liked how these photographs turned out and I felt that I could do a number of editing techniques with these photographs. therefore I would just of liked more variety to choose from. 

In this photograph I captured the model laughing. This created a fun, natural atmosphere which I really liked because I tend not to like photographs that look very posed and unnatural because they look too fake. I edited this age by making the whole photograph black and white apart from the model herself. I did this because I feel the colours of the dress and the red bows look nice against the black background. If I was to take this image again I would try to capture the exact same moment of the model laughing but from a directly in front angle. 

For this photograph the model is looking directly at the camera, smiling. The model is leaning against the tree which creates the feeling that she has been walking a long time (like in the film Dorothy) and is taking a rest by leaning on the tree. If I was to take this image again I would make sure the models hair is in the correct place because the left bow is facing down and its unclear to see, I like the composition of this image very much but if I was to take it again I would include more of the surroundings. 

Shoot Six

In this lesson i took photograph in the studio of portraits and then during the rest of the lesson I edited the images by putting animations onto the photographs. I did this because I wanted the model to look like she had come out of a story/fairy tale. For this shoot I used both blue & red background, the lighting I used for the blue background was very vibrant but elegant to show the fairy tale mood. whereas the lighting for the black background was fairly darker because I wanted to keep the background a plum red colour. 

If I was to do this lesson again I would take some more close up shots and not all of the body as when I took a number of long shot photographs there was a shadow left on the background. To prevent this I could also change the lighting. 

In this image you can see that I have edited 2 animations on to the models had to look like she is holding 4 birds. I used birds from Cinderella because I wanted to create the fairy tale feeling. I like the models black dress and bright hair colour against the red background and I also think the birds stand out more on the red background than on the blue because there are of similar colour. I used fairy dark lighting and focussed the light on the models face rather than the background itself, this is because I wanted to keep the background quite dark in order for it to stay a plum colour but I still wanted the model to look bright and happy. If I was to take this image again I would experiment with the different angles of taking the picture. 

This photograph is a long shot, showing the whole of the models body from head to toe. Although the long shot images created a shadow on the background, by having the long shot images it allowed me to add more animation which I feel takes the attention away from the shadow on the background. I also used Cinderella birds in this photo and used a similar pose from the film. For this image I used vibrant lighting to create the fun, fairy tale atmosphere. If I was to take this photograph again I would lower the lighting to make it a tinny, tinny bit darker to see if the shadow would disappear and get the model to stand further away from the background so the outline of the shadow wouldn't be so clear and noticeable. 

Shoot Five

In this lesson I took photographs to tell the story of fashion. I took these photographs in the studio and used a grey background with shadowy lighting to create the shadows on the face.  

If I was to do this lesson again I would take more long shot photographs to show all of the model as I feel having long shots show the story of fashion in a better way. However when I tried this shadows were shown on the background which I did not like. Therefore I would try with a different background and see if the shadows still form. 

This photograph shows different shadows and tones on the face. For this photograph I used a grey background because what the model was wearing and her hair colour looked the best on the grey coloured background. I really liked the lighting that I used for this photo as it shows a variety of soft tones in the face. If I was to take this photograph again I would take a full length shot but trying to keep the same tones on the face. 

In this photograph I have also used a grey background but with brighter lighting to create a different atmosphere. I took this photo slightly from the left hand side as I felt it looked better than taking it directly in front of the model. I like the position of the model in this photo as I think its a natural pose. If I was to take this photograph again I would get the whole of the models legs in the photo to see which out of the two looks better. 

Shoot Four

In this lesson I took photographs of flowers in the studio. These photographs were to show the story of a flowers life cycle. 

If I was going to do this lesson again I would take full length photographs of the the flowers in a vase as I feel this would make my images look a lot better and more professional. I would also change the background to black as when editing my photos from this lesson I felt that the black background looked better. 

This image shows the flowers fully grown with all its petals. The darkness of the background in this image makes the colours of the flowers stand out and it makes the outline of the flowers look a lot sharper. In this photograph i used fairly dark lighting and a dark navy blue background. However if I was to do this image again I would choose to use a black background as I feel this looks better. Therefore I edited this image to make the background darker/black.  

The next photograph shows how I edited some of the pictures together as a sequence in order to show the life cycle story of the flowers. Again I used dark lighting and a blue background but edited them so the background looked blue. If I was to take these images again I would take the photos from different angles and then put them all together to see what one looks better. 

Shoot Three

In this lesson I took pictures to show the story of different stereotypes within society. I did this by taking pictures of different people and them putting them together.

If I was to do this lesson again I would take more pictures of different people because I only took pictures of three different people and I feel that I need more of a variety to really show the different stereotypes within the society as there are so many.

In this image I edited two separate together by using one half of each of the two photographs. For this photograph I used a grey background with white quite bright lighting. I feel that this affected the background and didn't really make the background look as grey as it was. Therefore if I was to take this image again I would either change the background or make the lighting slightly darker to make it look grey.

For this image I also used a grey background and I also used two images and put them together as one. However when putting these two images together I merged them and then make the model on the right hand side in less focus than the model to the left. If I was to take both of these photographs again I would do the same as the above by either change the background or making the lighting slightly darker to make sure the background is the right colour grey and doesn't look off grey. 

Shoot Two

In todays lesson I took photographs in the studio to link to my project of Story Telling. My photographs that I took were showing someone's story of anorexia. 

If I was going to do this lesson again I would experiment with the different type of lighting to create different atmospheres and effects. This is due to a lot of my images be quite dark before they were edited. However once edited I really like how the lighting effected the photographs.

In a lot of my photographs I included a tape measure to cover the models mouth. This was to represent the tape measure as a replacement of food. For example this image to the left. In this image I used dark lighting and focused on just having close ups of the face. If I was to take this photograph again I would take it from a more wide variety of angles so I had more images to choose from. I would also experiment with another type of light, although I really liked the lighting I used it was an over head light and it made the models eyes quite red looking. 

In this photograph I stuck a sticker label onto the models mouth saying "I wont eat". This was to show what anorexia does to people, it makes you not want to eat in oder to be skinny. Therefore I wanted this sticker to resemble that. I really like the angle that this photograph was taken at. I also really like the image when it is edited black and white as I feel this creates the whole atmosphere of sadness and loneliness. If I was to take this image again I would just try to focus more on the composition of the image and not include so much of the background. 

shoot One

In this lesson I took photos on location to show someone's morning routine of making a cup of tea. I then edited them to put them into a sequence of patters to show them making the tea step by step. 

If I was to do this lesson again I would take the photographs in the studio rather than on location as I feel that the use of lighting in the studio would make my photographs look a lot better. I would also experiment with taking the photos from a high angle. 

In this photograph I have captured the movement of poring the hot water into a mug. The lighting of this image is quite light however its against a dark background. I like the angle of this image as it is from directly in from of the objects in the photograph. If I was to take this photo again I would try to take it as a close up as I feel too much background is involved in the photo. 

This next image shows a higher angle shot so you can see the image from a different perspective. In these images I used slightly darker lighting than the photograph above. If I was to do this sequence again I would take the pictures in the studio as I feel that the images would have come out in a much better quality than this image.