Walk 1- work diary

Evaluation of session: 

When we were first told that we would be going for a walk to shoot i was unsure of what to take pictures of as i couldn't think of anything that would show journey, that why most of my photos are of Autumn colours and back of heads. It wasn't until the second walk that i realised how to show journey through a photo.

This photo shows autumn colours as there are green and red leaves. I like this photo as i like how it shows more than one formal element, it shows lines, with the branches of the bush and the veins on the leaves. As well as this it shows contrast between the green and red leaves and colour, as there is a lot of different greens, reds and browns in the photo. I also like how the edges of some leaves are red but the inside is green, this shows the progression into Autumn.

The second photo i have chosen to write about again shows autumn colours. I like this photo as the sun is behind the leaves so it makes the contrast more apparent between the pale yellow leaves and the darker green leaves. As well as this it makes the branches of the tree look black so they agin contrast with the pale yellow leaves. I also like how the sun is bend the tree rather than facing it, usually in photography we are told to ensure that the sun is bend us became taking a picture but in this photo i liked how the sun behind the leaves made the yellow and light green leaves look brighter and the dark green leaves darker so there is a bigger contrast.

Progression:

If i were to go out and reshoot the walk, i would make sure to take more  photos that show a journey, as well as this i would want to use people in my photographs as none of the ones i took during this session (other than back of head) ha people in them. I also think red to take more back of head photographs as even though i took quite a few i think i could have taken better ones if i payed more attention to the backgrounds.

Multiple imagery- work diary.

Evaluation of session;

I found the session of Multiple imagery to be interesting but slightly challenging. When we went out to take the photos i took numerous photos of my feet on different parts of the ground as well as some without my feet in. When we were putting the pictures together, it too me a while to get the hang of it and the get the border around each picture to be the right size.

This was my first attempt at Multiple imagery. This is my favourite one as i like how the photos in the middle cross are all taken on a brown and grey floor where as the picture sin the outer corner are all taken on the grass. However after looking back at the photo i think that the border is too big.
I also don't like how in the photo in the bottom right had corner my feet are not in the middle of the photo but off to the left slightly but in the rest of my photos my feet are in the middle of the shot.







The second picture i have chosen to write about is one that shows different shapes, colours and dies of drains that i had found. When making the photo into  multiple image i made sure to decrease the size of the border as i feel that I'm my first attempt at multiple imagery (the photo above) the white border is too large. I like this multiple image as it shows the shape of drains and how they are mostly square or rectangular.




Progression;
If we were to do multiple imagery again i would make the borders around the pictures are a bit smaller and i would take more photos of flowers and plants as opposed to people, location and objects. As well as this is want to try using the front of a persons face to show different emotions as in my multiple images i have used a persons face.

Mapplethorpe studio- work diary

Evaluation of session;
When we went into the studio to shoot Mapplethorpe inspired i thought that it was going to be easier than it proved to be. When we were shooting there were often times that if forgot to pay attention to the lighting and the composition, so i has to reshoot it to ensure that my photos were of a similar style to Robert Mapplethorpes.

This photo is a portrait taken in the style of Mapplethorpe. I like this photograph as although there is space to the right of Keir it doesn't look wasted. As well as this i like how bright the ladder is in comparison to the darker background and the dark clothes he is wearing. That said however, i don't think i edited the photo enough as i think the person is too dark so they don't stand out as much as i would have liked.

In the second photo i have chosen, i like how the feather boa contrasts with her black jacket. I also like how although her jacket is black and the background is black, you can still see the texture of it as the ridges in the jacket doesn't catch the light as well as the higher parts of it.
This photo, although part of the Mapplethorpe shoot also has similarities to David Baileys portraits as there is a greater contrast between the person in the photo and the black background.





Progression;
If i were to reshoot Mapplethorpe in the studio, i would do more research and find more interesting portraits that Robert Mapplethorpe had taken to get more inspiration to take more photos. I also ant to take more photos using bigger props as most of the photos i had taken ether didn't use props of they were harpy noticeable.

Mapplethorpe location- work diary.

Evaluation of session;

I found the session to be easier than the Mapplethorpe studio shoot as i went out after the studio shoot which meant that i had time to practise and do more research into his work. That said, i still found it difficult to find simple backgrounds to use that would like slightly like the style Mapplethorpe would use

 I think this is the best photograph i had taken during this session as it is similar to some of Mapplethorpe's portraits of the side of a face. I like this photo as the red background is very simple and there is no part on the person in the photo that blends in with it.

The second photo i have chosen to write about is the one above that shows a person in the centre of the frame with a brick wall as the background. I like this photo as the position of the sun created a shadow around his eyes which makes the photo look more serious, like many of Mapplethorpe's were.






Progression;
If i were to go out and shoot Mapplethorpe Location again, i would try to take more photos that show the persons personality more, be it through body language or facial expressions as in all of my photos the facial expression remains the same. I would also like to try and use props as i didn't use props in Mapplethorpe location only in the studio.

Studio contrast1- work diary.

Evaluation of session;

When we first went into the studio to shoot Studio contrast for the first time, i was unsure of what to take photos of as we were inside and there wasn't as many options as there was when we shot Location contrast. However further on in the session it became gradually easier to find different contrasts between the people that were in the studio with me.

 The first picture i have chosen to write about is the one above that shows the contrast of heights between the two people in the shot. I like this photograph as, as well as the height contrast there is a contrast between hair colours hair length and the colour contrast between the dark clothing of the people and the brighter red background.

The second photograph that i haven chosen to write about, doesn't have as many contrasts as the first one, but it still shows more that one. It shows the contrast between hair lengths, hair colour and contrast between their dark clothes and light blue/green background.







Progression;
If we were to shoot studio contrast again, i would aim to find more contrasts as i don't think that i had taken as many photographs as i could have done with more time. I would also like to look at more obvious contrasts like the contrast between gender/ sex as all of my photos for contrast were of two boys and no girls and the gender contrast is one that we see everyday.

Walk 2- Work Diary.

Evaluation of Session;
When we went out for the second walk most of the picture i took seemed very repetitive as we had already gone for a walk to the same location to take photograph of the same subjects. This made it difficult to take 'good' photos as all of the were pretty much the same as last time. In this session i still found it quite difficult to take photos that show a sense of journey o there are only a small number of journey photos compared to autumn colours and back of heads.

 I took this photo when we were out on the second walk, i like this photograph as it has a sense of journey and it looks very peaceful and serene. As well as journey this photo also shows Autumn colours as in the background there are different colour trees and bushes, made up of green, yellow and red leaves.

The second image i have chosen to write about shows the different colours of the Autumn leaves. In this photo, there is a clear contrast between the lighter green, yellow and orange colour of some leaves against the darker green leaves.








Progression;
If we were to go out for another walk i would try to go to other locations so the photos are different and i would focus more on 'journey' as the majority of my photos were either 'back of head' or 'autumn colours'. Aswell as this i would want to take more time to look for things to take photos of and to get there right shot as most of my photos were rushed.

Studio Contrast 2- Work Diary.

Evaluation of Session;
When we went into the studio to shoot contrast for the second time i found it very difficult to take a lot of photographs as i was stuck for ideas considering we had already done the shoot once and that i was partnered with all male students so i couldn't find as many contrasts as there would be if there was a girl. I think contrast would be easier to shoot on location as there is more people and a lot of contrast in nature so i wouldn't have to set them up like in the studio.

The first photo i have chosen is this one that shows a lot on different contrasts, the main one being the contrast of height between  the two people in the photo. The second is the one person is wearing a hat and the other is not and another contrast between the black and green clothes against the white background the the different between the green coat of one person and the back jumper on the other.

The second photo i ahem chosen to write about again show many different types on contrasts. The first contrast is the one person is wearing a top hat and the other is wearing a beanie hat, the second is the height difference between the two and the third is the colour difference between their dark clothes against the light, white background.







Progression;
If we were to do another studio contrast shoot i would do more research into contrast and look at more pictures so i could think of more idea to take picture of when we get into the studio. As well as this i want to take more photos that show a contrast in gender as although in one photo theres a contrast the rest are all of boys. I also want to shoot a contrast location shoot as i think there would be a lot more thing to take photos of.

Location contrast 2- Work Diary.

Evaluation of session;

When we were told that we were shooting Contrast i didn't realise just how broad the subject of contrast is but during the beginning of the lesson when we were creating a mind map of contrast ideas i realised just many different contrasts there are. That said, it was still a bit difficult to find a lot of different contrasts as this was the second location shoot that we had done for contrast. I found this shoot to be a lot easier than shooting contrast in the studio as there was a lot more things i could take photographs of.

This is my favourite of all of the photographs i has taken during this shoot as it shows a clear colour contrast between the dark stones and the lighter stones and the different sizes of stones that are all grouped together. As well as this it shows the contrasts between the stones that are dry on the left and the stones that are wet on the left.

The second photograph i have chosen from the shoot this this one that shows shadow cast onto grass. I like this photograph as it shows a contrast between light and dark (in the shade and in the sunlight) and i like how there is a straight line in the middle, so the contrast is obvious.
This photo also shows contrast between the different lengths of the stands of grass, the different lengths also creates texture, so we can see that the grass isn't smooth.





Progression; 
If i were to go out and shoot Location Contrast again, i would take more photographs of contrasts that involve people, such as height, sex or age rather than just taking photographs of the contrast between different materials, like i did during this shoot. I would try to take photos that show contrast between people as when i tried this in the studio i had a lot of ideas but what i could actually do was limited by the people in the studio with me, the background colours and the space.

Location Contrast- work diary.

Evaluation of session;

When we were told we were going to go out and shoot contrast i was looking forward to it as we had made the mind map before so i had a lot of ideas and it made me realise that there is a wide variety of contrasts. However when we had to go and shoot i found it difficult to take a lot of pictures was we had to shoot in the studio.

This is my favourite of all of the photographs we had taken for contrast as it shows a slight contrast between the black sleeve and the white wall as well as the contrast between hand and foot. A third contrast is shown agin of colour between the different colours of the different flags that surround the foot. There are a lot more colour contrasts in this photograph than there is any other types of contrast.

The second photograph that i have chosen to write about is this one that shows the contrast between to the colours, green and white. I like this photograph as it is very simple and only shows one contrast as opposed to a lot of my other photographs that have more than one contrast present.

Progression;

If we were to reshoot contrast again i would shoot outside of the studio as there will be more things to take photographs of and i would look for other contrasts as most of the photographs i took had a contrast between the colours. I would like to look more into the contrast of people such as height, gender, style and age.

Studio back of head- work diary

Evaluation of Session;
When we were told to shoot portraiture in a studio i was looking forward to be able to use the lighting to show form on the face, in order to get a good picture. However when we were told that we could only shoot the back of heads i was unsure of how to make the photograph good, which is why i don't think i took any good photographs. That said, i think that by only taking the photo of the back of heads, it draws more attention to the background as if the photo was taken of the person face, the attention would be drawn mostly to the persons eyes.

 I think this is the best of the photographs i took in the studio for this topic as the lighting behind the camera is making his hair seem brighter against the dark black background. As well as this his head is in the middle of the shot so that where all of the attention is.

This is another photograph that i had taken in the studio. This photograph is one of the best i had took as his head is in the centre of the shot and doesn't blend in with the background so all of the attention is on the head.

Progression;
If i were to go back into the studio to re-shoot this topic, i was make sure that their head is in the centre of the shot and yo can see the texture of their hair. As well as this i would make sure that they are far enough away from the background so there is no shadow cast onto the background.

Back of head landscape- Work diary

Evaluation of session;
When we were told that we would be shooting back of head portraits against a landscape, i was interested in, by slightly unsure of how to make it a good picture. When we went out to shoot i found it quite simple to shoot but when i retired from taking photos i found that i didn't take many good ones as the head was rarely ever in the centre of the shot and there was a lot of wasted space around them.

 I think this is one of the best photographs that i had taken during the session as the head is in the centre of the shot so there is not a lot of wasted space around the outside. I also like this picture as there is a good contrast between the red and pink background and the persons all black clothing.

This is my favourite of all of the photographs i took during this session because although there i quite a busy landscape in the background, with a lot of metal bars, the attention is still mainly ion the boys head in the middle as his blond hair stands out against the silver of the metal bars.








Progression;
If i were to go out and shoot back of head landscapes i would try to shoot with their head in the middle of the shot and without a lot of wasted space. I would also try to find more interesting backgrounds as most of mine are quite plain and simple.

Shape- work diary

Evaluation of session;

When we were first told that we would be going out to shoot shape, i didn't think it would be as difficult as the other formal elements as shape can be found anywhere. When we actually went out to shoot i found it was the easiest of the final elements to shoot as there was a lot of man made shapes, but not a lot of natural shapes, which made it quite difficult to get a diverse range of photographs.

This is my favourite of all of the photographs i had taken in the shape session as it shows the shape of the arrow and the rectangular shape of the bricks. The arrow shows us how different shapes can have different meanings and uses to help us.

This is another photograph i had taken for shape. This shows a square drain that has multiple square tiles on, giving the drain texture. I like this photograph as it also uses form to sow that the squares on the drain are three dimensional. However, i don't like that the lines are not straight, so i would have have edit the photo a second time, to ensure the lines are all straight. This photo was slightly influenced by Henri Cartier-Bresson as i like his use of shapes in the background of his photographs.

Progression;
If i were to go out and shoot shape again i would try to take more photos of natural shapes as the majority of the photographs i had taken during that session were of man-made shapes. I would also take more photos that contain more than one different shape, as most of mine were just of one shape.

Photojoiner- Work diary.

Evaluation of session;
When we were told to take photos, so we could join them together to recreate a larger image, i was unsure of how many pictures to take and at what angles, but when we got outside to take the photographs i just took as many as i could in the time, to ensure i could recreate the image. However when we returned to actually create the image, i found it difficult to match the images up as the colours and lines were all different.

This was my first try at photo joiner, i found it very difficult to match up all of the pictures. which is why rather than there being just one face, there is 4 different angles of his face. I don't like this as i think its not as good as it could of been but to improve it i would have to take more pictures of his face.

This was my second attempt at photo joiner. I feel as though it is equally as bad as the first attempt as there is a big gap in the middle of it. I prefer this one to the first though as there is more lines that join up along the corners of the wall even though the photographs are at different angles.

Progression;
If we were to retake photo for the photo joiner project, i would make sure i took more photos standing in the same place but higher and lower rather than just of all different angles, as it would make it a lot easier to join the photos back together.

Texture- Work diary.

Evaluation of session;
I enjoyed the lesson that we had to take photographs of texture as there were a lot of things to take photographs of as everything has a slightly different texture. So when we were told to take photos of texture i didn't think it would be too difficult. The only thing that i found slightly challenging during this session is ensure that i had the sun hitting the surface in the right direction otherwise the texture of it would not have shown up very well in the actual photograph.

 This is my favourite photograph out of all of the ones i had taken during that session as i think it shows the texture of e tree very well. It is obvious that the tree is very bumpy all over as the light is hitting the tree from the right, so the light goes doesn't go into all of the ridges and dips in the tree trunk, meaning that it is lighter on top of the bumps in the tree.

The second image i took that i have chosen to write about is this one of blinded behind a glass window. We can see that the blinds don't close to form one smooth surface as it is darker where each section of the blind separates from the other, also we can see that the glass has a smooth surface as the light is jet reflecting straight off of it and not creating a shadow anywhere.




Progression;
If we were to go out again and take more photographs of texture, i would try to find more smooth surfaces as the majority of photographs i had taken during that session were of bumpy and rough surfaces. I would also take more photos of the different textures on the ground as most of mine were of buildings or objects.

Movement- Work Diary.

Evaluation of session;
When we were told we had to take photographs of 'movement' i was unsure as to how i was supposed to take a photo of movement as a photo is just a snapshot in time but once it was explained to us, how to capture movement in a photograph it became slightly simpler. However whilst we were outside take the pictures i found that i ran out of things to take pictures of fairly quickly as after taking pictures of people moving and trees moving in the wind, it became increasingly difficult to find something to take a photo of.

The first photograph i have chosen to write about shows a person walking at a fast pace. The movement is shown through the person and the background being blurry. When i was taking this photo i was moving the camera, which caused the background to blur and the boy was moving so he was also blurry.

The second photograph i have chosen to write about shows the movement of me moving the camera around as i was taking the photograph. I like this photograph because usually when i think of movement in a photograph i think of the thing the photo is of moving, but this one shows that photographs can show the movement of the actually camera, rather than the subject the photo has been taken of.




Progression;
If i were to g out and take more photographs of movement i would like to take photos of light moving, such as car lights, or glow sticks in a dark room as i like the light trail left behind the light when it has moved at a reasonably fast speed, as shown the the two photos below.

Reflection- Work diary.

Evaluation or session;
When we were told we had to go out and take photographs of reflection, i understood what was meant by reflection but i was worried that i would run out of things to take photographs of quite quickly, and i found that i did as there was not a large variation of things that have a reflection, the majority of photographs i took were of the reflection in mirrors and windows as i just found it difficult to find anything else around me that had a reflection.

The first picture of mine i have chosen to write about is this one of the reflection of myself and two others in a window. I like this image as you can see whats in the room on the other side so we can tell that the photographs was taken looking into a window. I also like how if you look closely at our reflections you can see that there is two reflections, one slightly above the other, which makes the picture look slightly distorted.

The second image is of me and another person taking a picture of our reflections in a mirror inside of a lift. I have chosen to write about this picture as most of the other photographs o had taken are of reflections in a window, but this one is not. When i think of the word reflection i automatically think of a mirror as it is the most common and well known reflection that we see everyday, so i chose to use a mirror in the photograph.



Progression;
If we were to go out again and take more pictures of reflection i would try to find more original places that have a relocation like on cars and things that we see everyday but don't use to look at our reflection, like we do with mirrors or when walking past a window and look at our reflection. I would also like to look at reflection in water as i think that it differs from the man made things that have reflections, that i have already taken photographs of.

Tone- Work diary.

Evaluation of session;

When we were first told we had to take pictures of 'tone' i was confused as to what tone was and how to capture it in a photograph. When i think of tone i automatically think of sound which is why i was confused. One we had tone explained to us i became clear on what it was but i was still unsure as to how to capture it in a photograph, so when we went outside i started just taking photos of anything and everything in hope of there being difference in tones. It was difficult to take good photographs as we had to take them in black and white but you could only see what it looks like in black and white on the screen on the camera, but as we cannot use the screen to take the picture i could not tell what the photo looked like in black and white.

The first photograph i took that i have selected to  evaluate is this one that shows a table and bench. I like this photograph as i wasn't expecting it to show the different tones as well as it did. You can clearly see that the table and bench are lighter tones in places where it has worn away and been scratched slightly, and that it is darker in places where it is dirtier. As well as this underneath the table you can slightly see that it is lighter in the middle that around the edges as it had been raining that day and you can see that it is darker where the rain hit the floor and lighter underneath the table where it is sheltered from the rain. This
                                                                                   photo was influenced by Diane Arbus as there isn't
                                                                                  a big contrast between the tones of the table and the
                          grass behind it.

The second photograph or mine i have chosen to write about is the one above that shows the pattern on the sleeve of someones shirt. I like this image as when i was taking it i knew there would be difference in tone even in black and white but i didn't know what parts would be the darkest as the shirt is white, blue and red. I already assumed that the white would be the lightest tone but i was interested to find out that the blue stripes are darker than the red stiles as in real life there is little or no difference in the tone of the two colours. This photo was influence by the work of Jerry Ueslmann as in his work there is a variety of
                                                                                  different tones provided by the different colours,
                                                     like on the shirt in this picture.

Progression;

If were to go out again and take more photos of tone, i would like to taken some in colour not just in black and white then maybe edit them to black and white afterwards so i can see the difference in tones and how they change when they re black and white for myself. Or i would make sure to look at each photo after i had taken it so i can see if they look good or not or if i should retake them.

Form- work diary.

Evaluation of session;
 I enjoyed taking photos of 'Form' as i liked paying attention to shadows and which was the sun was facing to try and take a 'good' photo including the topic form. However i found the session to be slightly difficult as, although the sun casts a shadow on almost everything, it was still difficult to find a good shadow that will make the object look three dimensional in the two dimensional picture.

 This was my favourite of all of the photos i had taken during that session. I like it as it captures a lot of different shadows that make the tree and the building look three dimensional. The first shadow is on the building in the background, one side is dark and the other side is light, making it look 3d, the second shadow is the one casted by the tree and the third is the shadow on the tree, both of these shadows make the tree look more three dimensional.

The second picture i've chosen to evaluate is this one of the shade casted by a person. I like this picture as although we know that he is three dimensional in real life, in the photo he is two dimensional as it is only a photograph but the shadow that he casts causes him to look three dimensional. Similarly, as there is darker shadows on his jumper and jeans, it allows us to see the persons dimensions and the clothing's texture.




Progression; 
If we were to continue to take pictures of the topic 'Forms' i would look closer into flowers and leaves to look at the shadows casted in the them rather than the shadow casted by them as the majority of my picture were of the shadows casted by the object.

Depth- Work diary.

Evaluation of session;
I enjoyed taking pictures of 'depth' the most out of all of the topics as, although it was difficult to begin with as i was only looking for depth in pathways and hallways, but as the session progressed i was finding depth in other places like along walls and vertically rather than horizontally. From this session i realised that a lot of the photographs i took are also examples of texture, so if i were to shoot for texture i would have more examples and know where to look.

This is my favourite picture i took during the session on depth as each ridge in the carpet looks like it comes to a point as it gets further away, i also like how although the carpet is all one colour when you look down at it, when you look at it from this angle the carpet looks s though it has different tones on grey, making it look more three- dimensional.







I like the second image as it is a good example of how depth can be found not only horizontally like i originally thought, but also vertically. I also like how the sun makes the roof look black, so its a good contrast against the light blue sky. This photograph is also a good example of pattern as you can see the pattern that the clouds make in the sky and the pattern of the bricks up the wall and an example of texture as you can see that the surface is smooth as there are no bumps or darker parts that would indicate that is is rough.




Progression;
If i were to continue taking pictures of 'depth' i would try to find more natural examples as all of the pictures i took were man-made and i would also try and find more vertical examples of depth as i only took a few pictures of vertical depth and they were not very good.

Pattern- Work diary

Evaluation of session; 
I liked the session of pattern as it made me realise how many patterns we pass everyday without realising it. It made me notice how many man-made patterns there are, be it intentional or unintentional and how many patterns are found in nature, like on flowers and leaves. However once i had taken pictures of walls and plants it because increasingly difficult to find different patterns.

This is my favourite off all of the pictures i had taken during that session. I like this one to most as it shows two different patterns in the one picture. The first pattern is the pattern of the brick wall and the second is the pattern the shadow created by the gate close to the brick wall. I also like how the bricks are all different colours and tones.

I also like this picture as it again has two different patterns in one picture, the first is the actual bars and the second is the shadow created by the angle of the sun as it hits the bars. The two patterns together make the bars look more three dimensional. However, i think the photo would look better if you could see more of the sky in the background rather than the wall.

Progression;

If i were to continue taking pictures of patterns i would look
for more natural patterns as the majority of the pictures i took
during that session were man-made patterns. I would also like
 to find more examples of patterns created by a shadow onto
more than one different surface, like the photo to the right.-