LO2 Practice Photoshoot

Practice Photoshoot

In terms of what was a success in the photoshoot I would say the analysis and understanding of the photographic elements and a better grasp on ideas about which elements I will be using in my identity shoot. Also some of the photographs, as out of focus because I kept testing the different settings, in the end the camera was as follows; an aperture of F5.6 and a shutter of 3200. These camera settings were completely wrong as all the photographs were out of focus. The challenge was changing the camera settings and getting it to the right setting, need more time to plan the different settings out and more time to test the different settings. The planning didn't especially pay off because the camera settings were not decided before hand and therefore it was more difficult to decide upon the specifics. In terms of what I will change for the final identity shoot, I will plan the aperture/shutter speed/camera settings before hand and test them out, and I will also have planned out exactly where and what I want in my shoot, through recces and sketches. Another challenge of the photoshoot was the weather, it was heavily raining and very windy making it very hard to take the photographs and protect the camera as we had a short time in which we took the photograph and put the camera back in its case to protect it. In terms of what I would repeat in my final identity photoshoot would be the spontaneity of the photoshoot, even though in the final photoshoot everything will be planned out, in terms of the photographs appearance, I want them to seem really spontaneous and random as well as connoting the message. I feel that even though this practice photoshoot wasn't as successful as id hoped, this is a learning experience and I will learn from the mistakes I made this photoshoot.

As you can tell some of the photographs were in focus while some weren't in focus at all, this is because I forgot to turn Auto Focus on and therefore it was more difficult to achieve a focused image. The two above are good photographs, they capture the beauty of the sky and the contrast of the buildings.  The amount of light captured creates  nice washed out effect in the sky. The one on the right is a focused shot of some graffiti, the one on the right is my model stood in front of some more graffiti. This has given me some ideas and has influenced me to take some photographs of graffiti and incorporate that into my photography somehow, possibly through the city/buildings aspect of it rather than the landscape part of it, this will show even more contrast in the edited photographs.

LO2 Recce Location 2

LO2 Recce Location 1

LO2 Risk Assessment

LO2 Contingency Plans

LO2 Production Schedule (Rough Dates)

LO2 Presentation for idea

Feedback

In terms of feedback given back after the presentation it was mainly positive comments, there was a single improvements about things that I haven't included in my presentation, but I have included it in my recce and sketches. It was mentioned that I haven't added the locations of my photographs in my presentation. In terms of positive comments; I included my own original and edited photographs that had been edited and finalised, the presentation was clearly presented, the contingency plans covered quite a lot of things that could go wrong, the presentation is very detailed and covers every issue and topic, the theme idea was presented clearly, the link to photographers and their photographs that inspired me was well presented. I think overall the presentation was very clear and included everything that was needed, anything that wasn't included has been added later on in my blog.

LO2 Treatment

Natures Voice

Theme and Subject

We have been asked to create a piece of photography which will be showed at the Millennium Gallery, in link to the theme being identity. My final idea is based on double exposure and showing double meanings as well as underlying themes, but I especially want to show underlying emotions and the contrast between two images, whether it be emotionally or visually conflicting. But even more specifically I want to show the contrast between nature and civilisation, which is why I will combine city/street photography and landscape, I will show this through portrait photography.  I am going to be using double exposure throughout the whole of the five images, I have already explained all the details of my photography setup and all the details in my presentation explaining my ideas including; depth of field, shutter speed, aperture, framing, orientation, composition, shot type, angle, locations and models. The genre for my photography will be combining portrait and landscape/street photography, I am able to combine these genres because of the aspect of double exposure.

Target Audience

The target audience of my photography is generally the younger audience being aged 15-20+ so the teenage audience and young adults, this is because my photography is visually interesting and has underlying themes and connotations that may interest them. My target audience will be predominantly white British people in terms of ethnicity, because my photography will be on display at a local art gallery in Sheffield, unless tourists come to visit the exhibition that will be my main target audience. I'm assuming my audience will be an ABC1 audience, as if they are to enjoy art and galleries, that may suggest they would buy some of the work which is generally expensive so they would have to have a high paying job and be part of the ABC1 audience. Also in terms of the interests of my target audience, they will be interested in galleries and photography, possibly creating art themselves and extensions of this would be reading and creatively writing.

Key Milestones

My key milestones need to be planned out before taking the photographs, which contains the planning and the key events that should take place including and before the shoot and the editing of the photographs. Roughly the key dates will be as followed, may change:
- Plan the photographs (Sketches) - 29th January
-Scout the location - 29th January
-Recce of the area - 29th January
-Sorting the equipment - 29th January
-Taking the photographs (Photoshoot) - 6th Febuary - 13th Febuary
- Editing and sorting through the photographs - 13th Febuary -

Equipment

I've already spoke about the equipment in my presentation but I will need:
- Camera (Cannon LSDR 750D) + Mobile phone camera to take recce of the locations
- Tripod
- Lights
- SD Card + (Spare SD Card in case of corruption or file loss)
- Batteries
- Any props and costumes?

Props and Models

My main models will be 'Madison Fearn' a student from my college, I may need more models but I also may not need more models depending on the originality and uniqueness of each shot, showing diversity and producing a visually interesting piece. I want the model posing in different positions to show variety and to capture the mood of each shot. The only props I may need is costumes, such as a black hood or such for the model to wear, any other props that will be added will need to have a very important purpose for being there and will be recorded later on.

Health and Safety Considerations

Obviously with any kind of shoot Health and Safety needs to be considered, such as; gaining permissions of the models and any locations that require permission, recce's need to be produced which are essentially a practice shot photographing the location and any other shots that need practicing. A risk assessment needs to be made to evaluate all the risks, including any injuries and damage to the equipment that could occur. I will have to get the model or anyone in the shot to sign a consent form. And also email any privately owned businesses or areas to gain permission from them if I use such locations in my shot, but I plan on using public areas, such as landscapes in my photographs so this wont be necessary.

Legal and Ethical Considerations

I need to take into account copyright issues, I need to be careful to not include any privately owned businesses logos, and also to not include in my photographs that are under the copyright law. I will need to get my models to sign a model release form, which basically states that I have their permission to photograph them, to get their permission I will make them sign a form. I will take my photographs in public areas so to not infringe the copyright law of some locations, but I will take my photographs in secluded areas where there are no random people, this will make the model release part of the project much easier, I also don't want random people in my photographs, apart from the ones in my photographs of the town centre and in busy places, it creates the atmosphere. Misrepresentation is an issue during this project and basically means that the theme or message represented in the photographs can be interpreted in different ways, which can be found as offensive. I will avoid this by making my message and theme as clear as possible, make it very obvious through the different photographic elements and genres.

Contingencies

My contingency idea is to show the contrast between nature and the city centre, showing that we are taking over nature, this is similar to my other idea showing the contrast as well through portrait photography, this is in case this is too complicated or I cant find any models. So if the model is not available I will have to photograph without. If I cannot gain permissions for all the people in the busy place being town, I will have to re-photograph the area when it is less busy or edit the people out of the photograph, making the background less focused. If I cannot gain permissions for certain areas that I have planned to photograph, I will need to find a new area to photograph.