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Personal shoot 12

Personal shoot 12 - work diary

For this shoot, I decided to go up to London and use a household object to photograph. After looking at the available options within my house. I finally decided on taking a kettle with me as it was something that was very different - which is what Mark does. In terms of the shoot itself, I tried to incorporate a point of view video which was suggested by the class when looking at the mid-term project review. I thought it would be a good idea to do it in London because it is somewhere that is quite busy and therefore would work well in terms of standing out. In terms of the video, I decided to do a point of view video from the perspective of the passerby rather than the kettle - purely because it was an inanimate object and therefore would not look right if I did a video based on the kettle's perspective. After doing this video, I did not particuarly think it looked really good but it did give the perspective that I had wanted to capture. I did a variety of different short videos but I finally decided on just two - although with one of them, I struggled to get the hand in focus. I still used this shot because of the perspective it showed. I also took some single shots of the kettle to make use of the shoot. In terms of the single shots, I thought they looked good because they were different and the kettle was not something that you would see on the streets of London on a daily basis.

Point of View video available to view: Click here

 This photograph is one of my favourites in terms of the background and surroundings. I thought that it would be a good idea to place my subject - in this case the kettle, on the floor of the train. I thought this would look good because of the striking colours in the background - from the red poles and blue chairs. I also liked the way the light from the windows and doors fell onto the floor and therefore allowed for reflection of the kettle on the floor. I liked the angle of the shot as well - it is not 100% straight but gives the shot an artistic feel. In terms of editing this photograph, I thought it would be a good idea to use selective colour because of the background. I therefore used this technique - but in reverse. I put the kettle in black and white and left everything else in colour to make both the subject and background contrast and stand out. If I were to re-do this photograph, I would think about doing more angles because I think the train shots worked really well. 

This photograph was one of my least favourite shots because I tried to capture the reaction of the young boy and his care giver as they looked at the kettle. Unfortuantly while trying to take the photograph, members of the public walked in front of the area in which I had placed the kettle - and therefore you could not see what the young boy and caregiver were looking at. This ruined the appearance of the shot because it looks like they are just looking at the ground rather than anything else. If I were to re-take this photograph, I would've tried to capture the young boy and caregiver from a different angle to ensure that I was able to get their reactions. I would also try to move the position of the kettle in order to do this correctly. I think that that would've worked really well and I would've got a decent shot from it.

In terms of Mark Jenkins, I think the shoot related to his work because of the use of a video that I created and put together. This is due to the fact that he uses videos as part of his photography. I think that it also related to his work because of the subject - it was particularly different and not common at all. I think that I could of improved this shoot by trying a variety of different kitchen appliances rather than just one kettle on it's own.

Personal shoot 11 - work diary

For this photo shoot, I decided it would be a good idea to use a photograph that was taken by Mark Jenkins himself in order to show that he is the inspiration. In this case, I decided to use objects from the recycling. I took inspiration from a shot of a person who had the top of their figure covered in recycling. I thought it would be a good idea to capture the recycling pile in the local town and college because it would capture the contrast between the clean areas and the pile of rubbish. In order to create this, I collected different objects that were empty and finished with - including a milk bottle, paper bag, coat hanger and other recycling pieces. I sellotaped them all together and then put them in and around town as well as some shots in the college. I thought that this shoot was different and interesting to complete as it wasn't something I have done before. It therefore allowed me to challenge my photography skills and capture something new and exciting. 

 This particular photograph was one of my favourites from this shoot. I think that the selective colour works really well and captures the main subject within the shot. I thought that it would be a good idea to place the recycling pile in front of a tree trunk. I decided to do this because I imagined it would look quite interesting. I think that the black and white really helped to give detail to the tree trunk and therefore made it look more interesting towards the audience. I think that using selective colour only on the pile allowed for it to stand out and draw the attention of the audience directly onto the items in the pile. In terms of editing, in order to create a selective colour photograph, I had to duplicate the layer, turn the duplicated layer into black and white and then use the eraser on the recycling to take the black and white away from it. I think that this worked really well and created a new appearance.

 This was one of my least favourite photographs from this shoot. At the time, I thought it would be a good idea to place the recycling pile on the the pavement near the bus stop. I thought it would look good because of the contrast in colour between the recycling pile and the grey on the pavement. After taking this shot and looking at it on Photoshop to see if I could edit, I realised that I did not like the appearance of the shot because it was too plain. Although the levels of contrast in colour are good, I feel like there is too much space within the shot. I therefore tried to crop it to remove some of the empty space and the shot did not work - it looked too similar to other shots i had taken and therefore I decided not to edit this any further and not use it as one of my best photographs in the shoot. 

In terms of Mark Jenkins, I think that this shoot was exacted what I wanted. The shoot captured what Mark did within one photograph. I think that I was able to complete the intended aim of the shoot because it linked to the inspiration behind the project title - the photographer Mark Jenkins. I think that I took inspiration from his shot and therefore was able to create a whole shoot from a single photograph of his.

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