Personal shoot 6 - work diary

In this shoot I decided to do something that Mark Jenkins did a lot of. This was making shapes and people out of sellotape. I thought this would be a good idea because it is exactly what Mark himself does so the inspiration is important within this shoot. I decided to make a sellotape baby by covering a baby toy in sellotape then removing the baby and putting the pieces back together. This took a while to do and I had trouble deciding how to weigh the baby down. I eventually decided to place a bottle of water inside of the baby and then put it back together. The shoot was quite interesting to do and I think that it was challenging but worked out well. The photographs came out quite well and I was pretty happy with the outcome of the shots. I think that using a sellotape baby worked really well because it attracted the attention of members of the public - which is something I aim to do with my shoots.

 This is one of my favourite pieces from my sellotape shoot. I decided to create an animation which showed the baby sitting on the bench. I placed four different shots together and made it into an animation. This worked well in my opinion purely because you can see the movement of people in each shot and this indicates that the bench is in a public place where they are people. I decided to put this as an animation after I looked at the individual shots. As individuals they didn't attract the audience's attention but as a animation, the attention is placed onto the sellotape baby and the movement of the members of the public. In terms of editing, I had to edit each individual shot and try to move and crop them to make sure that the sellotape baby was in the same position as much as possible. I also adjusted the levels and curves to make the shots more defined by darkening them and then finally created the animation.

This shot is interesting in my opinion. I like the composition of the sellotape baby as well as the movement/blurring of the car that is passing by. This photograph attracts my attention because although the car is blurred, you are still able to see that the person in the car is looking at what is happening and looking at the sellotape baby. I also like the colours in this photography because the baby stands out against the green grass and the surroundings. If I were to retake this shot I would move the camera to change the angle and composition of the baby and car. In terms of editing for this shot, I decided to only adjust the levels and curves. By adjusting these I was able to play with the darkness of the shot. It allowed me to darken and therefore define the subject and car within the shot as well as the background.

I personally think that this shoot is exactly spot on in terms of Mark Jenkins inspired. Mark Jenkins has taken a lot of photographic shots that include sellotape animals or people. I had looked into Mark's work prior and knew this so decided to do a shoot exactly like his. I think that I achieved exactly what I set out to do and captured the sellotape baby in a way that related to Mark through both surroundings and reactions of members of the public.