Personal shoot 8 - work diary

For this shoot, I decided to place a chair around the town and capture reactions through video as well as still images. I also decided to capture the chair in surroundings that allow for it to stand out. I thought that doing this would be a good idea as all I needed was the chair and I did not need to worry about getting a model. This shoot came to me after looking at Mark's website and questioning whether I could use an object from my own house to use in a shoot. I decided to use a chair in the end because it was a good size and would attract people's attention within the streets of my town. Doing both still images and videos was something I decided to do because it mixed up the shoot and made it more interesting. I enjoyed doing this shoot because it was interesting to see how people reacted towards the chair in the middle of their paths. 

 This photograph was one of my favourite shots from the entire shoot. A woman can be seen to be sitting on the chair that I placed in the middle of the street. I also like the shot because two members of the public who were walking past looked at the woman as she was sitting in the chair. This therefore captured two separate reactions within one shot. I decided to take this shot because it was a good opportunity to capture someone interacting with the inanimate object that I placed there. It also helped a lot that the background was filled with a lot of people so it indicated that the chair was in a busy area. In terms of editing this shot, I decided to adjust the levels and curves in order to make the photograph look more defined. I think that doing this made the chair and members of the public stand out and therefore addressed the audience on a greater level. 

This photograph was one of my least favourite shots due to the fact that there was a man who was standing in the middle of the shot and was staring directly at the camera. This ruined the entire shot for me. I decided not to edit this shot because the shot was not worth editing due to the man within the photograph. I think that this was a shot that I should not of taken and if I were to re-take this shot I would wait until the man had passed so that he was not present in the shot. This would've allowed for a better appearance within the shot. This would've made it better because his presence caused the shot to not look good.

In terms of Mark Jenkins, this shoot linked to my chosen project. I think that I achieved my aim for this shoot by capturing reactions of members of the public through still images and videos. I think the way I presented my shoot through still images, videos and animations helped me to achieve this aim. I think that for my next shoot I am going to re-use the inanimate object similar to this shoot and I am going to continue to shoot videos as well as still images.