Personal shoot 9 - work diary

For this shoot I decided to go to London as this was something that had been suggested for my mid-project action plan. I thought that it would be a good idea to use some models to capture the reaction of members of public. To do this I decided to dress them up in animal onesies. I thought that this would be a good idea because it is something different and it is not common to see people dressed in onesies in London. The models were dressed up as a monkey and a sheep and stood in the middle of places in London like Leicester Square and Trafalgar Square. I decided to complete the shoot in these areas as they are open so allowed for me to stand back and not be recognised as much. I also decided to shoot in these areas because of the amount of people who were walking around - there were enough people but it was not too crowded. Overall I think that this shoot went quite well and I had a fun time capturing people reactions to the two models dressed as animals.

 For me personally, I think that this is my favourite still image to come out of this shoot. It is my favourite due to the reaction of the old man who can be seen walking past my model as she sits on the floor in her sheep onesie. I think that this is a good shot because he has not realised that I am taking photographs and therefore is intrigued as to why there is a random sheep in the streets of London. After being intrigued by the original photograph, I decided to edit the shot. In terms of editing I decided it might be interesting to use selective colour to make the old man and my model stand out well. I therefore put the photograph in black and white and played with the different coloured to make sure that the background was quite dark. I then got the rubber and erased the area that the man filled up and the sheep in order to make them both stand out well. It helped that the man had quite bright clothing so he stood out well against the black and white background.

 This photograph for me was one of my least favourite and worst photograph from the shoot. I think that this is the case because I had tried to take the heads of the onesies but found it difficult to fit them both in together. I also think this photograph didn't work because I had to try to capture them from above and therefore stood on a wall to try to do so. Unfortunately it was hard for me to be able to stand still as I did not feel 100% secure when standing on the wall. I therefore was not standing still when taking the photograph which caused a slight blur. Due to the fact that I didn't think this photograph was particularly, I decided not to edit the shot. I did not do so because I thought it would be a wasted effort that could be put onto something more productive.

Overall, in terms of Mark Jenkins inspired, I think I achieved what I set out to do during this shoot. I did this by using both still images and videos - which is something Mark has been known to do. I also captured reactions and interactions with members of the public which is something Mark likes to include in his photography work. In terms of improvement, I think I could make it more inspirational by using a variety of different animal onesies or onesies to make it a lot more different - something that Mark likes to do with his work.