For home I decided I would take two methods of shooting. I shot some of the photos on a film camera to see what effect this would have on them and some on a digital camera. I chose to shoot a few on a film camera as it reminded me of all the photos that were taken growing up at home on disposable cameras and older compacts. So this in itself gave it another aspect of home to work in to. While shooting on film it gave me more of a creative and harder decision if I wanted to capture certain moments ad the limit amount of shots per roll of film, because of this I put a lot more thought into what I was framing up.

 

This photo shows one of my good mate going through the centre of my home city so this as it self reminds me of everything I use to do at home. He is also riding a scooter which is involved heavily in skate park use which at home was also a big aspect of my life. The photo it self has many different things going in without it in the fore ground, middle ground and background. The first thing that catches my eye is the guy in the very foreground and the road sweeper these really stand out from the rest as they are a lot darker and brighter colours this shows a contrast in the image which overall more aesthetically pleasing look as it brakes up the colours. The perspective in the shot with the leading lines also adds to the compositional benefits making your eye draw to certain parts of the photograph. This photo isn’t staged which adds to how natural it looks we were just walking down the street when I captured this photo because of how this photo was taken it adds a lot more memories because it also has the whole day connected within the one photo.

 

This photo shows my model sat under a bridge on his skateboard this brings back a lot of memories of home as a lot of my time was spent with mates trying to find somewhere we were able to skate around and just have fun doing what we want to do. The reason he is not riding it is some of the best memories came along from just sitting around spending time with mates not always the activity’s that we were doing. The location especially helps with setting the scene within this shot for me as we were constantly thrown out of places so we always ended up in the oddest place such as car parks and under bridges just to escape from everyone getting annoyed at us for using public places. In this photo I also tried to focus on good composition using the rule of thirds and leading lines to draw your eye into certain parts of the photo. I tried to improve my composition throughout all these shots and I think this is one of the most compositionally pleasing ones. The shallow depth of field gives the feeling as the only thing you are meant to focus on within the photo is the model and nothing else matters as it doesn’t matter where you are but who you are with to create the feeling of home.

 

In this photo it shows my model creating some street art, this was a big thing within my home as there was constantly art everywhere and if you had a great idea there was always a place in which you could express your self and others were able to see it. Art was a big thing growing up at my home seeing it everywhere so doing it also gives me the sense that it could also be recreated back home. I like the diversity between the different layers in this photo with the foreground being totally out of focus but then casting a shadow in the models face in the middle ground which is the only part that is in focus, then the background which is completely out of focus. Contrasting the dark clothes, the model is wearing with the bright greens of the bush helps the model stand out from the surroundings putting a lot more focus on him. This photo was shot in near enough complete darkness with only one light which was slightly behind the model so capturing the shot while keeping the models face fully exposed was quiet tricky to capture this I used a very wide aperture of 1.8 which also helped create the shallow depth of field within the photo.

 

This final photo is off a bit off street art in my home town which is down an alley on the way to the train station in a previous shot. This reminds me of home as I see it most days within my home town and the use of art in the streets is also a big thing from where I am.  This photo also follows the same compositional elements as some of the other shots with the leading lines and the shallow depth of film only focusing on one thing within the photo. This photo also has a darker bottom with the slightly exposed sky in the background. The reason for this within my shots is, it is quiet difficult to get perfectly exposed shots on film without a perfect light metre or other equipment. All my photos follow a very heavily left alignment in the composition which looks a lot better and is always the first thing that draws the eye in. The main colour within the piece the pink writing also follows the rule of thirds and stands out a lot compared to any other colour within the piece. Overall this photo has connation’s attached to home with in the art and the place where the photo was taken.

 

his photo shows my good mate going up the stairs in the train station. The thing that reminds me here is just the stairs them self remind me of how much time I spent there and when ever I go home they are the first thing I see. This photo also has really good composition as this also has many leading lines which all aim upwards to the sky. Along the way to the sky you notice my mate there walking up the stairs as well. The contrast between the blue sky and the yellow and green stairs is also makes the photo more enjoyable to view. This photo is a natural shot without being staged so it just adds to the realism with in this photo which also adds with the idea of home as most things captured at home aren’t staged up to be the best photos but to memories connected to them.

 

The main focus of this photo Is the train pulling into the station. This shows people either coming home or visiting my home town. The train station was such a big part of my home life because of the amount of time I spent travelling my main central point was the train station. Some of my best memories have happened because of the train station being there being able to make it easy to get back home at any point. The composition could be improved in this photo with slightly cropping it so the train would go with the rule of thirds but because I shot this on film I wanted to keep the whole frame in it so it had the effect of a photo that may have been taken as just a home photograph. The lines in the photo also help lead your eyes down the photo seeing all the detail within the shot. The comparison between the bright and darker colours at the bottom of the shot to the slightly over exposed sky is nice as it breaks up the photograph and makes it not look as crowded as it is.

 

The sequence that my photos follows is travelling through my home town, getting to a destination where we are all able to skate, doing some street art throughout, travelling to different locations through home and then the place in which it can take you too or away from home. This brief was very broad so I tried to include a lot of things which reminded me of the great things that have happened in my home town and things I do now that still remind me of being back home.

 

 

I chose this photograph as I like the use of light within the background which shines through and bounces off the glass of my lens to create lens flare. I like this as it adds different colours into my photograph which wouldn’t normally be involved with in a normal portrait. To keep his face still bright I had to use a reflector to bounce the background light on to his face so it was still able to see his whole face without the photo being underexposed. His facial expression also adds to this photograph because it looks like he is having a good time which then affects you into making you enjoy the photograph more. This is the only photo from the photo shoot which wasn’t staged which gives you a sense of him enjoying him self in the moment which then translate in creating a more natural pose and a more aesthetically pleasing photograph overall. The contrast between the pale skin of the models face and the bright green also helps distinguish the facial expression which with the overall warm colours of the photo helps convey a more positive emotion throughout. This photo was shot on a Canon 550D with a 50mm lens. It was shot at a 1/1600 shutter speed and a aperture of 1.8, my shutter speed was so high because with it being a sunny day and wanting to keep the open aperture for a shallow depth of field I had to make sure that to much light hit the sensor so my image wasn’t over exposed. Overall I am a fan of how this photograph came out and I like the diversity in the use of light.

 

 

For this photo I tried to re create a passport photo with in every element in this photo while also trying to keep it informal. This photo doesn’t follow all the guide lines for a passport photo a couple things which is how his hair is slightly covering his eyebrow which wouldn’t be allowed. Also only the forefront of his face is in focus with it being out of focus just in front of his ears and backwards. This photo is shot on a completely plain background which helps the model stand out a lot more even comparing the dark background to his dark hair it is easily recognisable the difference between the two. In the photo the model has tried to pull a normal faced but it has came out looking quiet staged so if I was to do this again I would try to set it up so there was a more natural look on his face to add more life into the photograph. This photograph was mainly lit from the side so by using a reflector I was able to bounce natural light onto the other side of his face resulting in a perfectly exposed portrait. By bouncing the light, it also adds more diversity into the colours making his eyes and hair stand out a lot more because of the amount of light hitting them.  The depth of field of this photograph adds a edge to this as only the main facial features are exposed which gives the photo a different feel to if the whole photograph was focused. By doing this your eye is only drawn to them specific points within the photo. This photo was shot on a Canon 550D with a 50mm lens at a shutter speed of 1/200 and a f number of 1.8.

 

 

This photo is a portrait shot which mainly focuses on using the background to effect to give the image a more aesthetically pleasing look. For this image I tried to center the model in-between the bridge sides and the poles in the middle. By centering the model, I was able to create leading lines which aim towards his face which help draws your aim to the main focus in the image. By also incorporating the vertical poles right next to him it adds depth and height to the photo making a lot more pleasing to the eye. The main problem I had while shooting this photo was because his hood was on it was hard to get direct sunlight to the models fight. To counter this, I used a reflector which I placed on the floor at an angle to direct some more natural light onto his face which worked very well as it brightens up all of his facial features. If I was to retake this photo I would make sure that in the background, there was nothing so only the bridge was involved in the shot so instead of taking this photo landscape I would of took it portrait. This shot was taken on a Canon 550d with a 50mm Lens. I used the settings 1/2000 shutter speed and a f stop of 2.5. The shutter speed was so high because I had the aperture there about fully open on a sunny day so had to bump it up so the photo would not be over exposed. Overall i like the composition of this image and thinks it works very well.

 

 

For this photo i decided to shoot in black and white as I wanted to create a different feel throughout the photograph. This photo follows the composition of a passport photo but it does not follow the rules of a passport. What differs this to a passport photo is how it is not in colour, shot on a plain background and he is wearing a hat which would not be allowed in a formal photograph. I have positioned the models head in a way which is captured by the dark building in the background which in a way makes the photo as a whole a lot more interesting. I like the way it almost looks like he is trapped within a box and then it is bordered by the bright white sky. The point of this photograph is to see what effect the black and white had on it and overall i think it came out looking a lot better than the original image. This Photo was shot on a Canon 550d with a 50mm lens at a shutter speed of 1/400 and a f number of 2.5.

 

 

This photo focuses on the use of one sided lighting and see how differently it would make the model look. By keeping this photo lighted on one side it makes his facial feature stand out and creates a lot of shadowing over the face which I think adds depth to the image as it shows the different layers of his face being affected by the light. The model is not facing towards the camera which means this is a informal portrait which doesn’t follow the standard passport photo rules. The main use of this photo was to experiment with light use and I think it has helped as I now know how to light photos to create different moods within my photos. In the original photo there was a pole behind his dead so during editing i decided to get rid of it so nothing in the background was distracting you away from the model. This photo was shot in a very low light condition so i had to open the aperture and lower the shutter speed to achieve a good still life image.  This photo was shot on a Canon 550d with a 50mm lens at 1/100 and f2.5.

 

 

This photo was shot in there about complete darkness with only one light for the shot. I placed this light in front of the model to get the full colour out of the model face. In the background you see lights from various flats which light up the background i personally like the look of this as it keeps the background interesting while still only focusing on the model. I had to shoot this photo at a high ISO so it has came out quiet grainy and editing the raw file in photoshop also effected the quality while bumping up certain settings. The experience of shooting in there about complete darkness helped realised how much the use of light can affect your work. This photo was shot on a canon 550d with a 50mm lens at 1/60 and f.1.8.

This was my final photo shoot for portraits where I involved different models and different locations to achieve better overall portraits. I took everything I learnt and tried to involve all of that in this photo shoot. This photo shoot was one my most successful with a lot of photos coming out well. I experimented with back lighting on certain photos which led to lens flares which also adds diversity into the photos. This photo shoot was very successful over all.

 

 

In this workshop we were told to go out and shoot some portraits and experiment with light using reflectors. In a few of these shots you can see how I have used the reflector to bounce certain parts of the light around the image. This gives a different view of the models face and can also change the impression of his face you receive. For this photoshoot i shot on my own camera which was a Canon 550D with a 50mm f1.8. This meant I was able to get a very shallow depth of field, with this i was able to get very out of focus backgrounds which means you are more likely to focus on the models face. Even tho I didn’t want the backgrounds to over take the model i wanted to include aspects just to make the images look more interesting and more appealing to the eye. Overall the workshop went well and I achieved some good photos.