Shoot 4 was my favourite shoot so far. I decided to go to Brick Lane in London as this was a good area for street art and I found it really enjoyable. It wasn't at all difficult to find things to photograph as evidence of vandalism was all around me, so I ended up with a lot of images. At first I only shot the graffiti from the front but then I thought about how I could show depth in my images. I decided to try shooting from different angles and I began to see an improvement. In a lot of cases I had shot from the side so that the graffitied wall got smaller the further into the distance it went, showing depth. This looked more interesting and effective than just shooting from the front. I also took pictures of higher up graffiti using a high angle shot which again showed depth. In the pictures colour is clear as the bright tones in the graffiti contrast against the dull walls. I tried to make the graffiti fill the frame so that it was focused on, instead of having the surroundings distracting away from the art. When it came to editing I emphasised the brightness of the colours so that the graffitti would stand out more.
The image below is one of my favourties from the shoot. The thing I like about it the most is the way the graffiti takes up the whole frame. The colours are bright and vivid and contrast against each other, so the shape of each image is clear. I like how the image is central as the door is right in the middle of the image, which we can see due to the lines. The texture of the brick wall shows through the paint, and the texture of the metal shutter can also clearly be seen. These textures create lines.
On the other hand, this image below is one of my least favourites. Firstly, there is too much empty space in the frame, which distracts attention away from the graffiti. This is because I found that if I zoomed in i could not get the full length of the graffiti in, but this could be overcome by cropping on photoshop. Despite this there are a lot of other flaws to this image, for example because of the lighting the contrast between the wall and the paint is not very clear so the art does not stand out as much as I would like it to. The fact that there are no colours involved strengthens this. The texture of the wall is not as clear as I would like it which is also because of the light, and the image is not straight. Despite these point clear shape is shown as the dark outlines can be seen, and the content relates to evidence well. One way I could have improved this image is by experimenting with different angles and found one which more clearly shows depth, as this image doesn't.
Progression
After doing this shoot I realised I want to work on angles, and experiment with different ones in order to make my images look better. This is something I will keep in mind in the next shoot. As I quite enjoyed shooting on location I want to continue this into my next shoot. I also want to try a bit of photomontage such as a photo joiner or multiple image as I have not done any of this in unit 2 yet and It will add variation to my straight images. A topic I could shoot which will allow me to practise angles on location could be weather. I could also produce a multiple image of the different types of weather which will be very contrasting.
The images below are an example of the kind of photos I would like to produce in my next shoot. I will most likely not be able to photograph more than one type of weather in 1 shoot so I could do 2 or 3 shoots on days with varied weather in order to create a multiple image.
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