I found this shoot quite difficult. As it had not been raining I decided to go out when It was just cloudy. This allowed me to take good pictures of the sky, however there was a limit to how many close ups I could take, as there is no physical evidence which isn't the sky, for example snow on a leaf or rain on a window. Because of this I tried to vary my sky images, for example taking pictures of objects against it, taking them from different angles and including buildings. Despite these different approaches, a lot of my images still ended up looking very similar. i tried to think harder about different close ups I could take which imply cloudy weather, and I noticed that because it was windy the leaves were blowing around the floor a lot. I really wanted to capture this movement, but when I took the photos the leaves looked very still and there was no blurring to suggest any movement. Thinking back to this, I could have overcome this problem by decreasing the shutter speed so that there would be a slight blur as the leaves moved. This would have worked very effectively and captured movement well to show windy weather.
Despite this, after the shoot I took 4 of the images and put them together in a multiple image. The outcome of this was not bad and allowed me to show different aspects of cloudy weather. Also, while editing I turned the exposure down while increasing the contrast in order to show the form of the dark cloud a but clearer, which emphasised the type of weather. Changing the contrast also allowed the objects in the images for example a lampost or building to have a clearer outline.
This image is one of the pictures from shoot 6 that I included in my multiple image. I quite like this photo because as well as showing weather is also clearly shows depth and shape. I took the photo from a very low angle and pointed it upwards, and this made the lampost look smaller at the top and bigger at the bottom clearly showing depth and length. The lampost creates a dark silhouette which significantly contrasts against the dull sky, showing a clear shape and outline.
This image on the other hand, did not go as well as I had wanted. This was taken towards the end of the shoot, when i had taken a lot of similar images and wanted to try something more unique. I attempted to show the cloudy sky through reflection, however as you can see the reflection is very faint and really does not clearly show weather. Firstly, you can see a lot of the content inside the room, which distracts attention away from the reflection. This also makes the image quite confusing for the eye as two different scenes are overlapped. Secondly, the reflection does show the sky, however the clouds are really unclear so that the weather is not clearly established. Also, the reflection also consists of buildings which takes up frame space. If I was to shoot this image again I would make sure the reflection only consisted of the sky, so that other factors did not distract attention away from the weather. To slightly improve this image I could increase the contrast in order to bring out the form of the clouds.
Progression
If I was to do another weather shoot I would go out in more extreme weather such as a storm or snow so that the weather is the clearest aspect of the images. I could also use props and place them in different locations and different weathers, for example when it is sunny I could take close ups of sunglasses in a sunny spot, or place some wellies in a puddle and take pictures of this. Despite these ideas, the last two shoot have not really gone to plan and I do not want to continue shooting weather. I did quite like the multiple image aspect of this shoot however, and I would like to try some other kinds of photomontage as I have not done a lot of this in my photography so far. I have decided that I would like to experiment with portrait photography in my next shoot as this is something I really enjoy and something I have not done a lot of so far in this unit.
These images are an example of the kind of portraits I would like to take in my next shoot. I want to take my pictures in quite urban areas like in front of graffiti, on bridges, or on stairs. My model to have a grunge style which will relate to the reinforce the urban feel of the images. I have noticed that a lot of portraits are edited black and white, so that the different tones in the face are clearer and show form. This is something I will think about when it comes to editing my images. I would also like to explore with photo montage in Photoshop, so I may think about producing a multiple image from these portraits.
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