Shoot 5 - 8

Shoot 5 idea

• Black and white

• Shadows

• Patterns created by shadows

• Straight lines

• Repetition

Artist model Inspiration

hContact Sheet

Evaluation

What worked?

• Changing a few of the photos into black and white to emphasise the shadow

• The time of day

What didn't work?

• Finding different patterns from shadows 

How could I improve?

• Learn how to edit better

• Change the time of day when I shoot

What am I going to do next time to extend my idea?

• Try reflections and symmetry

Overall

This shoot I used Paul Strand as my artist model inspiration. In this shoot I focused on abstract shadows. I decided to edit some of my photos into black and white, this was to emphasise the shadows. I felt that the time of day that I photographed could of been better as some of my photos didn't capture the sky. As a way to extend this idea I want to learn to edit my photos better. For my next shoots I want to look more into the artist model Lewis Baltz.

Shoot 6 idea

• Horizontal and vertical

• Straight on view

• Different textures from buildings

• Clean lines

• Close up

Artist model Inspiration

hContact Sheet

Evaluation

What worked?

• Using Lewis Baltz as an artist model as the houses have lots of symmetry

• Shooting in a house getting built

What didn't work?

• Some of the photos didn't turn out right because of the camera setting

• Some of the photos didn't end up being straight

How could I improve?

• Figuring out camera setting

What am I going to do next time to extend my idea?

• Bringing a mini model to the shoot

• Using the country club brochure 

Overall

In this shoot I explored both Lewis Baltz and Aaron Siskind's work, I wanted to look more into depth on textures and straight on views of buildings. Using these artist models I was able to get a variety of photos including symmetry, lines, textures. Some of my photos weren't straight so for this I edited them online using Camera Raw to straighten them both horizontally and vertically. I want to extend my idea by editing my photos onto some of the Country Club brochures. 

Shoot 7 idea

• Photos of houses at the Country club could be copied and flipped using inspiration from artist model

• Lake

• Interior views

• Nanas house

• Tennis court

Artist model Inspiration

Using artist model on previous shoots

Evaluation

What worked?

• Shooting twice

• Only getting part of buildings in 

• Shooting looking down streets

What didn't work?

• The weather

• The camera settings being wrong

How could I improve?

• Put on right setting

• Try when the weather is better

What am I going to do next time to extend my idea?

• Try different angles 

• Different subject matter

Overall

My artist model for this shoot was Ann Shelton, I like her use of handmade reflection. For this shoot I aimed to take photos of buildings that would look interesting reflected either horizontally or vertically. I ended up shooting this twice at different times as I found the weather was not very reliable. To extend this idea I should try different angles and subject matter, this may change the types of reflection I can capture. For my next shoots I want to try using photoshop to edit my photos.

Shoot 8 idea

• Colour block the buildings

• Get photos of multiple buildings

• Repetition

• Houses

• Use different colours and block out

Artist model Inspiration

Evaluation

What worked?

• Editing images in photoshop to make images similar to artist model

• Photographing multiple buildings

• The weather was good

• Using straight lines for the colour blocks

What didn't work?

• Some of the colour blocks cut off other objects

• Very bright colours

How could I improve?

• Increase my skills on photoshop

What am I going to do next time to extend my idea?

• Put my images into blocks of ice

• Put an image over an image

Overall

In this shoot I used Mauren Brodbeck as my artist model this meant I had to use photoshop to "colour block" my images. I found that photographing multiple buildings in one image made it easy to choose things to colour block. This shoot helped me develop my skills with editing. I found the first time I edited my images I used bright colours this didn't go well and didn't link to my other images, so I edited them again using previous photos instead of one bright colour. To extend my ideas further I want to experiment with water and ice.