Shoot 2

Work Record

For this shoot I want to look at different textures because I think they would make interesting images. If the images don't turn out the way I want them to go I will but the images in a grid arrangement to make a multiple image. I think depth of field in the image I take would look nice because the blurry parts will lead the viewers eyes to the detailed texture of the focused part.  I hope to get about 5 images that I think are could enough to represent close up and that can follow the first shoot I did.  

Preparation: 

• Book the studio
• Macro Lens
• One studio light
• Table
• Black background paper
• Different textures

I am happy with the 11 images that I have edited because they show the theme, close up, and I have produced images of different textures that I am happy with. I did take into consideration the amount of time focusing the lens for each image by only taking images of about 4 different textures. I found that when I had the camera set on auto focus the camera didn't know what part of the fabric to focus on so I changed to manual and this sped up the process and it focused on the part I wanted it to.

When editing the images I found black and white or a very low saturation worked best because this high lighted the detail in the different textures and this is what I wanted from the images. There were a couple of images that showed depth of field and I think this suited those images. Before printing and saving the images I sharpened the images to enhance the detail of the textures.

Overall I am happy with this shoot and the images I produced because the images show close up and also I like the images I produced and I think they show the different textures well.

This image is one of my favourites from this shoot because I like the depth of field and the arrangement of the composition. When editing I changed the saturation so it was lower and I found that this made the image cleaner looking and it made the viewer focus more on the texture rather than the colour. I think I could have lighted the image better by directing the light at a different angle and I think this would have made the image more interesting. I also think that this image would have looked good in a series of different images of the same texture but I am happy with the outcome of this image.

 I am happy with this image because I found that photographing the fur was harder than I expected and this image I found turned out the way I planned. I like the contrast of the white/grey fur on the black background and this, I think, shows the texture of the fur well. When editing this image I lowered the saturation so it was in black and white and this I thought made the image cleaner. I also think as-well as the image before that this image would look nice as a multiple image piece with different compositions of the same texture.

the next shoot I plan to is of close ups of flowers in the studio. I think the flowers would look really interesting and beautiful if the lighting is right and the composition is right.