Shoot 8

Work record

For this shoot I want to do close up images of my dogs. I want to look at changing the angles in which I shoot and also to create depth of field because I think it will show the contrast of the focused part of the dog. I think a low saturation will work best because I don't want the colour to distract. I will shoot this on dog walk with my mum so she can assist with creating the images I want. I hope to achieve about four images that show close up well and has detail in my dogs faces and in there fur. 

Preparation:

• Charge camera
• Arrange a good time to go

I thought this shoot went well because I like all the images I edited, however it took about 8 images to get one image that I could use because the dogs kept moving or I wasn't in the right place at the right time. I found the best images worked when it was just a close up of the dogs face because it showed depth of field and I found it worked best. I would have liked more of a range of angles but I am happy with the images I got. I did find that at some points I had to change the setting so it takes the image as quick as possible because it reduced blurring. This shoot was also difficult because the dogs didn't really like the flash so I didn't use it and they didn't like the noise either. 

When editing I selected around the head of my dogs to desaturate the background because I wanted the colour to only come from the dog but I did desaturate the dog but not as much as the background because I wanted to the change to be subtle. I did this to 3 of the edited images because I felt it worked for them. There was one image I desaturated all of it and I think it was the best image because of the arrangement of the composition.

Overall I am pleased with the outcomes from this shoot and I think I will have one of them as a final piece. All but one image I believe shows close up and I'm happy with the outcome. 

 This image is my favourite from this shoot because I like that she is looking away from the camera and it makes the viewer ask the question where is she looking? the depth of field in this image I think really works because her nose and eyes are in-focus and the background and ear isn't and I think this really works well. When editing I desaturated it because I felt it looked more meaningful with it in black and white and I thought it showed the tones well in her fur. I think this image will be one of my final pieces because I think it shows my best work.

The image to the right is the best image I got of Charlie because I like that he is looking at the camera and his head is at a tilt.  This is one of the images that I desaturated the background so it was black and white and desaturated Charlie slightly. I did this because I wanted Charlie to stand out more but not so much that it looked fake. When editing I also made the focused part more detailed using the sharpen tool. I do like this image and I may put it in my top 30 images because I think it shows some of my best work.

For my next shoot I want to do a portrait shoot with the inspiration from David Bailey. I want to look at different angles of there face.