Work Record - Shoot 2

Work Record - Shoot 2

Plan for shoot

For my second shoot, I am using photographs taken in and around the Newforest and the Isle of Wight. For this shoot, my plan was to capture the beaches and waves through the crystal ball, using both the mirror and the crystal ball.

    Research influences

For this shoot, I used two photographers, Stefan Lens and Sebastian Magnani. Stefan lens incorporates the use of a Crystal ball into his work. Stefan has been a big influence through all of my preparatory shoots in Component 2.

Sebastian Magnani uses mirrors in his photography. His work was also a big influence during the preparatory shoots.

    Contact sheet

Straight images

Images that require editing

 

 In the above photograph, the shutter speed was too slow, and the ISO was too high. Due to the reflection of the mirror, I found that doing my shoots, you have to give extra attention to the camera settings used when using the mirror.

I think that this photo is very plain and boring. The reflection of the pure white, cloudy sky made the mirror to bright, meaning that any detail was lost.

This photo would need to be put into Photoshop and straightened. The image is massively leaning to the right causing the image to be spoilt.

AO1:

   I believe that my work is linked to that of Stefan Lens and Sebastian Magnani.

 Stefan uses the crystal ball in similar ways to mine, however, he prefers to do urban shoots, where as I prefer the more natural approach.

My photos which are influenced by Sebastian did not come out exactly how I would have liked, however, I like the outcome of the final images, as i feel that they are similar to his style of work. 

AO2:  (including Computer experiments)

All images were taken with a Canon E10 1000D, with multiple lenses. For my final images, the camera settings were:

Photograph 1

Lens : Tameron 70-300mm F/4-5.6

Shutter Speed : 1/200 sec

F/ : 7.1

ISO : 400

Photograph 2

Lens : EF-S18-55mm F/3.5-5.6

Shutter Speed : 1/80 sec

F/ : 22

ISO : 400

Photograph 3

Lens : EF-S18-55mm F/3.5-5.6

Shutter Speed : 1/500 sec

F/ : 7.1

ISO : 400

Photograph 4

Lens :  EF-S18-55mm F/3.5-5.6

Shutter Speed : 1/50 sec

F/ : 14

ISO : 400

Photograph 5

Lens : EF-S18-55mm F/3.5-5.6

Shutter Speed : 1/50 sec

F/ : 14

ISO : 400

Photograph 6

Lens : EF-S18-55mm F/3.5-5.6

Shutter Speed : 1/1000 sec

F/ : 7.1

ISO : 400

Photograph 7

Lens : EF-S18-55mm F/3.5-5.6

Shutter Speed : 1/640 sec

F/ : 7.1

ISO : 400

Photograph 8

Lens : Tameron 70-300mm F/4-5.6

Shutter Speed : 1/320 sec

F/ : 7.1

ISO : 400

Photograph 9

Lens : EF-S18-55mm F/3.5-5.6

Shutter Speed : 1/1000 sec

F/ : 7.1

ISO : 400

Photograph 10

Lens : Tameron 70-300mm F/4-5.6

Shutter Speed : 1/320 sec

F/ : 7.1

ISO : 400

Photograph 11

Lens :  Tameron 70-300mm F/4-5.6

Shutter Speed : 1/320 sec

F/ : 7.1

ISO : 400

Photograph 12

Lens : EF-S18-55mm F/3.5-5.6

Shutter Speed : 1/500 sec

F/ : 7.1

ISO : 400

In the photo above, I have moved around the levels of Exposure, Highlights, and the clarity in order to get a clearer and a more stand-out image.

In the image below, there is a comparison between the original, unedited image, and the final outcome. I chose to rotate the image 180 degrees as I think that the distortion through the ball creates a better look for the image in general. I also used the selective colour tool in order to bring out the yellow Algae and Liechan on the rocks as well as the deep blue sea and light, cloudy sky.

In this image, above, there is a comparison between the unedited image and the edit before it goes into Photoshop. Although only subtle, I think that the 'before' side is darker and not as sharp.

Once again, a comparison between the before and after. Here I brought the over exposed image and turned it into something that it much nicer to look at.

Here, above, is a comparison between the before and after editing. I corrected marks on the hand as well as correcting the colour of the hand which was changed when i used dodging and burning. This makes the photo look more natural instead of edited.

As you can see in the images above, The final image is a lot clearer, and brighter. the photo was shot with a very low exposure so I corrected that in Camera raw. I have also rotated the image.

In this image, I edited it in order to have a much darker final image. I blurred out the reflection in the mirror, and I think that I like the out come of this.

AO3:

In conclusion, I think that this shoot has been successful. I think that as always, there is some images that I'm not happy with, either before or after editing them, but I feel as if I have some strong outcomes that relate to both Stefan Lens' images as well as Sebastian Magnani. I think that my main issue during this shoot was adapting to the brightness of the sun. As you can see in all of these images, all of which were shot on the same day, there is a massive difference in light in every single image. Some of the time, whilst on the shoot, the sun was shining very bright, however at other times, the cloud cover was thick and light was very low. this made taking my images difficult as it was hard to tell from the camera's small screen what the images had taken like, and my only way of checking this was at the end of the shoot where I placed my SD card into my computer. However, by shooting Raw, even if the original image wasn't shot perfectly correct, the computer software made it easy for me to correct this, making some of those images some of my best.

Final images