Work Diary - Shoot 4

Evaluation

For shoot 4, I took some photographs on location when I travelled into Rochester and looked at the architecture along with street photography. Rochester is a town and historical city based in Medway, Kent. It is known for having roman buildings and cobbled streets which are filled with interesting patterns, tones, lines, colours, form, reflections and shapes. As this area consists of so many formal elements, I would be guaranteed an array of successful photographs. After my first shoot for this project, I wanted to develop the location photography as I didn't want my project to be so similar in every shoot. I used the natural day light for all of the photographs I captured as this shoot wasn't set up, and I also didn't use a tripod as it wasn't necessary as I was on the go whilst capturing the pictures. The majority of the photographs that I took were framed against the white misty sky, so that the subject's outline was evident - emphasising the shapes and patterns of each piece. When it came to the editing stage of this shoot, there was no need for me to do any surrealistic or ambitious editing in Photoshop as each image was already a finished piece. I had to just simply change the colours and brightness levels through the curves and contrast tool.

This was the most successful outcome of shoot 4 because of  many reasons. Firstly, the patterns in this photograph are featured in practically every section of the frame. There is pattern in the outline of the building against the sky, patterns in the architecture and then patterns found in the windows of the building. The majority of this building presents a symmetrical pattern if it was halved down the middle, which makes it more of an appealing subject to photograph. I decreased the saturation on Photoshop as the building was too yellow, and I wanted it to look more mysterious and spooky than vibrant as it's a historical city, and history usually comes with ghosts/a past. I shot this photograph from a low angle looking up towards the building, which makes its size daunting and as if it's towering over any passerby. 

This is another one of my favourite pictures from shoot 4. I feel that I composed this piece effectively considering I was in the car whilst capturing it. I wanted to get a straight on shot of the pub as there is lots going on in the frame. There's a staircase to the left which consists of lines and patterns leading towards a balcony attached to the pub. There's a tree situated directly in the center of the frame separating the left and right parts of the composition. There's a bench to the right with a couple of table and chairs behind it, and there's an advertisement presenting what the pub sells along with a couple of flower baskets hanging from random parts of the building. I like the combination of light beige and browns with the red accent colour because these contrast, allowing the reds to stand out as it's this colour that advertises what they sell and the time they open and shut etc.

Progression

In order to progress from this shoot, I am interested in visiting Canterbury. Here I will be guaranteed more fascinating architecture, beautiful streets and interesting areas of this location that are photogenic and include natural pattern. Natural pattern is something that I have enjoyed shooting so far because it is usually found in everything if you create the right composition for it. I am hoping to perhaps develop the street photography by using panorama's for certain images or my fish eye lens, as these two techniques will provide me with more of a range of photographs that aren't only simplistic but creative and intriguing.